{"id":26555,"date":"2025-02-09T03:52:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26555"},"modified":"2025-02-09T03:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:52:44","slug":"dottin-matthews-deliver-as-windies-women-defeat-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/dottin-matthews-deliver-as-windies-women-defeat-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Dottin, Matthews Deliver as Windies Women Defeat Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 28, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An impactful inning from West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin steered the West Indies women to a commanding victory in the opening T20 of their series against the visiting Bangladeshi side at Warner Park in St. Kitts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangladesh, after opting to bat first, posted a total of 144 for 3 from their 20 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skipper Nigar Sultana top-scored with a well-played 53 from 40 balls, which included 5 fours and 2 sixes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharmin Akhter contributed 37, while Sobhana Mostary added 22 to their total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies bowlers Hayley Matthews, Afy Fletcher, and Cherry-Ann Fraser each claimed one wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their chase, the West Indies reached 145 for 2 in just 16.5 overs, with a strong opening partnership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qiana Joseph set the tone, scoring 29 from 21 balls, including 4 fours and a six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After her dismissal, along with that of Shemaine Campbelle, Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin anchored the innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthews made 60 from 54 balls, hitting 7 fours, while Dottin smashed a rapid 51 from just 22 balls, featuring 7 sixes, to lead the West Indies to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangladesh&#8217;s Fahima Khatun was the only wicket-taker for her side, with figures of 2 for 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Player of the Match Deandra Dottin reflected on her performance, sharing that she entered the game with the mindset to score big for her team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second T20 is set to take place on Wednesday at 6 pm, with the third and final game scheduled for Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 28, 2025 An impactful inning from West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin steered the West Indies women to a commanding victory in the opening T20 of their series against the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26555","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\/26555","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=26555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26556,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26555\/revisions\/26556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}