England’s ladies finished a 5-0 T20 sequence sweep with an eight-wicket thrashing of West Indies in a one-sided excursion finale in Bridgetown that noticed the hosts bowled out for a meager overall of 43.
Freya Davies and Alice Davidson-Richards made probably the most of an extraordinary alternative within the beginning XI to tear in the course of the hosts’ batting lineup; Davies had figures of three–2 whilst Davidson–Richards had 3–5.
The pair had been ably subsidized up by means of Charlie Dean, who took two wickets for 8 runs. Djenaba Joseph top-scored for West Indies with 11 ahead of her facet had been all out after 16.2 overs.
England then made fast paintings of the paltry run chase as openers Danni Wyatt and Sophia Dunkley set about their process ahead of Nat Sciver (20 from 12 balls) helped knock off the whole in simply 5.3 overs.
England’s dominance within the T20 sequence comes after Heather Knight’s staff secured a 3-0 sweep within the one-day world sequence. Earlier within the week, Knight warned that ladies’s world cricket will have to be secure, revealing her facet’s excursion of the West Indies has felt like “going back in time” because of its low-key nature and loss of DRS era.
The Caribbean travel has been a powerful good fortune however Knight has been not able to shake the concept that whilst issues were shifting ahead for her facet at the box, the travel has represented a backwards step in alternative ways.
The West Indies don’t have the monetary or administrative assets to check the fast acceleration of professionalism of the ladies’s sport observed by means of the likes of England, Australia and India and the competition has failed to attract the degrees of hobby Knight has turn into conversant in at house .
“On the pitch it’s been brilliant but we haven’t been massively 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 move way past a quiet month in Antigua and Barbados, even though. She is aware of how precarious the panorama can also be for some international locations and believes paintings will have to be finished to maintain the primacy of world cricket amid the upward push 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.”