England’s girls accomplished a 5-0 T20 series sweep with an eight-wicket thrashing of West Indies in a one-sided tour finale in Bridgetown that noticed the hosts bowled out for a meagre complete of 43.
Freya Davies and Alice Davidson-Richards made probably the most of a uncommon alternative within the beginning XI to tear by means of the hosts’ batting lineup; Davies had figures of 3-2 whereas Davidson-Richards had 3-5.
The pair had been ably backed up by Charlie Dean, who took two wickets for eight runs. Djenaba Joseph top-scored for West Indies with 11 earlier than her aspect had been all out after 16.2 overs.
England then made fast work of the paltry run chase as openers Danni Wyatt and Sophia Dunkley set about their process earlier than Nat Sciver (20 from 12 balls) helped knock off the overall in simply 5.3 overs.
England’s dominance within the T20 series comes after Heather Knight’s team secured a 3-0 sweep within the one-day worldwide series. Earlier within the week, Knight warned that girls’s worldwide cricket should be protected, revealing her aspect’s tour of the West Indies has felt like “going back in time” resulting from its low-key nature and lack of DRS expertise.
The Caribbean journey has been a convincing success however Knight has been unable to shake the concept whereas issues have been shifting ahead for her aspect on the sphere, the journey has represented a backwards step in different methods.
The West Indies wouldn’t have the monetary or administrative assets to match the speedy acceleration of professionalism of the ladies’s sport seen by the likes of England, Australia and India and the competition has failed to attract the degrees of curiosity Knight has develop into accustomed to at house.
“On the pitch it’s been brilliant but we haven’t massively been challenged which is a shame,” she stated. “It’s felt weirdly like a very low key tour, no media here and not a huge amount of coverage. And not having third umpires and DRS feels really strange, almost like going back in time a little bit.
“With those things, you just become accustomed to it, you have those things in domestic competitions back home. But ultimately it’s all about money being available to put into those resources.
“With the T20 World Cup coming it’s going to be very different and very much in the spotlight.”
Knight’s issues go nicely past a quiet month in Antigua and Barbados, although. She is aware of how precarious the panorama will be for some nations and believes work should be accomplished to protect the primacy of worldwide cricket amid the rise of T20 leagues.
She added: “It’s so important to keep the international game really strong. There’s a lot of changes on the horizon with the [women’s] IPL and PSL kicking off, so it’s really important international cricket is looked after and is strong in all countries, that it’s still the pinnacle of the game.
“You see the changes happening in the men’s game and the changes in the women’s game could affect things even more if people decide to just go down the franchise route – playing less cricket for more money.
“It’s a little reminder that international cricket needs to be looked after and invested in.”
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