West Indies beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets: Women’s T20 World Cup – updates

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West Indies put in a clinical performance against Bangladesh to keep their hopes of a semifinal berth alive.

With this victory, they propel themselves right up to the top position of Group B as a result of their healthy net run rate.

We hope you enjoyed our coverage of today’s encounter, and make sure to stay tuned we continue to cover the 2024 T20 Women’s World Cup in the UAE. Our next game is on Friday as Australia face Pakistan, in a 6pm local time (14:00 GMT) in a make or break game for both.

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Victorious West Indies captain Matthews summed up her thoughts about her team’s performance.

“We spoke about being disciplined with the ball and [to] show intent with the bat. Helps to go into the last match with a healthy net run rate.

“[Regarding Taylor] She’s got a knee problem. She’s a fighter, [and] she knows how to manage her body. She’s a crucial player in our lineup.

“It’s a World Cup, you have to win all your matches. Luckily, we’ve got the last match of the group. You have to beat best teams in the World Cup and we are up for the challenge.”

Losing Bangladesh skipper Sultana provided her thoughts at the post-match presentation.

“We had a very good start,” she said. “In the middle overs, we played so many dots. We gave too many wickets away and that cost us.

“Their bowlers bowled really well in the middle overs. We missed out on too many singles. There are a lot of learnings [to take]. You need to be positive.

“We need to focus on our intent as a batting unit. The bowlers have done their job. We have to play good cricket [against South Africa].”

After taking 4 for 17 in the first innings, Ramharack is rightly adjudged player of the match.

She provided her thoughts after the match: “It is always good to contribute to a win. [I] am happy to do that today. It was quite slow earlier on. I felt I had to vary my pace as much as possible, which I was able to do.

“We knew they had a couple of [dangerous] batters. Just had to be patient and wait for the wickets to come. The way the girls went about the chase was really good. I think the girls are really happy with the win.”

With 43 balls left in the innings, West Indies do the needful in completing the chase in quick time to help bolster their net run rate.

Led from the front by their captain Matthews (34 off 22 balls), they make good on the fine performance put on by their bowlers in the first innings.

Dottin targets the same region with another slog-sweep, this one sailing high into the stands to end the match once and for all.

Rabeya is into her third over.

Dottin clears the front leg and slog-sweeps her hard over cow corner for an 80-metre six.

Dottin expertly reverse-sweeps through the gap at backward point and short third to find the rope.

The over ends with eight coming off it. West Indies need just 14 more for victory now.

Nahida entices Campbelle with some drift. The batter misses and Sultana completes the stumping from behind.

May be too little, too late though as Henry joins Dottin in the middle.

West Indies take nine off the over, as they need just a further 22 runs for victory.

Another leggie is brought on by Sultana. Looks like Taylor is also going to retire hurt as Dottin strides out to the middle. She finishes on 27 off 29 balls.

Campbelle doesn’t mind though as she pulls authoritatively through the gap at deep midwicket to find the boundary.

9 come off the over as West Indies need a further 31 runs off 60 balls.

It is also time for drinks.

Ritu into the attack now.

Campbelle greets her with a lovely late cut which races to the deep third boundary.

Bangladesh are not helping themselves at the moment.

Taylor, looking to loft over the long-off boundary, ends up hitting straight to the fielder in the deep.

She fielder initially takes the catch, but it ends up spilling out of her hands at the last moment. That is the ninth dropped catch from Bangladesh in the tournament already!

Big let-off for Taylor, who despite her fitness issues, is capable of serious damage. The ninth over ends soon after with West Indies 64 for 1.

Taylor goes big over long on early in the over, just going wide off the fielder to find the boundary.

There is a run out chance at the striker’s end as the batters hesitate over taking a quick single.

Campbelle decides to complete it, and is lucky not to be run out as the ball is rolled towards the stumps, but ultimately misses.

As is usually the case, a break in play results in a wicket right after!

Marufa gets this one to nip in appreciably off the seam, with Matthews surprised as she plays all around it.

It is a big breakthrough for Bangladesh as Matthews looked to be in fine nick. Campbelle, who was superb with the gloves earlier on, strides out to join Taylor.

Taylor is really struggling between the wickets.

She may look to take on a more aggressive role as she gets further settled out there.

But the attention is on Sultana at the moment as she receives treatment from the physio, with the players taking an informal drinks break, as well.

She had slipped while trying to complete a second run towards the tail end of the first innings, so it may be related to that.

The openers complete a fine 50-run stand as the seventh over concludes.

West Indies need a further 53 runs off 78 balls.