THE MERCURIAL Deandra Dottin stroked an aggressive maiden one-day hundred as the West Indies women’s team defeated Pakistan by 19 runs on the D/L method for their second win at the ICC Women’s World Cup at Leicester yesterday. Sent in at Grace Road, West Indies rattled up an authoritative 285 for four off their 50 overs, with Dottin smashing an unbeaten 104 off just 76 balls.
Captain Stafanie Taylor missed out on a sixth career ton when she perished for 90 while Chedean Nation scored 35 and Merissa Aguilleira, 24 not out.
Seamer Asmavia Iqbal led Pakistan with two for 76.
Rain during the break forced Pakistan to chase a revised target of 245 off 38 overs but when the adverse weather returned, they had reached only 117 for three off 24 – short of the par score of 136.
Javeria Khan top-scored with an unbeaten 58 (72 balls) while opener Nahida Khan made 40 (46).
Off-spinner Anisa Mohammed once again led the Windies attack, taking two for 21 from her four overs.
The victory was the Caribbean side’s second on the trot, following last Sunday’s 47-run win over Sri Lanka at Derby that broke a sequence of four successive defeats.