A brutal unbeaten half century from Captain Hayley Matthew steered West Indies Women to a crushing nine-wicket win against hosts India Women in the 2nd T20 today in Mumbai.
Matthews scored an unbeaten 85 from 47 balls inclusive of 17 four’s, and also took two wickets to earn the player of the match award.
Chasing 160, the Windies eased to 160 for one, in 15.4 overs, to level the three-match series at one-all.
Shemaine Campbelle finished 29 not out, while Qiana Joseph scored 38.
Earlier sent into bat, India posted 159 for nine off their 20 overs.
Skipper Smriti Mandhana led with 62 and Richa Ghosh 32.
Matthews, Deandra Dottin, Chinelle Henry and Afy Fletcher had two wickets apiece.
The third and final T20 is set for Thursday from 9:30 a.m. with live coverage on MCTV’s Sportsmax channel.
