West Indies beat Bangladesh to boost semi-final hopes

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'That is simply a large one!' - West Indies bushed Bangladesh arsenic Dottin hits 2 sixes

Women's T20 World Cup, Group B, Sharjah

Bangladesh 103-8 (20 overs): Nigar Sultana Joty 39 (44); Ramharack 4-17

West Indies 104-2 (12.5 overs): Matthews 34 (22)

West Indies won by 8 wickets

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West Indies starred with the bat arsenic they boosted their T20 World Cup semi-final hopes live with a objective triumph to each but destruct Bangladesh.

Led by skipper Hayley Matthews' fluent 34 disconnected 22 balls, West Indies easy chased down 104 with 7.1 overs to spare.

With the ball, Windies spinner Karishma Ramharack took 4-17 and sparked a Bangladesh illness from 73-2 to 103-8.

Victory improved West Indies' nett run-rate and moved to apical of Group B connected 4 points, level with South Africa and England - with the second having played 1 crippled fewer.

West Indies volition springiness themselves a beardown accidental of reaching the last 4 if they bushed England successful their past radical lucifer connected Tuesday.

Bangladesh request to bushed South Africa by a important borderline successful their last radical crippled connected Saturday and anticipation different results spell their way.

Windies fluent aft Bangladesh struggle

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Shorna removed aft arguable wicket

West Indies won the flip and squeezed Bangladesh, who recovered it hard to people against their opponent's rotation attack.

There was a stark opposition successful the 2nd innings wherever the runs were free-flowing and West Indies raced to 48-0 astatine the extremity of the powerplay.

Marufa Akter removed opener Matthews successful the eighth implicit but by that signifier West Indies were much than halfway to Bangladesh's total.

Stafanie Taylor was dropped connected 23 by Sobhana Mostary earlier she retired wounded with a limb wounded connected 27 disconnected 29.

Shemaine Campbelle besides contributed with 21 from 16 and Deandra Dottin scored the winning runs with a immense six implicit long-on.

After losing their opener to South Africa, West Indies person won each of their past 2 matches.

Bangladesh person mislaid their past 2 since beating Scotland successful the tournament's opener.

'Back-to-back wickets outgo us' - reaction

Player of the match, West Indies bowler Karishma Ramharack: "We knew they had a mates of batters that could deed good but we stayed patient, the wickets came aft we were patient.

"The mode the girls went astir the chase, I was truly happy. It volition beryllium bully to person a mates of days off."

Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty: "We had a precise bully start. We played truthful galore dots and back-to-back wickets outgo us.

"Their bowlers bowled truly good successful the mediate overs and didn't springiness america country to play our shots."

West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews: "We spoke astir being disciplined with the shot and getting them to deed wherever we wanted them to.

"More than apt we're going to person to triumph our past radical game. If you're going to vie successful a World Cup, you're going to person to bushed the best."

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