IND-W vs WI-W 2nd T20I Commentary - Navi Mumbai (17 December 2024)

Tossed up on the middle. Shemaine Campbelle shimmies down and heaves off the inner half to deep square leg. 

FOUR! Nicely done! Drifted down the leg. Hayley Matthews gets into the position and helps it to fine leg for four runs.

Flat on off. Punched into covers for none. 

FOUR! Hayley Matthews fittingly finishes off the game! Touch short, outside off. Hayley Matthews goes back and cuts it to the deep point region for a cracking boundary. West Indies Women win by 9 wickets with more than four overs to spare. The series is now levelled at 1-1. 

Floated on the middle. Shemaine Campbelle advances and drills it to long-on for one.

Flat and turning into the leg. Nudged through square leg for a couple.

Flat on the middle. Knocked to long-on for one.

Tossed up on the middle. Shemaine Campbelle advances and pushes it to short mid-wicket.

Drifted on the pad. Nudged round the corner for one.

Floated on the middle. Pushed toward silly mid-on.

Back of a length on the middle and leg. Tucked to deep square leg for a single.

Length ball on off. Defended back to the bowler.

On a length, outside off. Shemaine Campbelle cuts it through covers for one.

FIVE WIDES! On a length angling down the leg. Hayley Matthews pulls and misses. Beats the keeper and runs away for five bonus runs. 

FOUR! West Indies Women needed under 25 runs now. Back of a length outside off. Hayley Matthews stays back and punches it uppishly to deep extra cover for another handsome boundary. 

FOUR MORE! West Indies Women are inching closer! Fuller than a length, at the stumps. Hayley Matthews gets inside the line and helps it to deep backward square leg for another boundary. 

FOUR! A hat-trick of boundaries! Slower ball on a length, around off. Hayley Matthews bisects the gap between backward point and short third for four runs.

Short of a good length, angled in. Knocked to long-on for one.

FOUR! BANG! Pitched full, on off. Shemaine Campbelle pumps it over the bowler and down the ground for a thumping boundary.

Loopy delivery around off. Shemaine Campbelle cuts and misses.

Full, at the stumps. Chipped to long-on for one.

FOUR! HAMMERED! Short of a good length, on off. Hayley Matthews rocks back and pulls it powerfully to deep mid-wicket. One bounce and over the ropes. 

Length, on the middle. Worked to deep square leg for one.

Flat on the middle. Shemaine Campbelle nudges into the leg side for one.

Tad short, around off. Pulled to wide long-on for a single.

Tossed up on the middle. Eased to long-on for one.

Flat on off. Punched to mid-off for one.

Tossed up on off. Shemaine Campbelle presses forward and defends.

Flat and angled into the pad. Shemaine Campbelle pulls it to short fine leg.

NO BALL! Tosses it on a length, around off. Slapped to mid-off. No ball signaled. Free hit coming up.

Tossed up on off. Dragged to deep mid-wicket for one. 

FOUR! Up and Over! Tossed up around off. Hayley Matthews goes inside out to deep extra cover for a boundary. 

FOUR MORE! Tad short, around off. Hayley Matthews rocks back and punches it through extra cover. Beats the fielder in the deep for back to back boundaries.

FOUR! A third boundary in a row! This was nicely done as Hayley Matthews allowed it to come close to her and steered it past backward point. The ball races away for a hat-trick of fours.

FOUR! A fourth boundary on the trot and fifty for Hayley Matthews. Tad short, on the middle. Hayley Matthews goes back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for punishing boundary. 

Floated full, around off. Driven straight to extra cover.

Flat and quick around off. Hayley Matthews cuts it to backward point.

Touch short, on the middle. Hayley Matthews pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Flat and outside off. Cut away to deep backward point for one.

Flat, on off. Hayley Matthews pulls and gets the inside edge to short fine leg.

Turning into the middle and leg. Nudged to deep square leg for a single.

Flat, around off. Pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Back of a length outside off. Shemaine Campbelle cuts it to mid-off.

Short of a length outside off. Cut away to sweeper cover for a single.

Back of a length around off. Punched to deep extra cover for one.

FOUR! SMASHED! Short of a good length, sits up nicely for Shemaine Campbelle who hacks it to deep mid-wicket for a crunching boundary. 

FOUR MORE! Titas Sadhu is having a poor day. Length ball, around off. Shemaine Campbelle hangs back and steers it past short third for back to back boundaries. 

FOUR! Make that three in a row! On a length, outside off. Shemaine Campbelle cuts it past the backward point fielder for a hat-trick of boundaries.

Tosses it on a length, around off. Shemaine Campbelle plays and misses.

Shemaine Campbelle takes it on the full and eases it to long-on for one.

Tossed full on off. Matthews defends forward.

FOUR! Put Away! Tossed up down the leg. Hayley Matthews sweeps it hard to deep backward square leg for four runs.

Floated full, on off. Driven to extra cover.

