| Australia 212-6 (20 overs): Perry 70 (46), Litchfield 52* (19); Matthews 3-36 |
| West Indies 213-3 (19.5 overs): Matthews 132 (64); Schutt 2-30 |
| West Indies gained by seven wickets |
| Scorecard. |
Hayley Matthews’ gorgeous century helped West Indies full the very best girls’s T20 worldwide run chase as they beat Australia by seven wickets.
Captain Matthews struck 132 from 64 balls as her facet chased Australia’s imposing 212-6 in Sydney.
The all-rounder fell with West Indies needing 9 runs from seven balls, which Shemaine Campbell and Chinelle Henry managed with a ball to spare.
Matthews additionally took 3-36 in Australia’s innings in an impressive all-round effort.
Her efficiency eclipsed that of 20-year-old Australian Phoebe Litchfield, who blasted 52 from 19 balls – equalling Sophie Devine’s file for the quickest girls’s T20 worldwide half-century (18 balls).
The earlier highest profitable chase in girls’s T20s was England’s pursuit of 199 in opposition to India in 2018.
All-rounder Matthews scored 99 not out within the defeat by Australia within the first T20 on Sunday, and backed it up with the very best particular person rating in a girls’s T20I run chase, her knock together with 20 fours and 5 sixes.
The 25-year-old was dropped on 30 by Megan Schutt and capitalised, reaching her century from 53 balls.
She was supported by Stafanie Taylor’s 59 from 41 balls because the skilled pair added 174 for the second wicket.
Matthews was bowled by Jess Jonassen within the penultimate over for the very best ever particular person T20 rating in opposition to world champions Australia.
Ellyse Perry had earlier high scored for the hosts with 70 from 46 balls however skipper Alyssa Healy fell for a first-ball duck, and Matthews’ bowling efforts had been supported by seamer Shamilia Connell’s 2-35.
Australia’s dominance within the shortest format has began to fade, this defeat coming after they misplaced their first T20 collection since 2017 in opposition to England in June.
The collection decider takes place in Brisbane on Thursday, 5 October.