Australian women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2019–20

The Australia women's cricket team played the West Indies women's cricket team in September 2019. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs), which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship, and three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.[1][2] The first fixture of the tour, at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua, was the Australia's first ever WODI match in the Caribbean.[3] Australia won the WODI series 3–0,[4] their fifth-consecutive series sweep and their fifteenth win in WODIs in a row.[5] As a result, they became the first team to qualify for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup.[6] Australia also won the WT20I series 3–0.[7]

 
  West Indies women Australia women
Dates 5 – 18 September 2019
Captains Stafanie Taylor Meg Lanning[n 1]
One Day International series
Results Australia women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Stafanie Taylor (114) Alyssa Healy (241)
Most wickets Afy Fletcher (2)
Shamilia Connell (2)
Chinelle Henry (2)		 Georgia Wareham (6)
Player of the series Ellyse Perry (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results Australia women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Britney Cooper (68) Alyssa Healy (108)
Most wickets Afy Fletcher (3) Jess Jonassen (7)
Player of the series Alyssa Healy (Aus)

Squads
WODIs WT20Is
 West Indies[8]  Australia[9]  West Indies[10]  Australia[11]

Ahead of the tour, Hayley Matthews was withdrawn from the West Indies' squad after breaching Cricket West Indies' code of conduct.[12] She was replaced by Sheneta Grimmond.[13] Britney Cooper was added to the West Indies' squad for the third WODI match, replacing Kycia Knight, who was ruled out due to an injury.[14]

WODI series

1st WODI
ICC Women's Championship
5 September 2019
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
308/4 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
130 (37.3 overs)
Alyssa Healy 122 (106)
Shamilia Connell 2/53 (10 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 70* (114)
Ellyse Perry 3/17 (5 overs)
Australia Women won by 178 runs
Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua
Umpires: Jonathan Blades (WI) and Patrick Gustard (WI)
Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Aus)
  • West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shabika Gajnabi (WI) made her WODI debut.
  • Meg Lanning (Aus) became the fastest player, male or female, to score thirteen centuries in ODI cricket (76 innings).[15]
  • Points: Australia Women 2, West Indies Women 0.

2nd WODI
ICC Women's Championship
8 September 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Australia 
308/2 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
157/8 (50 overs)
Ellyse Perry 112* (118)
Stacy-Ann King 1/58 (9 overs)
Kyshona Knight 32 (81)
Georgia Wareham 2/30 (10 overs)
Australia Women won by 151 runs
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
Umpires: Patrick Gustard (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI)
Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)
  • Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sheneta Grimmond (WI) and Erin Burns (Aus) both made their WODI debuts.
  • Points: Australia Women 2, West Indies Women 0.

3rd WODI
ICC Women's Championship
11 September 2019
09:30
Scorecard
West Indies 
180 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
182/2 (31.1 overs)
Kyshona Knight 40 (72)
Megan Schutt 3/24 (10 overs)
Alyssa Healy 61 (32)
Stafanie Taylor 1/25 (6 overs)
Australia Women won by 8 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua
Umpires: Jonathan Blades (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI)
Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Aus)

WT20I series

1st WT20I
14 September 2019
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
West Indies 
106/8 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
108/4 (18.5 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 44* (51)
Megan Schutt 3/31 (4 overs)
Meg Lanning 54* (54)
Chinelle Henry 2/15 (4 overs)
Australia Women won by 6 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Jonathan Blades (WI) and Verdayne Smith (WI)
Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Aus)

2nd WT20I
16 September 2019
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
West Indies 
97/9 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
98/1 (14.3 overs)
Britney Cooper 39 (33)
Jess Jonassen 2/19 (4 overs)
Alyssa Healy 58* (43)
Afy Fletcher 1/13 (4 overs)
Australia Women won by 9 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Verdayne Smith (WI) and Christopher Taylor (WI)
Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Aus)
  • Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.

3rd WT20I
18 September 2019
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
West Indies 
81 (20 overs)
v
 Australia
83/1 (7.3 overs)
Britney Cooper 29 (35)
Jess Jonassen 4/7 (4 overs)
Alyssa Healy 38 (16)
Afy Fletcher 1/20 (2 overs)
Australia Women won by 9 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Umpires: Christopher Taylor (WI) and Jonathan Blades (WI)
Player of the match: Jess Jonassen (Aus)
  • West Indies women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Stafanie Taylor (WI) played in her 100th WT20I match.[19]
  • This was both the biggest win for Australia Women and the biggest defeat for the West Indies Women, in terms of balls remaining, in WT20Is (75).[20]

Notes
  1. Rachael Haynes captained Australia Women for the second WODI.

References
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  14. "Cooper replaces Kycia Knight for third Australia ODI". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  15. "Lanning, Healy script emphatic win in series opener". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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