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AUSW won by 47 runs

4:55 PM IST, 9:25 PM Local Time: In the end, a comfortable win for Australia Women as they win this game by 47 runs and take the series 2-1. Australia Women showed their depth and played as a team unlike West Indies who were overdependent on Hayley Matthews and once she fell, the innings fell away. They deserve the series win.   

Chasing 191 for the win, West Indies Women got off to a great start thanks to their captain Hayley Matthews who scored 79 off 40 balls battling a calf strain as the openers put on 97 for the first wicket. But once she fell, the innings was in for a free fall. Gajnabi struggled for her 16 off 27 balls. Aaliyah Alleyne had fun towards the end and scored 26 off 23 balls. But the rest fell away. 5 extras were given by the fielding side as West Indies were eventually bowled out for 143 in 19.5 overs. 

All the Australia Women bowlers bowled well and held their nerve when Hayley Matthews was going great guns. Darcie Brown was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/20 in 4 overs. She was ably supported by Ashleigh Gardner who picked up 3 wickets for 32 runs in 3.5 overs. A couple of wickets for Kim Garth and a wicket to Georgia Wareham as well. Australia will be happy with their performance. 

Earlier in the game, Australia Women were put into bat by West Indies Women. Beth Mooney fell early while skipper Alyssa Healy scored 18 off 12 balls. Tahlia McGrath was the star with the bat for Australia as she scored 65 off 34 balls. Elysse Perry played well for her 40 off 30 balls. Phoebe Litchfield played a cameo of 36 off 17 balls to power the score forward. Annabel Sutherland scored 19 off 13 balls. 4 extras given by the fielding side as Australia Women ended with 190/9 in 20 overs. 

Shamilia Connell was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies with figures of 3/25 in 3 overs. A wicket apiece for Hayley Matthews, Aaliyah Alleyne, Karishma Ramharack, and James. They tried hard, but the Aussies got away from them in the end. 

So, a win for Australia Women by 47 runs as they clinch the T20I series 2-1. Stick around for the presentation ceremony.   

Player of the Match and Player of the Series: Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews (Player of the Match & Series | West Indies Women Captain): "Yeah, look, I think it was a bit tougher to start out there today. I think the wicket was a bit slower and probably had to kind of change the areas of the field I was accessing today and go a bit more like that. I know Chasing big totals, I'm going to play an integral part, but at the same time, I really want to be able to go out there and lead by example and really inspire our group. I think when I go out there and tend to do pretty well, I help to bring a couple along with me. And unfortunately, we couldn't get over the line today. But I think for the other girls, I just want to continue to see them grow. 

 I think the last five overs we bowled probably went for a few too many. I think we did a really good job in the middle to get a couple of wickets and slowed on the scoring rate, and then obviously, that last ten overs when we were batting, we kind of crumbled and fell apart there."

Alyssa Healy has received the series trophy and now the Australia Women's team pose for a photograph with the trophy.  

That's it from this game and the T20I series which Australia pockets 2-1. The ODI series begins on Sunday between these two teams. Make sure you join us for those games and for all other fixtures around the globe, stick around to our network for all the action across formats. 

For now, this is Ayan Chatterjee signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Deepak Prakash alongside scorer/analyst Bishal Mandal. Stay safe, happy, and cool. Goodbye, goodnight and CHEERS!