West Indies women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18

The West Indies women's cricket team played the New Zealand women's cricket team in March 2018.[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and five Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WODI games were part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[2] New Zealand umpire Kathy Cross announced that she would retire from international umpiring at the end of the WT20I series.[3]

	New Zealand women	West Indies women
Dates	1 – 25 March 2018
Captains	Suzie Bates	Stafanie Taylor
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Sophie Devine (261)	Stafanie Taylor (202)
Most wickets	Leigh Kasperek (7)	Afy Fletcher (5)
Twenty20 International series
Results	New Zealand women won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs	Katey Martin (180)	Hayley Matthews (112)
Most wickets	Leigh Kasperek (10)	Afy Fletcher (5) Shamilia Connell (5)

New Zealand Women won the WODI series 3–0[4] and the WT20I series 4–0, after the fourth WT20I match was washed out.[5]

Squads

WODIs		WT20Is
New Zealand[6]	West Indies[7]	New Zealand[6]	West Indies[7]
Suzie Bates (c) Sophie Devine Lauren Down Kate Ebrahim Maddy Green Holly Huddleston Leigh Kasperek Amelia Kerr Katey Martin Anna Peterson Hannah Rowe Amy Satterthwaite Lea Tahuhu	Stafanie Taylor (c) Anisa Mohammed (vc) Merissa Aguilleira Britney Cooper Reniece Boyce Shamilia Connell Deandra Dottin Afy Fletcher Kycia Knight Kyshona Knight Hayley Matthews Chedean Nation Akeira Peters Tremayne Smartt	Suzie Bates (c) Sophie Devine Natalie Dodd Maddy Green Kate Heffernan Hayley Jensen Leigh Kasperek Amelia Kerr Katey Martin Anna Peterson Hannah Rowe Amy Satterthwaite Lea Tahuhu	Stafanie Taylor (c) Anisa Mohammed (vc) Merissa Aguilleira Britney Cooper Reniece Boyce Shamilia Connell Deandra Dottin Afy Fletcher Kycia Knight Kyshona Knight Hayley Matthews Chedean Nation Akeira Peters Tremayne Smartt

Tour match

50-over match: Canterbury Women vs West Indies Women

1 March 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Canterbury Women 216/5 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 220/3 (34 overs)
Evelyn Jones 98 (142) Afy Fletcher 3/44 (10 overs)		Kycia Knight 70* (90) Gabby Sullivan 2/26 (7 overs)

West Indies Women won by 7 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Diana Venter (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
• 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

WODI series

1st WODI

ICC Women's Championship 4 March 2018 11:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  278/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 277/9 (50 overs)
Sophie Devine 108 (103) Stafanie Taylor 3/54 (10 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 90 (93) Holly Huddleston 2/40 (9 overs)

New Zealand women won by 1 run Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ) Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Lauren Down (NZ) made her WODI debut.
• Sophie Devine (NZ) scored her third century in WODIs.[8]
• Points: New Zealand Women 2, West Indies Women 0.

2nd WODI

ICC Women's Championship 8 March 2018 11:00 Scorecard

West Indies  194 (48.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 195/2 (30.4 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 86 (112) Leigh Kasperek 4/44 (10 overs)		Suzie Bates 101* (86) Afy Fletcher 2/47 (8.4 overs)

New Zealand women won by 8 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ) Player of the match: Suzie Bates (NZ)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Suzie Bates (NZ) scored her ninth century in WODIs.[9]
• Sophie Devine (NZ) scored her 2,000th run in WODIs.[10]
• Points: New Zealand Women 2, West Indies Women 0.

3rd WODI

ICC Women's Championship 11 March 2018 11:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  310/5 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 105 (34.5 overs)
Suzie Bates 89 (97) Deandra Dottin 2/58 (10 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 26 (26) Sophie Devine 3/24 (5.5 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 205 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Ashley Mehrotra (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ) Player of the match: Sophie Devine (NZ)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Suzie Bates (NZ) scored her 4,000th run in WODIs.[11]
• Points: New Zealand Women 2, West Indies Women 0.

WT20I series

1st WT20I

14 March 2018 14:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  167/6 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 159/6 (20 overs)
Katey Martin 54 (35) Deandra Dottin 2/23 (4 overs)		Hayley Matthews 53 (31) Leigh Kasperek 3/35 (4 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 8 runs Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ) Player of the match: Katey Martin (NZ)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Reniece Boyce (WI) made her WT20I debut.

2nd WT20I

16 March 2018 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  185/3 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 79/8 (20 overs)
Katey Martin 65 (42) Akeira Peters 1/13 (2 overs)		Kyshona Knight 20 (35) Sophie Devine 3/12 (3 overs)

New Zealand won by 106 runs Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Billy Bowden and Kathy Cross (NZ) Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite (NZ)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Kate Heffernan (NZ) made her WT20I debut.
• Kathy Cross (NZ) stood in her final match as an umpire before retiring.[12]
• Amy Satterthwaite and Katey Martin (NZ) set a new record partnership for the third wicket for New Zealand Women and equalled the highest third-wicket stand for any team in WT20Is (124).[13]
• In terms of runs, this was the West Indies Women's biggest defeat and New Zealand Women's highest winning margin in WT20Is.[13]

3rd WT20I

20 March 2018 14:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  134/7 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 133/7 (20 overs)
Suzie Bates 52* (53) Hayley Matthews 3/24 (4 overs)		Merissa Aguilleira 38* (41) Leigh Kasperek 3/31 (4 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 1 run Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kim Cotton (NZ)

• West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.

4th WT20I

22 March 2018 14:00 Scorecard

New Zealand	v	West Indies

Match abandoned Pukekura Park, New Plymouth Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Diana Venter (NZ)

• No toss.

5th WT20I

25 March 2018 14:00 Scorecard

West Indies  139/5 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 143/3 (16.2 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 42 (36) Leigh Kasperek 2/19 (4 overs)		Katey Martin 54* (41) Shamilia Connell 3/35 (4 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Derek Walker (NZ)

• New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "White Ferns to play West Indies in summer series in New Zealand". Stuff. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
2. "New Zealand and the Windies aim to go all out as second round of matches kick off". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
3. "Pioneering umpire Kathy Cross to retire". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
4. "Devine brutal as New Zealand whitewash West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
5. "Martin, Satterthwaite help New Zealand to 4–0". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
6. "NZ women call up uncapped Heffernan, Down". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. "Smartt replaces injured Selman for New Zealand tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
8. "Sophie Devine, bowlers deny Windies in thriller". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
9. "Captain Suzie Bates leads White Ferns to crushing win over West indies in second ODI". News Hub. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
10. "Suzie Bates century seals series win for New Zealand Women". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
11. "All-round Devine stars as New Zealand sweep series 3-0". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
12. "ICC congratulates Kathy Cross on a fine career". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
13. "Records tumble as White Ferns destroy West Indies in second T20". Stuff. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo