Connell stars but South Africa take victory

EAST LONDON, South Africa– South Africa Women took a 44-run victory over the West Indies Women to earn their first points of the Tri-Nations Women’s T20 International Series at Buffalo Park in East London.

Shamilia Connell had a top all-round performance for the West Indies Women, finishing with bowling figures of 3-0-17-2 then contributed 15 from 11 with the bat.

After the match, Connell told CWI Media “I’ve been working and preparing very hard over the last few months and it’s very pleasing to be able to execute my all-round game for the team. I’ve been working on my death-bowling and today I was able to answer the skipper’s call. We were not consistent especially when we were batting, we’re gonna have to regroup and come back with a more fortified plan for our match against India on Monday.”

The West Indies Women will take on India Women at the same venue on Monday January 23. First ball is at 7:00pm local time (1:00pm Eastern Caribbean/12:00pm Jamaica time).

Full post-match interviews here

FULL SQUAD

Hayley Matthews (Captain)

Aaliyah Alleyne

Shanika Bruce

Shemaine Campbelle

Shamilia Connell

Britney Cooper

Chedean Nation

Afy Fletcher

Shabika Gajnabi

Sheneta Grimmond

Chinelle Henry

Karishma Ramharack

Kaysia Schultz

Shakera Selman

Stafanie Taylor

Rashada Williams

T20I Tri-Series Match Schedule

(all matches to be played at Buffalo Park, East London)

21 January: vs South Africa, 3pm local time (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica)- South Africa won by 44 runs

23 January: vs India, 7pm local time (1pm Eastern Caribbean/12noon Jamaica)

25 January: vs South Africa, 3pm local time (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica)

30 January: vs India, 3pm local time (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica)

2 February: ​ Tri-Series Final, 3pm local time (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica)

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