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Mohamed bowls Windies girls to win against Pakistan
Twenty-three year-old Trinidadian world rated off-spinner Anisa Mohammed snatched 5-5 yesterday in St Vincent to spearhead West Indies to a commanding eight-wicket win against Pakistan in their opening female ODI to take a 1-nil lead in the four-match series.
Mohamed bowled six maidens in her 10-over spell to help reduce Pakistan, who registered the second lowest total (23 vs Australia in 1997) since the first Women’s ODI was contested in the 1973 World Female Cup, for 82 in 40.5 overs.
West Indies reached 82-2 off 19.3 overs with 20-year-old Bajan Deandra Dottin unbeaten on 36 and 20 year-old Jamaican stylist Stafanie Taylor, the only West Indian with 1,000 ODI runs, unbeaten on 24. Dottin was in aggressive mode hitting a six and a four off consecutive deliveries before lofting Yousuf for a huge six over mid-wicket as the home team galloped to victory.
Anisa Mohammed
The Caribbean lasses had lost 32-year-old Vincentian Juliana Nero, one of only five West Indians with over 600 ODI runs, caught behind for seven attempting to hit Junaid over mid-off just before Lunch with West Indies on 10-1 from 3.4 overs.
By Lunch West Indies were 16-1 with Shelly Daley on four and Taylor on three.
After the interval Daley (8) who was bowled by Yousuf to leave the score on 28-2 but Dottin, who scored the fastest t20 century when she clobbered a 38-ball ton against South Africa last year in St Kitts, joined forces with Taylor to see the hosts to a comfortable win.
Earlier, Guyanese pacer Tremayne Smartt, who opened the bowling, took 1-14 from seven overs while fellow Berbician and Guyana Female Captain Shamaine Campbell had 1-5 from four overs of leg-spin.
Mohamed’s performance was the 10th best in Women’s ODI’s and bettered the previous West Indies best of 5-36 from Cherry-Ann Singh against Ireland in 1993 as West Indies romped to their 9th win in 12 ODIs against the Pakistani girls since they first met at this level in 2003.
Mohammed made her ODI debut against Japan in 2003 and yesterday’s feat was her best ODI figures, bettering her previous best of 4-26.
Pakistan lost their first wicket in the opening over and never recovered despite a fighting 30-run second wicket partnership between Abidi and Hassan Shah.
Shah was caught behind for eight off the first ball from Mohammed to leave Pakistan on 32-2 in the 14th over to start her demolition job.
Abidi was trapped lbw to Mohammed for a top score of 26 in the 20th over as Pakistan slipped to 47-3 and when Maroof was run out for 10 by a direct hit from Nero at mid-off Pakistan were 52-4 and in trouble on a flat track.
The spin pair of Mohammed and Taylor tightened the screws and Mohammed struck twice with the score on 55 before two more quick wickets left the Pakistanis wobbling on the ropes at 57-8. Mir was last out for 18 as she tried to take most of the strike to complete a clinical day at the office for the West Indian bowlers.
The next ODI is fixed for tomorrow before the third is played on Thursday and the final one on Sunday.
The teams also play two T20 matches in Grenada and two in Guyana although reports are that the Guyana matches, scheduled for the Providence Stadium under lights on September 10 & 11 could be shifted to Barbados if the alleged Political involvement by Guyana’s Government in its country’s Cricket Board is not sorted out by this week.
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