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West Indies Women seal Zimbabwe T20I series with eight-wicket win
West Indies Women have won their T20 International series in Zimbabwe with a match to spare, beating the hosts by eight wickets in Harare on Monday. Zimbabwe made 106 for 7. The visitors knocked it off in 9.1 overs. Eboni Brathwaite hit 57 from 23 balls and took the player of the match award.
It is 2-0 in a three-match series. The last game is on Wednesday. West Indies also won the opener by eight wickets.
A chase of 9.1 overs
Brathwaite's innings contained three fours and six sixes. The 108 came at better than eleven an over, and West Indies lost two wickets getting there. Realeanna Grimmond finished 23 not out from 16 balls, according to the Female Cricket scorecard.
Claxton's two overs
Jahzara Claxton took 3 for 14 from two overs. She also starred in the series opener. Zimbabwe were never allowed to build.
- Zimbabwe Women: 106 for 7 from 20 overs
- West Indies Women: 108 for 2 from 9.1 overs
- Result: West Indies Women by 8 wickets
- Series: West Indies Women lead 2-0, one match to play
Zimbabwe's innings in Harare
Beloved Biza top-scored with 35 from 35 balls. Kelis Ndhlovu and Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano made 25 apiece, per the same scorecard. Those three made 85 of the 106 between them. Nobody got away.
Afy Fletcher and Stafanie Taylor took a wicket each. Taylor conceded 12 from three overs. Zimbabwe used five bowlers in reply and only two of them struck. Kudzai Chigora and Christine Mutasa took the wickets.
A dead rubber on Wednesday
The opener followed much the same shape. Zimbabwe were held to 97 for 9 and Karishma Ramharack took 3 for 17, by CricTracker's account of that match. West Indies won it by eight wickets too.
Across the two games Zimbabwe have made 203 runs in forty overs of batting and lost sixteen wickets. Their bowlers have had 9.1 overs of work in defence of the second total. Wednesday's match decides nothing. It is the last match of the T20I series.