Unlike other formats of cricket, T20I matches do not need those long and tedious innings from a player. What T20I matches need are quick and blistering knocks around the ground. High scoring in this format is not as easy as in others due to the limited time. This is the reason why only a few prominent batters could hit a century here. West Indies too, have registered only one century in the Women’s T20I World Cups, coming from the bat of Deandra Dottin. In this article, we will take a look on the biggest knocks by West Indian batters in Women’s T20I World Cups. So, let’s dive into it!
1. Deandra Dottin Vs South Africa
We begin the list with Deandra Dottin, who played an unbeaten knock of 112 runs against South Africa in the 2010 Women’s T20I World Cup. In her 45-ball innings, she hit seven fours and nine sixes. Her strike rate was as high as 248.88. West Indies defeated the opposition by 17 runs.
2. Hayley Matthews Vs Ireland
On number two, we have Hayley Matthews who scored a 66* against Ireland in 2023. She hit eight fours and a single six in her 53-ball innings while maintaining a strike rate of 124.52. This inning, helped the team in chasing down Ireland’s total of 137 runs with 6 wickets still in hand.
3. Hayley Matthews Vs Australia
Another 66-run knock from Hayley Matthews makes it to the third spot on this list. Playing with a strike rate of 146.66, she hit six fours and three sixes against Australia in 2016. Hayley’s efforts were rewarded as the team went on to defeat the Australians by eight wickets.
4. Hayley Matthews Vs Sri Lanka
Hayley Matthews once again shows up on the list, this time with a 62-run knock against Sri Lanka. She reached this score in only 36 balls, playing with a strike rate of 172.22. Her innings comprised of eight fours and two sixes. West Indies won this game by a huge margin of 83 runs.
5. Britney Cooper Vs New Zealand
Spot number five, belongs to Britney Cooper for her knock of 61 runs against New Zealand in 2016 semi-final match of Women’s T20I World Cup. Britney hit five fours and two sixes in her 48-ball knock. Ultimately, the team won the match by six runs to make it to the finals.
6. Stafanie Taylor Vs Australia
On the sixth spot, we have Stafanie Taylor with a 59-run knock against Australia in the final match of 2016 Women’s T20I World Cup. Taylor hit 6 fours to reach the score in 57 runs. Even though her strike-rate was only of 103.50, she managed to guide West Indies to the title by defeating Australia by 8 wickets.
7. Stafanie Taylor Vs New Zealand
In 2009, Stefanie Taylor played a knock of 58* against Australia. Playing with a strike rate of 103.57, she hit six fours in her 56-ball innings. Despite this measured innings, no other batter could support Stafanie and they were able to score only 106 runs in reply to New Zealand’s target of 159 runs.
8. Stafanie Taylor Vs Australia
Stafanie Taylor once again played an inning of 58*, this time against Australia in the 2010 Women’s T20I World Cup. In her 54-ball inning she hit four fours and two sixes to register a strike rate of 107.40. Despite this, the Australians won by 9 runs as West Indies could score only 124 runs in reply to their 133.
9. Deandra Dottin Vs New Zealand
On the ninth spot, we have Deandra Dottin who played an unbeaten knock of 58 runs against New Zealand in 2012. She hit six fours and two sixes to reach the score in only 42 runs and recorded a strike rate of 138.09. West Indies easily chased down New Zealand’s below par total of 117 runs with 7 wickets in hand.
10. Deandra Dottin Vs India
Making it to the final spot on this list, is Deandra Dottin’s knock of 57 runs in 51 balls against India. While playing with a strike rate of 111.76, she hit seven fours and two sixes. However, this was nit enough as the team could only score 117 runs in the allotted 20 overs. This target was easily chased down by the Indian batters with 14 balls remaining.
