Daley's 63 not enough - WI women fall short in final ODI

RAJKOT, India (CMC):

A resolute 63 from Shanel Daley failed to ignite West Indies women and India's women crushed them by 57 runs in the fifth and final one-day international (ODI) yesterday.

Daley struck half-dozen boundaries in her 112-ball innings, as Windies, chasing 189 for victory, were dismissed for 131 in 45.4 overs in the contest at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground.

The 22-year-old daughter of former Jamaica men's all-rounder, Aaron Daley, added 43 for the fifth wicket with Deandra Dottin to help the Windies recover from a wobbly 60 for four in the 22nd over.

After Dottin was run out for 21 in the 38th over, West Indies' women lost their way and six wickets fell for 28 in the space of 51 balls.

The result meant that India won the five-match series 3-2. After the visitors won the first match by nine wickets at Mumbai, the home team rebounded with a 10-run victory at Vadodara, where the Windies also won the third match by three wickets before the Indians won the penultimate match by 10 runs.

Failure to make history

The defeat also meant that Windies' women failed in their bid for a historic ODI series victory over India's women, although they clinched momentous ODI wins for the first time ever over their opponents.

Choosing to field, the Windies had India reeling on 88 for six in the 30th over, but Amita Sharma hit the top score of 47 from 58 balls to help the home team reach a respectable 188 for nine off their 50 overs.

West Indies suffered a huge setback at the start of their chase, when batting heroine Stafanie Taylor was lbw to Jhulan Goswami, the Indian captain, for two in the third over.

On the back of Daley, one of six women players under retainer contracts from the West Indies Cricket Board, the visitors got moving.

The two sides now contest three Twenty20 internationals - this coming Saturday, Sunday and Monday at Ahmedabad.

SCOREBOARD

INDIA (maximum 50 overs)

P. Raut c wkprAguilleira b Smartt 6N. Tanwar run out (King/Smartt) 0M. Raj c and b King 22H. Kaur b Smartt 5P. Roy c King b Dottin 33D. David c and b Daley 6R. Dhar lbw b Campbelle 32A. Sharma not out 47J. Goswami run out (Dottin/Campbelle) 16G. Sultana lbw b Taylor 0+S. Lobatto not out 0Extras (b1, lb5, w14, nb1) 21

TOTAL (9 wkts, 50 overs) 188

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tanwar, 0.6 overs); 2-17 (Raut, 6.4); 3-32 (Kaur, 10.4); 4-41 (Raj, 18.4); 5-65 (David, 23.2); 6-88 (Roy, 29.3); 7-128 (Dhar, 38.3); 8-155 (Goswami, 46.5); 9-165 (Sultana, 47.5)

Bowling: Smartt 8-0-27-2, Taylor 10-1-36-1, Mohammed 10-1-23-0, King 7-0-44-1, Campbelle 10-1-30-1, Daley 3-0-11-1, Dottin 2-0-11-1

WEST INDIES (target: 189 off 50 overs)

S. Taylor lbw bGoswami 2J. Nero c and b Sharma 8S. Daley c and b Roy 63+M. Aguilleira lbw bGoswami 0S. King c Tanwar b Sultana 9D. Dottin run out (David/Roy) 21B. Cooper b David 0S. Campbelle lbw b Sultana 1A. Mohammed st Lobatto b Roy 16T. Smartt st Lobatto b Roy 0P. Etienne not out 3Extras (w6, nb2) 8TOTAL (all out, 45.4 overs) 131

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Taylor, 2.1 overs); 2-41 (Nero, 10.1); 3-46 (+Aguilleira, 11.6); 4-60 (King, 21.2); 5-103 (Dottin, 37.2); 6-107 (Cooper, 38.4); 7-111 (Campbelle, 40.1); 8-126 (Daley, 43.1); 9-126 (Smartt, 43.2)

Bowling:Goswami 6-0-22-2, Dhar 7-1-28-0, Sharma 8-3-14-1, David 8-2-16-1, Sultana 8-0-25-2, Roy 8.4-1-26-3

Result: India won by 57 runs

Series: India won the five-match series 3-2

Toss: India

Umpires: K. Doodhwala, P. Khakhar

TV umpire: A. Palia

Match referee: N. Jogalekar