http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women's World Cup Qualifier - Semi-Final: Sri Lanka v West Indies – Match Update
West Indies 235 v Sri Lanka 177 - West Indies Women won by 58 runs
On Thursday, November 24, 2011 West Indies won their semi-final match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 by 58 runs in the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Cup Qualifier at Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, who were the number-one team from Group B were up against the second seed from Group A in the crucial game.
Both teams were evenly balanced with plenty of talented players in almost all the departments and due to the strengths of both the teams the contest was anticipated to be a nail biter.
The teams did not leave the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 spectators disappointed as they played a phenomenal game of cricket worthy of a befitting semi-final.
After winning the toss, West Indies chose to bat first in a bid to amass a staggering total on the board to give the Lankans a run for their money.
The Lankans on the other hand, aimed to make early inroads to halt their opponents from taking the game away from them by batting to domination.
West Indies openers Stafanie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Juliana-Barbara-Nero-c69633 gave their side an opening stand of 42 runs before Nero was caught after scoring a knock of 18 runs.
With just 48 runs on the board, the Windies lost their second wicket when one-down batswoman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shanel-Francine-Daley-c89696 departed without scoring a run.
However, preventing a complete batting meltdown, Taylor crafted a handy partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Deandra-Jalisa-Shakira-Dottin-c53408 as the duo shredded the Sri Lankan bowling attack piece by piece.
The two batswomen smashed 68 runs together, as they played stupendous shots all around the park, leaving the Lankans in complete disarray and disgust.
The Sri Lankans who had taken off to a flying start were completely left in ruins as the two West Indian batswomen turned the tables in the match.
Taylor departed after amassing 58 runs while Dottin clobbered a handsome innings of 73 runs. Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Merissa-Ria-Aguilleira-c75634 also contributed a nifty 52-run knock to help her side post a daunting total of 235 runs on the board in 50 overs.
Coming out to bat, Sri Lanka had a huge task ahead of them and needed to bat with zeal and confidence to overcome the tough situation, however, apart from Chamari Atapattu (56) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Suwini-Priyanga-de-Alwis-c92076 (39) none of the Sri Lankan batters could stand against the belligerent West Indian bowling, consequently the Lankans fell after posting 177 runs in 50 overs.
DJS Dottin from West Indies was named as the Player of the Match for her superb performance with the bat.
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