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Caribbean Life, April 7-13, 2022
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West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor in action against Australia during the Women’s Cricket World Cup at The Cooper Associates
County Ground, Taunton, Britain, June 26, 2017. Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra/File
By Azad Ali
West Indies Women dream of
reaching the ICC Women’s World
Cup final was shattered when Australia
crushed them by 157 runs in
the opening semi-final at the Basin
Reserve in Wellington, South Africa
last Wednesday.
In a contest reduced to 45 overs per
side due to a 1 3/4 hour delay at the
start because of rain.
Australia dominated from the
start, with Player-of-the-Match, Alyssa
Healy smashing 129 from 107 balls
to fire the six time champions to an
imposing 303 for three.
Healy put on a 216 for the first
wicket with Rachel Haynes (85 from
109 balls) while Beth Mooney arrived
late to strike 43 off 31 balls.
In reply, West Indies never looked
like threatening the target and
crashed 148 for 8 off 37 overs.
Captain Stafanie Taylor top-scored
with a pedestrian 48 from 75 balls
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West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo in action.
REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File
Bravo IPL’s top
wicket-taker
By Azad Ali
Former West Indies all-rounder, Dwayne
Bravo became the leading wicket-taker in
the history of the Indian Premier League
(IPL) when he got the wicket of Deepak
Hoods, during last week match between
Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super
Giants at Brabourne, India.
The 48-year-old Trinidad and Tobago
all-rounder overtook former Sri Lanka fast
bowler Lasith Malinga on the list when he
had Hood caught by Ravindra Jadeja for
13.
Bravo so far has a tally of 171 IPL wickets
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West Indies to
tour Pakistan
By Azad Ali
West Indies will tour Pakistan in June
to play three One-Day Internationals
(ODIs), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
announced last week.
The team will arrive in Islamabad on
June 5 to play at Rawalpindi on June 8, 10
and 12.
This series is part of World Cup Super
League from which the top seven countries
will qualify directly for next year’s World
Cup in India.
The three ODIs were supposed to be part
of the West Indies tour to Pakistan last
December, but it was rescheduled after five
positive COVID-19 cases were reported in
the West Indies team.
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DREAMS
SHATTERED
WI Women knocked out World Cup final
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