KARACHI, Pak­istan – West In­dies Women won their five-match Twen­ty20 In­ter­na­tion­al se­ries against hosts Pak­istan Women 4-1 af­ter an­oth­er Play­er-of-the-Match in­nings from their cap­tain Hay­ley Matthews en­abled them to close out with a re­sound­ing eight-wick­et win on Fri­day.

The 26-year-old Bar­ba­di­an all-rounder struck 11 fours in a top score of 78 from 59 balls and the Caribbean side suc­cess­ful­ly chased 135 in the fi­nal match of the se­ries that was ex­clu­sive­ly played at the Na­tion­al Sta­di­um.

She end­ed with a se­ries-high 205 runs at an av­er­age of 41 with her score on Fri­day be­ing the high­est in the five in­nings that she played, and she fin­ished with sev­en wick­ets – the sec­ond high­est for her side be­hind eight for leg-spin­ner Afy Fletch­er – and col­lect­ed them at 15.28 apiece to make her a shoo-in for the Play­er-of-the-Se­ries prize.

Matthews shared 103 for the sec­ond wick­et with her deputy She­maine Camp­belle that car­ried the vis­i­tors to 37 for one af­ter the Pow­er Play, 82 for one at the mid-point of the in­nings, and 117 for one with five overs re­main­ing.

West In­dies Women firm­ly on course to win when left-arm spin­ner Nashra Sand­hu bowled Matthews with sev­en re­quired from 15 balls.

Camp­belle was not out on 33, and teenaged left-hand­ed all-rounder Zai­da James came to the crease and knocked off the re­main­ing runs, fin­ish­ing the match with a bound­ary, to bring the high­ly suc­cess­ful tour for the Caribbean side to a close.

The vis­i­tors won all but one of the pre­ced­ing sev­en in­ter­na­tion­al match­es on the trip – the first three T20Is by mar­gins of one run, sev­en wick­ets, and two runs, and the pre­ced­ing three ICC Women’s Cham­pi­onship One-day In­ter­na­tion­als – be­fore they stum­bled to an eight-wick­et loss on Thurs­day in the fourth T20I.

Ear­li­er, Fletch­er grabbed three for 17 from her al­lot­ted four overs, and Wind­ward Is­lands Women team­mate Qiana Joseph sup­port­ed with two wick­ets, and West In­dies Women de­fied sol­id top-or­der bat­ting from the Pak­ista­nis and re­strict­ed the hosts to 134 for eight af­ter putting them in to bat.

Sidra Ameen led the way for Pak­istan Women with 48 to end the se­ries with the sec­ond high­est ag­gre­gate be­hind Matthews of 159, Munee­ba Ali got 25, and Ayesha Za­far got 22 – but no oth­er got 20 for the hosts af­ter they reached 44 for one at the end of the Pow­er Play.

Sum­merise Scores

PAK­ISTAN WOMEN 134 for eight off 20 overs (Sidra Ameen 48, Munee­ba Ali 25, Ayesha Za­far 22; Afy Fletch­er 3-17, Qiana Joseph 2-26) vs

WEST IN­DIES WOMEN 136 for two off 18.2 overs (Hay­ley Matthews 78, She­maine Camp­belle 33 not out).

Re­sult: West In­dies Women won by eight wick­ets (10 balls re­main­ing).

Se­ries: West In­dies Women win five-match se­ries 4-1.

Toss: West In­dies Women.

Play­er-of-the-Match: H. Matthews (West In­dies).

Play­er-of-the-Se­ries: H. Matthews (West In­dies).

Um­pires: Faisal Afri­di, Claire Polosak (Aus­tralia).

TV um­pire: Fa­rooq Ali Khan.

Match ref­er­ee: Muham­mad Javed.

Re­serve um­pire: Afia Amin.

(CMC)