Antigua – England Women won the first CG United against West Indies Women by 142 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. A special day as Shemaine Campbelle was playing her 100th ODI for the West Indies Women. Captain Hayley Matthews won the toss and sent England Women in to bat first on a breezy afternoon.
Cherry Ann Fraser and Chinelle Henry accounted for the first two England wickets to fall inside the first seven overs. Alice Capsey knicked one behind to Kycia Knight to depart for 17. Then Shakera Selman held on to a beautiful diving catch in the deep for Fraser to remove Sophia Dunkley for eight. Nat Sciver and Tammy Beaumont then consolidated and went about rebuilding the England innings, until Afy Fletcher broke the 42-run partnership, getting Beaumont to hole out to Henry for 33.
Sciver and Danni Wyatt then accounted for a 103-run partnership which positioned England towards a 300-run total. Sciver fell for a 96-ball 90 when Henry had her caught by Williams for her second wicket. Wyatt, also playing her 100th ODI went on to score 68 off 60 balls with four fours and three sixes as England finished their innings on 307-7. Henry was the pick of the West Indies bowlers, finishing with figures of 10-1-59-3 followed by Fletcher with 10-0-66-2.
The West Indies run chase got off to a stutter when Kate Cross had Aaliyah Alleyne caught for two in the second over. Captain Hayley Matthews had to be assisted off the field when she pulled up from a cramp. Kycia Knight and Rashada Williams shared in a 70-run second wicket partnership. The pair looked comfortable easing the ball around and picking up valuable singles and twos when the boundaries were tough to come by.
Williams was the first to go, looking for a quick single but was well short of her ground, run out for 34 off 54 balls with three fours. Knight soldiered on, sharing a 20-run partnership with Matthews before she departed for 39 which included four boundaries. Matthews returned to bat after receiving treatment off the field for cramps, to share a 35-run partnership with Chedean Nation but that was the last resistance for the West Indies Women, as Matthews was trapped LBW to Lauren Bell for 34 and Nation fell for 17. West Indies made 165 all out in 40.3 overs. Charlie Dean finished with the best bowling figures for England of 9-0-35-4 followed by Kate Cross with 8-1-27-2.
Matthews told CWI Media
“Both facets of the game (batting and bowling) we didn’t do what we wanted on a decent and England was able to capitalise on it. We’re going back to the drawing board and see what we can improve on in the next game. Our power play was pretty good but we let a little too many runs go by in the middle overs. It was good to see the partnership between Kycia and Rashada and I hope we can get a few more of those.”
Both teams meet again on Tuesday December 6 at the same venue for the 2nd CG United ODI in a Day/Night encounter. First ball is at 2:00pm Eastern Caribbean/1:00pm Jamaica time.
Tickets are available in advance for the first two CG United ODIs and the first T20I in Antigua from the Windies Tickets service, presented by Mastercard – tickets.windiestickets.com. Tickets are just US$9/EC$25. The third CG United ODI in Antigua will be free for local and visiting fans as it falls on V.C. Bird Day, a national holiday in Antigua and is being supported by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda. Fans who purchase tickets will receive their tickets securely into their online Windies Tickets account to save to their mobile device or print out for presentation at the stadium, avoiding the need to queue at or travel to the stadium ticket offices. Ticket offices at each venue will be open on the day of each match.
All matches will be available to view in the West Indies live on the Windies Cricket YouTube channel as well as on the ESPN Play app. Fans in the UK will be able to view on BT Sport with fans based in the USA able to watch live on ESPN+.
FULL SQUAD
(1st and 2nd CG United ODIs)
- Hayley Matthews (Captain)
- Shakera Selman (Vice Captain)
- Aaliyah Alleyne
- Shemaine Campbelle
- Afy Fletcher
- Cherry Ann Fraser
- Shabika Gajnabi
- Sheneta Grimmond
- Chinelle Henry
- Kycia Knight
- Chedean Nation
- Karishma Ramharack
- Kaysia Schultz
- Rashada Williams
FULL MATCH SCHEDULE
CG United ODI Series
- Sunday, 4 December: 1st CG United ODI at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua – 2pm Eastern Caribbean/1pm Jamaica- England Women won by 142 runs
- Tuesday, 6 December: 2nd CG United ODI at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua – 2pm Eastern Caribbean/1pm Jamaica
- Friday, 9 December: 3rd CG United ODI at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua – 2pm Eastern Caribbean/1pm Jamaica (Westindies Cricket)
