Stafanie Taylor’s team defeated Deandra Dottin’s team by eight runs as the West Indies Women’s team got into action with their first practice match yesterday.
The eighteen players were divided into two squads and Taylor’s team took first strike and posted 131/6 from their 20 overs.
Taylor led the way with an unbeaten knock of 71 from 52 balls which included nine fours.
She got support from Britney Cooper who made 24.
Fast bowler Aaliyah Alleyne was the best bowler for Team Dottin with 3/35 while Selman took 2/15.
Dottin scored a quickfire 41 off 43 deliveries when her team batted but it just wasn’t enough.
Sheneta Grimmond was the pick of the bowlers, taking 2/16 while Shamilia Connell supported with 2/23 as Team Dottin ended on 123-6 in reply.
The players have undergone two weeks of intense training since arriving in Derby for the Sandals West Indies Women’s Tour of England 2020.
Speaking after the match, interim Head Coach Andre Coley said, “We’ve been here for two weeks doing a combination of various skills sessions in the nets, strength and conditioning and game-planning but today was our first time to get as close to a game scenario with this practice match..”
“We split the teams as evenly as possible and some very promising performances came out of that. Both teams were able to bat the full 20-over innings… players spent time at the crease building partnerships. So that was good to see, and we are happy with how things went. Now it’s just about fine-tuning and building momentum leading into the series next week.”
Since arriving in England West Indies Women have had training sessions during the quarantine period. They will have one more practice match tomorrow before the start of the series on September 21 at the Incora County Ground.
