West Indies Women’s dominance in the Twenty20 series against Pakistan Women crumbled as they suffered an eight-wicket loss in the penultimate match on Thursday, their first defeat on tour.
Despite choosing to bat first at the National Stadium, the Caribbean team only managed 84 hits in nine at-bats, and the collapse of their batting was the cause of their defeat.
Vice-captain Shemaine Campbell emerged as the West Indies women’s team’s top scorer, scoring 26 runs, but she lacked support as no other batsman could exceed 20 runs. Slow bowling posed a challenge for the visiting team and left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal wreaked havoc with 3 for 18 in 4 overs, earning Player of the Match honors. Pakistan captain Nida Dar also contributed significantly with his off-spin, taking three wickets for 19 runs.
Pakistan opener Ayesha Zafar led the way with an unbeaten 42.
Despite some early breakthroughs from the West Indies women’s bowlers, including pacer Shamilia Connell and leg-spinner Afi Fletcher, Pakistan opener Aisha Zafar led the way with an unbeaten 42. , led the team to victory with an unbroken partnership of 46 runs alongside Gal Ferroza. .
This defeat came after a series of successful performances, with the West Indies women’s team winning six straight on tour before this stumble. The series, in which the visiting team won the first three T20Is and three ICC Women’s Championship One-Day Internationals, is expected to be a tough one as West Indies make three changes to their line-up to explore strength on the bench ahead of the ICC Women’s Championship. We have reached an outside development. Twenty20 World Cup.
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However, this change did not yield the desired results as West Indies faced early setbacks and lost important wickets, including captain and top-order batsman Hayley Matthews. Despite their efforts to stabilize their innings, West Indies Women struggled to recover from the early knocks and were unable to put up an all-out performance against a determined Pakistan side.
