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Australia person powered to a 103-run triumph complete nan West Indies, contempt Stafanie Taylor’s breakthrough one-day century.
Opener Phoebe Litchfield top-scored pinch 77 and 5 different teammates reached nan 40s arsenic Australia made 341 from 49.5 overs connected Saturday (AEDT) successful St Kitts. It is simply a grounds women’s one-day squad full successful nan Caribbean.
After sweeping nan three-game T20 series, nan visitors past restricted nan West Indies to 238-8 from their 50 overs successful nan first of 3 one-dayers.
Australia’s apical bid each made starts pinch Georgia Voll mounting nan gait early successful a 75-run opening guidelines pinch Litchfield. Voll was nan first to autumn erstwhile caught astatine heavy midwicket of nan bowling of Afy Fletcher but Ellyse Perry quickly picked up wherever she near disconnected and cracked 3 sixes successful an imperious 44.
Sophie Molineux promoted herself to No 4 successful her first ODI successful complaint of nan broadside and helped Australia rebuild nan innings pinch 47 disconnected 66 balls, while Nicola Carey besides climbed up nan batting bid and added 49 from 39.
With nan consequence beyond doubt, nan liking precocious successful nan crippled was whether Taylor could people her first one-day ton against Australia. The erstwhile West Indies skipper scored 105 not retired from 129 balls, bringing up nan period pinch a bound disconnected Georgia Wareham successful nan 47th over.
Taylor’s knock, featuring 10 fours and a six, is her eighth one-day world period and her first since 2021. But her tense 90s astir ended successful disaster – she went for a speedy azygous connected 91 and Taylor would person been tally retired had Wareham’s propulsion astatine nan stumps been accurate.
Despite Taylor’s century, Wareham was named subordinate of nan lucifer for her 42 from 21 balls batting astatine No 7, pinch 5 fours and 2 sixes. Wareham besides took 1 for 39 from 10 overs, while Kim Garth removed nan openers connected nan measurement to 3 for 37 from her 10.
It was a recast Australian one-day team, pinch 5 changes from nan XI that hit India astatine nan commencement of this period successful Hobart. Beth Mooney’s precocious withdrawal pinch quad tightness meant Tahlia Wilson was brought successful for her one-day debut.
Wilson impressed arsenic wicketkeeper, pinch nan item her crisp stumping of Aaliyah Allene disconnected Garth, while Mooney now faces a title against clip to beryllium fresh for nan 2nd ODI successful nan three-match bid connected Sunday.
