(CMC) – West Indies Women bowed out of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in heartbreaking fashion when they went down by eight runs to New Zealand in the second semifinal yesterday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. It was a disappointing result for the Windies, who wasted a brilliant all-around performance by Deandra Dottin in their bid to reach their second T20 World Cup final. The West Indies produced a good bowling effort to limit New Zealand to 128 for nine in 20 overs, with Dottin grabbing 4-22 from her four overs.
However, they lost wickets at regular intervals in their chase and could only muster 120 for eight when the overs expired. Dottin once again starred, this time top-scoring with 33 runs from 22 balls, which also included three massive sixes. West Indies would have fancied their chances, having to score at just over six runs an over, but New Zealand’s trio of Rosemary Mair, Fran Jonas, and Player-of-the-Match Eden Carson stifled them from the start of their innings.
Qiana Joseph hit Carson for two fours in the fourth over, but then lost her off stump going for a mighty heave, and Carson had Shemaine Campbelle caught for three at extra cover in consecutive overs as the West Indies limped to 20 for two at the start of the fifth over. At the end of the power play, the West Indies found themselves 25 for two and with a huge task of increasing the run rate. Carson then grabbed her third wicket when she clean bowled the experienced Stafanie Taylor, who laboured to 13 .