West Indies women's cricket team in England in 2020

West Indies women's cricket team in England in 2020
 
  England women West Indies women
Dates 21 – 30 September 2020
Captains Heather Knight Stafanie Taylor
Twenty20 International series
Results England women won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Tammy Beaumont (120) Deandra Dottin (185)
Most wickets Sarah Glenn (7) Shamilia Connell (7)
Player of the series Sarah Glenn (Eng)

The West Indies women's cricket team toured England to play the England women's cricket team in September 2020.[1] The tour consisted of five Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.[2] The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures,[3] after the planned tour by the South African women's team was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] All of the matches were played behind closed doors at the County Cricket Ground in Derby.[5]

The last time the two teams played a match was against each other in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 1 March 2020.[6] England won the match by 46 runs.[7] The tour was the first women's bilateral series to use the Decision Review System (DRS) in all the matches.[8] The third match of the series, on 26 September 2020, was shown free-to-air on the BBC. It was the first time a women's cricket match was shown live on the BBC in the United Kingdom since the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup.[9]

On 26 August 2020, Cricket West Indies named their squad for the tour.[10] The West Indies team left Antigua on 30 August 2020, and arrived in England the following day.[11] England won the first two matches by the same margin of 47 runs.[12] They then won the third match by 20 runs, to take an unassailable lead in the series.[13] England won the final two matches to take the series 5–0,[14] the first time the England Women's cricket team had won a bilateral series 5–0.[15]

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  2. ^ "England v West Indies: Five T20s confirmed for September, with one on BBC TV". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ^ "England Women to feature live on the BBC as West Indies series confirmed for September". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ^ "West Indies Women to tour England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. ^ "West Indies to tour England for five T20Is in late September". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews feared women's cricket had ended for the year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "England v West Indies: T20 series 'has been a long time coming' - Natalie Sciver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  8. ^ "DRS to make maiden appearance in a women's bilateral series when West Indies play in England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  9. ^ "England v West Indies: Five T20s confirmed for September, with one on BBC TV". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  10. ^ "West Indies Women squad for Sandals Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  11. ^ "West Indies women in England: 'Women's cricket needs this' - Stafanie Taylor". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  12. ^ "England v West Indies: Sarah Glenn impresses as hosts claim comfortable 47-run win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Nat Sciver starred as England Women beat West Indies to clinch T20I series". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  14. ^ "England v West Indies: Hosts win five-over match by three wickets to take series 5-0". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  15. ^ "The hits from a golden English cricket summer amid testing times". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2020.