Women's Cricket
Women's World Cup: India beat West Indies by 81 runs in final warm-up match — Highlights
India have thus beaten West Indies and South Africa in their two warm-up matches before the ICC Women's World Cup.
Indian women's cricket team (Source: Mithali Raj/Twitter)
Team India beat West Indies by 81 runs in their final World Cup warm-up game on Tuesday. India had set a target of 259 for the Windies to chase. Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma were the top scorers for India both scoring 66 and 51 runs, respectively. West Indies (177/9 in 50 overs) failed to chase the target and lost nine wickets. Pooja Vastrakar was the highest wicket-taker of the match (3-21).
India will next play their first match of the World Cup campaign against Pakistan on March 6.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 1 March 2022 4:43 AM GMT
And one more WICKET for India!
Deepti Sharma does her thing again as Chedean Nation goes out for a LBW! Nation only managed to score one run, anyway.
At the end of 42 overs, Windies are at 139/6!
- 1 March 2022 4:22 AM GMT
WICKET!
Finally! Meghana Singh denies Hayley Matthews a half-century as she goes after scoring 44 runs.
WI is 122-5, after 37 overs.
- 1 March 2022 3:22 AM GMT
WICKET!
Deepti Sharma gets her first wicket of the innings and it is of Kycia Knight who scored 23 off 53.
WI: 53-4, after 20 overs.
- 1 March 2022 3:07 AM GMT
WICKET!
Windies skipper Stefanie Taylor is sent back to the pavilion by Vastrakar (b) and Ghosh (c). She scored only 8 runs.
WI is 45-3.
- 1 March 2022 3:01 AM GMT
West Indies slow but steady
WI is 40-2 after 15 overs.
They need 219 off 208 balls.
- 1 March 2022 2:45 AM GMT
WICKET!
Aaliyah Alleyne is trapped by Pooka Vastrakar for an lbw. She goes at 12.
WI: 28-2, 11 overs.
- 1 March 2022 2:14 AM GMT
WICKET!
Meghana Singh strikes early for India. Deandra Dottin goes for 1.
WI: 3-1.
