White Ferns triumph over West Indies
OTAGO offspinner Eden Carson has helped the White Ferns clinch its first series win in the Caribbean with a threewicket haul on ODI debut.
The 21yearold took three for 31 from eight overs to help restrict the West Indies to a modest total of 169 for nine.
That target proved a little trickier than initially thought. The visitors were nicely placed at 164 for five in Antigua.
Maddy Green had anchored the chase with 48 from 78 balls on a slow surface.
But her departure triggered a dramatic collapse.
Brooke Halliday (24), Lea Tahuhu (0) and Isabella Gaze (1) were all levered out in quick succession.
Otago allrounder Hayley Jensen (5 not out) completed the win with a boundary.
Green was named player of the match, but Carson made an impressive debut.
Among her three victims was the key wicket of West Indies captain Hayley Matthews for 46.
The hardhitting allrounder was trapped lbw after retreating deep in her crease and trying to work the ball into the leg side.
Carson had a breakthrough season for Otago last summer.
She was the leading wicket taker in both the Hallyburton
R Williams c Bates b Jonas
N McLean c Gaze b Jensen
S Gajnabi c Gaze b Devine
S Taylor c Gaze b Tahuhu
H Matthews lbw b Carson
K Knight c Jensen b Kerr
C Henry c Green b Carson
S Selman b Carson
A Fletcher c Gaze b Jensen
K Ramharack not out
S Connell not out
Extras (2b, 6lb, 10w) 13 4 7 10 46 1 30 18 19 1 2 18 169
Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs)
Fall: 1/8, 2/29, 3/29, 4/67, 5/68, 6/115, 7/129, 8/165, 9/166
Bowling: L Tahuhu 90361, H Jensen 70272, F Jonas 101171, S Devine 40211, A Kerr 101171, E Carson 81313, S Bates 20120 16 7 21 48 33 24 5 0
I Gaze b Ramharack 1
E Carson not out 0
Extras (4lb, 11w, 1nb) 16
Total (for 8 wkts, 40.1 overs) 171
Fall: 1/22, 2/32, 3/51, 4/117, 5/164, 6/166, 7/166, 8/167.
Bowling: S Connell 40160, C Henry 80231, S Selman 50302, H Matthews 80300, K Ramharack 61223, A Fletcher 6.10291, S Taylor 30171.
S Bates c McLean b Selman
S Devine c Taylor b Selman
A Kerr c Taylor b Henry
M Green c Henry b Fletcher
L Down c Selman b Taylor
B Halliday c Williams b
H Jensen not out
Ramharack
L Tahuhu c Selman b Ramharack
Johnstone Shield the Super Smash tournaments, and was rewarded with a national contract.
New Zealand lead the ODI series 20 after winning the opening game by five runs under the DuckworthLewis scoring system when bad light stopped.
The final game of the series is on Sunday, but the two teams will play in a fivegame T20 series following that.