West Indies 99 for 5 (Taylor 35*, Dilhari 2-22) beat Sri Lanka 98 (Nilakshika 30, Matthews 3-15) by five wickets
West Indies spinners set up a third straight victory as they strangled Sri Lanka’s batters before Stafanie Taylor steadied a nervy chase to see them home by five wickets in Bristol. The result brings the West Indies joint-top of Group 2 with England – only trailing on net run rate – while Sri Lanka’s hopes of progression took a bashing.
Hayley Matthews was central to West Indies’ effort, arguably setting up the win inside the opening powerplay.
Having put Sri Lanka into bat, the West Indies reduced them to 24 for 4 inside the powerplay, a position from which Sri Lanka never truly recovered. Mathews picked up innings best figures of 3 for 15.
Then with the bat, Matthews did her part in a 28-run opening stand with Deandra Dottin, and while Sri Lanka plugged away with wickets through the middle overs, a combination of poor catching, excess extras and Taylor’s stewardship ensured West Indies’ chase was never truly under threat. (ESPNcricinfo)
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