{"id":19272,"date":"2024-04-30T02:05:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T02:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19272"},"modified":"2024-04-30T02:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T02:05:38","slug":"matthews-leads-west-indies-women-to-victory-over-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/matthews-leads-west-indies-women-to-victory-over-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthews Leads West Indies Women to Victory Over Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second T20I match of the series against Pakistan, the West Indies women&#8217;s cricket team secured a seven-wicket win, taking the lead in the best-of-five series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing a target of 122 runs, the Windies women comfortably achieved victory, reaching 124 for 3 in 18.2 overs, thanks to an impressive innings by team captain Hayley Matthews, who scored 58 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite losing an early wicket, the Windies women quickly stabilized their innings with a 67-run partnership between Matthews and Shemaine Campbelle (29). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthews&#8217; dismissal in the 13th over didn&#8217;t deter the team, as they only needed 34 runs for victory at that point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With contributions from Chedean Nation (17) and Chinelle Henry (8), the Windies reached their target with 10 balls to spare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, their bowlers restricted Pakistan to 121 for 7 in 20 overs, with Matthews shining with the ball, taking three wickets for 25 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post-match interview, Windies captain Matthews expressed her focus on giving her best to ensure success for the team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She praised the team&#8217;s efforts so far and highlighted their positive approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, the West Indies women will aim to maintain their momentum in the third T20 match against Pakistan scheduled for Tuesday at 10:30 local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the series progresses, the West Indies women continue to showcase their skill and determination, led by the impressive performance of captain Hayley Matthews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore In the second T20I match of the series against Pakistan, the West Indies women&#8217;s cricket team secured a seven-wicket win, taking the lead in the best-of-five series.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19274,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19272\/revisions\/19274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}