West Indies women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18

The West Indies women's cricket team played the New Zealand women's cricket team in March 2018.[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and five Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WODI games were part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[2] New Zealand umpire Kathy Cross announced that she would retire from international umpiring at the end of the WT20I series.[3]

 
  New Zealand women West Indies women
Dates 1 – 25 March 2018
Captains Suzie Bates Stafanie Taylor
One Day International series
Results New Zealand women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Sophie Devine (261) Stafanie Taylor (202)
Most wickets Leigh Kasperek (7) Afy Fletcher (5)
Twenty20 International series
Results New Zealand women won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs Katey Martin (180) Hayley Matthews (112)
Most wickets Leigh Kasperek (10) Afy Fletcher (5)
Shamilia Connell (5)

New Zealand Women won the WODI series 3–0[4] and the WT20I series 4–0, after the fourth WT20I match was washed out.[5]

Squads

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WODIs WT20Is
  New Zealand[6]   West Indies[7]   New Zealand[6]   West Indies[7]

Tour match

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50-over match: Canterbury Women vs West Indies Women

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1 March 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Canterbury Women
216/5 (50 overs)
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  West Indies
220/3 (34 overs)
Evelyn Jones 98 (142)
Afy Fletcher 3/44 (10 overs)
Kycia Knight 70* (90)
Gabby Sullivan 2/26 (7 overs)
West Indies Women won by 7 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Diana Venter (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)
  • West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

WODI series

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1st WODI

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New Zealand  
278/9 (50 overs)
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  West Indies
277/9 (50 overs)
Sophie Devine 108 (103)
Stafanie Taylor 3/54 (10 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 90 (93)
Holly Huddleston 2/40 (9 overs)
New Zealand women won by 1 run
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)

2nd WODI

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West Indies  
194 (48.1 overs)
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  New Zealand
195/2 (30.4 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 86 (112)
Leigh Kasperek 4/44 (10 overs)
Suzie Bates 101* (86)
Afy Fletcher 2/47 (8.4 overs)
New Zealand women won by 8 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ)
Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)

3rd WODI

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ICC Women's Championship
11 March 2018
11:00
Scorecard
New Zealand  
310/5 (50 overs)
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  West Indies
105 (34.5 overs)
Suzie Bates 89 (97)
Deandra Dottin 2/58 (10 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 26 (26)
Sophie Devine 3/24 (5.5 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 205 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ)
Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)
  • West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Suzie Bates (NZ) scored her 4,000th run in WODIs.[11]
  • Points: New Zealand Women 2, West Indies Women 0.

WT20I series

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1st WT20I

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14 March 2018
14:00
Scorecard
New Zealand  
167/6 (20 overs)
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  West Indies
159/6 (20 overs)
Katey Martin 54 (35)
Deandra Dottin 2/23 (4 overs)
Hayley Matthews 53 (31)
Leigh Kasperek 3/35 (4 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 8 runs
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)
Player of the match: Katey Martin (NZ)
  • West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Reniece Boyce (WI) made her WT20I debut.

2nd WT20I

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16 March 2018
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand  
185/3 (20 overs)
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  West Indies
79/8 (20 overs)
Katey Martin 65 (42)
Akeira Peters 1/13 (2 overs)
Kyshona Knight 20 (35)
Sophie Devine 3/12 (3 overs)
New Zealand won by 106 runs
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Kathy Cross (NZ)
Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite (NZ)
  • West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kate Heffernan (NZ) made her WT20I debut.
  • Kathy Cross (NZ) stood in her final match as an umpire before retiring.[12]
  • Amy Satterthwaite and Katey Martin (NZ) set a new record partnership for the third wicket for New Zealand Women and equalled the highest third-wicket stand for any team in WT20Is (124).[13]
  • In terms of runs, this was the West Indies Women's biggest defeat and New Zealand Women's highest winning margin in WT20Is.[13]

3rd WT20I

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20 March 2018
14:00
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New Zealand  
134/7 (20 overs)
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  West Indies
133/7 (20 overs)
Suzie Bates 52* (53)
Hayley Matthews 3/24 (4 overs)
Merissa Aguilleira 38* (41)
Leigh Kasperek 3/31 (4 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 1 run
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kim Cotton (NZ)
  • West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.

4th WT20I

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22 March 2018
14:00
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Match abandoned
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Diana Venter (NZ)
  • No toss.

5th WT20I

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25 March 2018
14:00
Scorecard
West Indies  
139/5 (20 overs)
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  New Zealand
143/3 (16.2 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 42 (36)
Leigh Kasperek 2/19 (4 overs)
Katey Martin 54* (41)
Shamilia Connell 3/35 (4 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "White Ferns to play West Indies in summer series in New Zealand". Stuff. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "New Zealand and the Windies aim to go all out as second round of matches kick off". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Pioneering umpire Kathy Cross to retire". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Devine brutal as New Zealand whitewash West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Martin, Satterthwaite help New Zealand to 4–0". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b "NZ women call up uncapped Heffernan, Down". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Smartt replaces injured Selman for New Zealand tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Sophie Devine, bowlers deny Windies in thriller". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Captain Suzie Bates leads White Ferns to crushing win over West indies in second ODI". Newshub. News Hub. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Suzie Bates century seals series win for New Zealand Women". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  11. ^ "All-round Devine stars as New Zealand sweep series 3-0". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  12. ^ "ICC congratulates Kathy Cross on a fine career". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Records tumble as White Ferns destroy West Indies in second T20". Stuff. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
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