FOUR MORE! Streaky! Tad short, around off. Hayley Matthews cuts and gets the outside edge that races away to deep third for a boundary. 

LEG BYE! Length ball on the pad. Comes off the thigh pad to square leg for a leg bye.

Length delivery, outside leg. Qiana Joseph plays and misses onto the pad. The ball deflects toward the short third. Appeal from the bowler but this was clearly missing the stumps. 

Yorker-length ball as Qiana Joseph gets an inside edge to short fine leg.

OUT! CAUGHT! India Women finally get the breakthrough. Back of a length delivery on middle. Qiana Joseph makes room and miscues the pull off a top edge. Goes straight up and Richa Ghosh makes no mistake on the catch. Sajana S will be releived. West Indies Women lose their first as Qiana Joseph's cameo comes to an end.

Full, at the stumps. Shemaine Campbelle flicks it to short mid-wicket.

On a length, at the stumps. Shemaine Campbelle works it through square leg for one.

DROPPED AND FOUR! Tossed up on the middle. Qiana Joseph gets low and slogs it to the deep mid-wicket region. Sajana S runs around and it bursts through her hands, parrying into the ropes. 

FOUR MORE! Put Away! Flighted full, on off. Qiana Joseph slog-sweeps it to the deep square-leg region for another boundary. 

Flighted full, outside off. Qiana Joseph makes room and defends into the off-side.

FOUR! Finds the gap! Tossed up full, on the leg pole. Qiana Joseph gets on her knees and sweeps it through short fine leg and backward square leg for a third boundary in the over.

Full on the pad. Qiana Joseph flicks it to short fine leg. A run-out check at the striker's end but Joseph is in the crease.

Slower through the air on off. Qiana Joseph defends forward.

FOUR! Top Shot! Pitched full, on the middle and leg. Flicked nicely through mid-wicket and it races away to the ropes.

The 50-run stand comes up! Back of a length down the leg. Hayley Matthews glances it to fine leg for one.

Fuller than a length on off. Driven on the up to long-on for one.

Fuller than a length, on the middle. Hayley Matthews advances and lifts it toward the wide of long-off for a couple. 

Back of a length on the hip. Tucked toward short fine leg.

On a length, at the stumps. Hayley Matthews defends from the crease.

Tossed up on the middle and leg. Defended into the leg side. 

FOUR! SMASHED! Tad short, outside off. Hayley Matthews shuffles and cuts it hard through extra cover for a powerful boundary.

FOUR MORE! PUNISHED! Flat and outside off. Hayley Matthews moves to her right and pulls it through square leg for back to back boundaries. Jemimah Rodrigues puts the slide but in vain. 

Tossed up on the leg. Swiped uppishly to deep square leg for one.

Flat and down the leg. Qiana Joseph plays and misses. A confident appeal from the keeper for caught behind. The umpire is unmoved. India Women takes the review. Nothing on the ultra edge and Qiana Joseph survives.

Tosses it flat, on off. Knocked into covers.

Good length delivery on off. Hayley Matthews presses forward and defends.

FOUR! Nicely done! Length ball, on the middle and leg. Hayley Matthews shuffles and pulls it to long-leg for a powerful boundary. 

FOUR MORE! Runs are coming thick and fast. Pitched full, at the stumps. Hayley Matthews pumps it over the bowler and down the ground for back to back boundaries.

Back of a length, angled into the middle. Tucked through mid-wicket for one.

SIX! Qiana Joseph is off to a flier! Pitched full, in the slot. Qiana Joseph makes room and smokes it over wide of long-on for half a dozen. 

Length ball, at the stumps. Qiana Joseph defends it back at the bowler.

FOUR! Titas Sadhu is greeted with a boundary. Short of a length angled down the leg. Qiana Joseph helps it to fine leg for a boundary. 

SIX! BOOM! Banged short, around off. Qiana Joseph hangs back and bludgeons the pull over deep square leg for half a dozen. 

On a length on off. Qiana Joseph makes room and knocks into covers.

Back of a length on off. Qiana Joseph defends from the crease.

FOUR MORE! Too Easy! Short of a length down the leg. Qiana Joseph pulls it to fine leg for another boundary. 

FOUR! A third boundary in the over! 18 runs coming off it. Full and wide outside off. Qiana Joseph swings hard and slices it to deep point. A couple of bounces and into the ropes.

 Back of a length at the stumps. Punched off the back foot to mid on.

 Inswinger around off. Matthews leans forward to drive, hits it from the inner half to mid wicket.

 WIDE! Back of a length delivery angling down leg. Matthews leaves it alone for a wide ball.

 Length ball around off. Matthews pushes it to cover off the front foot.

Angled into the middle and leg, off a length. Hayley Matthews works it through mid-wicket for a single.

Short of a length around off. Qiana Joseph mistimes the pull into the leg side.

Fuller than a length outside off. Driven to sweeper cover for one.