21/05Result
1st T20I (N), West Indies Women tour of England at Canterbury, May 21 2025
ENG Women won by 8 wkts (21b rem)
Player of the Match
Hayley MatthewsWest Indies Women
21/05Result
1st T20I (N), West Indies Women tour of England at Canterbury, May 21 2025
ENG Women won by 8 wkts (21b rem)
Player of the Match
Hayley MatthewsWest Indies Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs | WI-W: 146/7 | RR: 7.30

  • Hayley Matthews100 (67b)
  • Cherry-Ann Fraser0 (1b)
  • Lauren Bell4-1-29-2
  • Linsey Smith4-1-18-1

8.02pm Off she marches, exactly 100 from 67 balls, to give this contest a real frisson going into the twilight zone. Mandy Mangru's 17 from 16 is the second-best contribution to a one-sided scorecard. England toiled well with the ball, but had no answer to Matthews' brilliance.

Lauren Bell: "Pretty nervous in first over, came back well and Hayley batter unbelievably. Good pitch, into the surface. I've been working hard on my fielding. It was a great challenge [bowling to Matthews]... it was about working out ways to keep her off-strike."

Andrew Evans: "Hayley Matthews! That's some impressive proportion of the team's runs she's scored there: 68%!" Bannerman-esque! Alan will be here shortly to see how the chase unfolds

Jack: "Can't be too many lower WT20I scores with a century?"

19.6
1
Bell to Matthews, 1 run, She can! It's a scuffed pull to backward square, an automatic sprint for the single, Fraser is a turkey-shoot if the shy hits, but it doesn't! What a simply sensational knock! On Matthews' watch, West Indies have posted a very competitive 146 for 7!

What a stunning innings... can she get the fitting finish!

19.5
4
Bell to Matthews, FOUR, another poor ball, swinging into the pads, Matthews clips it off the toes to race to 99!
19.5
1w
Bell to Matthews, 1 wide, short and wide, can't reach that, and we'll have that again
19.4
0
Bell to Matthews, no run, back of a length, doesn't connect properly to midwicket, there might have been two if they'd sprinted but Matthews turns it down
19.3
0
Bell to Matthews, no run, opens the face, misguided to Wyatt-Hodge at deep cover. They decide not to take on her bullet arm
19.2
4
Bell to Matthews, FOUR, full toss, thank you very much. Just what you want on 91.... hoisted behind square for four more
19.1
2
Bell to Matthews, 2 runs, thumped lustily through the line, not timed but gets back for two as Fraser runs into the stumps for her troubles

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | WI-W: 134/7 | RR: 7.05

  • Cherry-Ann Fraser0 (1b)
  • Hayley Matthews89 (61b)
  • Linsey Smith4-1-18-1
  • Issy Wong4-0-35-1
18.6
0
Smith to Fraser, no run, has a big swing, but it plops into no-woman's land at mid-off, and they turn down the single, rightly so
18.5
W
Smith to Mangru, OUT, attempts the same stroke, but Bell is on hand to dive like a goalkeeper and cling on in both hands! Superb premeditated grab at short fine leg

M Mangru c Bell b Smith 17 (24m 16b 2x4 0x6) SR: 106.25

So, Fraser enters with licence to have a wipe

18.4
4
Smith to Mangru, FOUR, walks to the off-side, and that's a lovely pick-up on th sweep, through backward square
18.3
0
Smith to Mangru, no run, reverse-sweep again, gets in a tangle adjacent to the stumps, but with bat involved
18.2
1
Smith to Matthews, 1 run, leading edge, loops up into space at square leg
18.1
1
Smith to Mangru, 1 run, reverses the hands and takes on the slog-sweep, well intercepted at backward point by Wong

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs | WI-W: 128/6 | RR: 7.11

  • Hayley Matthews88 (60b)
  • Mandy Mangru12 (12b)
  • Issy Wong4-0-35-1
  • Lauren Bell3-1-17-2
17.6
4
Wong to Matthews, FOUR, slower ball, launched with gusto through the two fielders on the leg side! This is quite magnificent hitting! Not a lot wrong with Wong's over, but she's taken some tap there
17.5
4
Wong to Matthews, FOUR, makes room to leg, slapped up and over deep backward point! Pace on from Wong, and punished!
17.4
0
Wong to Matthews, no run, dead-eyed drill through the line, straight at mid-off
17.3
0
Wong to Matthews, no run, super slower ball, all the pace off and twisting like a legbreak out of the back of the hand. Had it not turned, that might have taken out off stump
17.2
1
Wong to Mangru, 1 run, worked away for the single
17.1
0
Wong to Mangru, no run, poked into the off side, Wyatt-Hodge has a lusty shy and nearly catches the batter napping at the non-striker's end

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs | WI-W: 119/6 | RR: 7.00

  • Hayley Matthews80 (56b)
  • Mandy Mangru11 (10b)
  • Lauren Bell3-1-17-2
  • Em Arlott4-0-28-1

More than two-thirds of the runs from one batter, with three overs to go. Maintain this ratio and it could be a taxing 150 if she gets to her hundred!

16.6
0
Bell to Matthews, no run, bouncer and a good one, Matthews can't connect on the pull
16.5
1
Bell to Mangru, 1 run, tighter line, slapped off the stumps to the leg-side for the single
16.4
1
Bell to Matthews, 1 run, wide line once more, looping down as a slow full toss, toe-ended to cover

ENG Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st51DN WyattSIR Dunkley
2nd5Nat Sciver-BruntSIR Dunkley
3rd94HC KnightSIR Dunkley