PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – USA Under-19 Women ended a successful tour of the Caribbean with a 15-run victory over West Indies Under-19 Women in the sixth and final Youth T20I here on Sunday.
Playing at the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, the USA were bowled out for a meagre 88 in 19.5 overs after being sent in to bat.
However, the visitors’ bowlers then produced a tremendous effort to dismiss the West Indies for just 73 off the last ball of the match.
It helped the USA rebound from losing the opening match to win the series 3-1 after two of the matches were rained out.
The USA found themselves in trouble early on after Theanny Herbert-Mayers struck twice to see them reduced to 18 for three in the fifth over.
However, Nikhar Doshi, who made 23, and Hashini Karthikeyan, who scored 21, rescued their side in a fourth-wicket partnership of 52.
West Indies fought back at the death, though, and once Doshi was dismissed at the end of the 15th over, USA lost their last seven wickets for 18 runs.
The home side would, however, have been disappointed with the 25 extras they gifted USA, the top contributor to the score.
Aaliyah Weekes finished with 3-14, Herbert-Mayers 2-18, and Danellie Manns 2-28.
Needing a win to tie the series, West Indies collapsed from a comfortable position of 30 for one in the seventh over to lose four wickets for just eight runs, and they slumped to 38 for five.
It was a position they would not recover from, as Taranum Chopra (3-8), Chetna Pagydyala (2-8), and Sainavi Kambalapalli (2-11) bowled the USA to victory.
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