BAS­SETERRE – De­an­dra Dot­tin blud­geoned Bangladesh Women’s bowlers to all parts of the ground in a su­perb dis­play of pow­er hit­ting, and to­geth­er with cap­tain Hay­ley Matthews pro­pelled West In­dies Women to a com­mand­ing eight-wick­et vic­to­ry in the first T20I at Warn­er Park in St Kitts on Mon­day.

Dot­tin smashed sev­en six­es in an un­beat­en knock of 51 from 22 balls, while Matthews fin­ished un­beat­en on 60 from 54 balls, as the home side eas­i­ly over­hauled Bangladesh Women’s to­tal of 144 for three from their 20 overs, end­ing on 145 for two off 16.5 overs.

West In­dies Women were giv­en a sol­id start with open­ers Matthew and Qiana Joseph putting on 63 runs for the first wick­et.

Fahi­ma Khatun got the break­through when she had Joseph caught at point af­ter scor­ing 29 from 21 balls.

She­maine Camp­belle’s stay at the crease didn’t last long as she made just three be­fore she be­came Khatun’s sec­ond vic­tim to leave the Windies 73 for two in the 11th over.

The fire­works be­gan with Dot­tin’s ar­rival, as she wast­ed lit­tle time in hit­ting Rabeya Khan for three huge six­es in the 13th over that went for 20 runs.

She fol­lowed up by slog-sweep­ing Shorna Ak­ter for an­oth­er six in the next over be­fore send­ing Khatun over the ropes in the 15th over.

Dot­tin wasn’t done just yet, smash­ing Far­i­ha Is­lam for two more six­es in the 16th over, the last of which brought up her half-cen­tu­ry off 21 balls, while car­ry­ing West In­dies with­in five runs of vic­to­ry.

Matthews hit the win­ning run in the en­su­ing over, dri­ving Sul­tana Khatun down to deep mid­wick­et for an easy sin­gle.

The skip­per, whose 16th T20I half-cen­tu­ry was over­shad­owed by Dot­tin, hit sev­en bound­aries dur­ing her in­nings.

Ear­li­er, Bangladesh Women did well to get up to their even­tu­al to­tal by pick­ing up 52 runs in the last five overs af­ter be­ing lim­it­ed by dis­ci­plined bowl­ing by the home side ear­ly on.

They were led by an un­beat­en half-cen­tu­ry from their cap­tain Ni­gar Sul­tana Jo­ty, who stroked 53 from 40 balls with five fours and two six­es.

There were al­so use­ful con­tri­bu­tions from Sharmin Ak­ter who made 37 from 41 balls and Sob­hana Mostary who scored 22 from 21 balls.

CMC

Scores

BANGLADESH WOMEN 144-3 in 20 overs (Ni­gar Sul­tana Jo­ty 53 not out, Sharmin Ak­ter 37, Sob­hana Mostary 22, Di­la­ra Dola 12).

WEST IN­DIES WOMEN 145-2 in 16.5 overs (Hay­ley Matthews 60 not out. De­an­dra Dot­tin 51 not out, Qiana Joseph 29; Fahi­ma Khatun 2-15).

West In­dies Women won by eight wick­ets.