AUS Women in WI 2025/26, WI-W vs AUS-W 2nd T20I Match Report, March 21, 2026

Australia 164 for five (Perry 42, Voll 39) beat West Indies 147 for 4 (Matthews 56, Dottin 39*, King 2-25) by 17 runs

Garth’s opening spell, which included a maiden, arrange Australia’s victory as Matthews struggled to 1 off 12 earlier than lastly breaking free to make 56 from 41 to provide West Indies hope of hauling in 75 from the final 48 balls with 9 wickets in hand. But King extinguished all hopes, choosing up Matthews and Stafanie Taylor to complete with 2 for 25 and the participant of the match award.

Voll fires in the powerplay

Voll exploded out of the blocks. Two highly effective pull pictures and a pair of cracking drives off each ft discovered the rope inside the primary two overs. She additionally inflicted extra injury past the scoreboard. A brutal off drive broken Henry’s left hand as she tried to subject in her follow-through. The all-rounder solely bowled two overs earlier than leaving the sector and later did not bat.

Voll saved going, slog sweeping Karishma Ramharack for six earlier than thumping her straight down the bottom. But her innings ended when she tried to go once more off the final ball of the powerplay, miscuing Ramharack to mid-on. Australia posted 54 for 1 in the primary six, in spite of Beth Mooney failing to attain at greater than a run-a-ball in the powerplay for the fifth straight T20I this 12 months.

Litchfield and Perry shared a 58-run stand nevertheless it was lower than fluent. Litchfield struggled for timing whereas Perry did a lot of the heavy lifting as she discovered the boundary six instances together with two pleasant strikes over and thru cowl. She did profit from Jannillea Glasgow by dropping her at mid-off on 21. However, Australia solely scored 39 runs in the final 30 balls of the innings with Litchfield and Perry each holing out. Nicola Carey was the one batter to seek out the rope in the final three overs, doing so twice, as Jahzara Claxton and Dottin completed properly with the ball.

West Indies’ powerplay was disastrous by comparability to Australia’s as they scored simply 26 for 1. Garth was distinctive, bowling a maiden to Matthews after which one other over that value simply three runs. It ought to have been one as a pair of useless wild throws value two runs when West Indies’ batters weren’t operating. Qiana Joseph’s operating was pricey as she was run out attempting for a easy single.

Matthews’ early lack of intent was complicated. She scored simply 1 from her first 12 balls and barely performed a shot in anger till she slog swept King for six. Once the fielding restrictions ended, Matthews then took extra dangers with 4 out and went on a rampage. Carey dropped a catch on the rope handy Matthews one other six. She thumped seven boundaries and two sixes to achieve her half-century off 38 balls and diminished the equation to simply 75 wanted from 48 balls with 9 wickets in hand.

King’s class shines once more

Matthews had taken King for 19 from his first two overs, however King extracted his revenge in the thirteenth over as Matthews miscued to mid-off. She weaved her magic to take 2 for 7 from her final two overs to spoil West Indies’ chase. Taylor ran previous a fantastically bowled leg break to be stumped by a big margin. Georgia Wareham bagged Shemaine Campbelle so as to add to their woes earlier than Garth returned to shut it out. She deserved the wicket of Dottin who skied a slower ball straight up nevertheless Mooney misjudged it in the wind. But Dottin was unable to clear the rope sufficient in the ultimate over.