The West Indies women's cricket team toured England to play the England women's cricket team in September 2020.[1] The tour consisted of five Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.[2] The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures,[3] after the planned tour by the South African women's team was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] All of the matches were played behind closed doors at the County Cricket Ground in Derby.[5]
The last time the two teams played a match was against each other in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 1 March 2020.[6] England won the match by 46 runs.[7] The tour was the first women's bilateral series to use the Decision Review System (DRS) in all the matches.[8] The third match of the series, on 26 September 2020, was shown free-to-air on the BBC. It was the first time a women's cricket match was shown live on the BBC in the United Kingdom since the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup.[9]
On 26 August 2020, Cricket West Indies named their squad for the tour.[10] The West Indies team left Antigua on 30 August 2020, and arrived in England the following day.[11] England won the first two matches by the same margin of 47 runs.[12] They then won the third match by 20 runs, to take an unassailable lead in the series.[13] England won the final two matches to take the series 5–0,[14] the first time the England Women's cricket team had won a bilateral series 5–0.[15]
Squads
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Bryony Smith and Linsey Smith were named as standby players for the England team.[18]
WT20I series
1st WT20I
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2nd WT20I
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- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Stafanie Taylor (WI) became the second cricketer to score 3,000 runs in WT20Is.[20]
3rd WT20I
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hayley Matthews (WI) took her 50th wicket in WT20Is.[21]
4th WT20I
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
5th WT20I
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
- Cherry-Ann Fraser (WI) made her WT20I debut.
- Deandra Dottin (WI) became the first cricketer to hit 100 sixes in WT20Is.[22]
References
- ^ "West Indies women confirm England tour for five-match T20I series in September". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "England v West Indies: Five T20s confirmed for September, with one on BBC TV". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "England Women to feature live on the BBC as West Indies series confirmed for September". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "West Indies Women to tour England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "West Indies to tour England for five T20Is in late September". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews feared women's cricket had ended for the year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "England v West Indies: T20 series 'has been a long time coming' - Natalie Sciver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "DRS to make maiden appearance in a women's bilateral series when West Indies play in England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "England v West Indies: Five T20s confirmed for September, with one on BBC TV". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "West Indies Women squad for Sandals Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "West Indies women in England: 'Women's cricket needs this' - Stafanie Taylor". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "England v West Indies: Sarah Glenn impresses as hosts claim comfortable 47-run win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Nat Sciver starred as England Women beat West Indies to clinch T20I series". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "England v West Indies: Hosts win five-over match by three wickets to take series 5-0". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "The hits from a golden English cricket summer amid testing times". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "England Women confirm squad for Vitality IT20s against West Indies". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Anisa Mohammed opts out of West Indies Women's squad for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Georgia Elwiss ruled out as England women name T20I squad for West Indies series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Tammy Beaumont's opening gambit steers England to victory over West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Terrific Taylor Reaches 3000 Milestone". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Natalie Sciver's 82 helps England seal the series against West Indies with two games to spare". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "England hold nerve to seal thriller; take series 5-0". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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