POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (CMC) – West Indies produced two clinical back-to-back performances to capture the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Challenge title here yesterday.
They crushed the Netherlands by 99 runs in their final group stage match before trouncing Sri Lanka by eight wickets in a low-scoring final at North-West University Ground to win the tournament.
The success for the Caribbean side comes after they missed out in the One-Day International segment when they finished second to South Africa.
They made no such mistakes this time around, however. Chasing 84 for victory, prolific teenager Deandra Dottin stroked 39 from 22 balls to propel her side to 85 for two off 10.4 overs.
Dottin, who was also in good form in the ODIs, hammered five fours and two sixes and shared a second wicket stand of 44 off 29 balls with opener Juliana Nero whose 28 required 27 balls and included three fours.
Nero had added 27 from 19 balls for the first wicket with Stafanie Taylor (13), to give West Indies a fairly solid start.
Earlier, Sri Lanka lost Inoka Galagedara without scoring to the fifth ball of the match and never recovered against miserly Windies bowling, after opting to bat first.
Experienced opener Chamari Kumarihami top-scored with 20 from 22 balls while Dilani Surangika chipped in with 19 from 38 balls.
In their first match of the day, Stacy-Ann King blazed to a fine 81 from 47 balls to propel West Indies to an imposing 191 for four off their allotted 20 overs against the Netherlands.
She struck 12 fours and shared a 124-run stand for the third wicket with opener Tremayne Smartt who cracked 62 from 42 balls with four fours.
Opener Carlijn de Groot then hit a top score of 23 from 31 balls to lead her side to 92 with just a ball left in the innings.
Off-spinner Anisa Mohammed grabbed two for 11 in another strong Windies bowling effort.

Score Summaries:
At NWU1: West Indies beat Netherlands by 99 runs
West Indies 191-4, 20 overs (King 81; Hannema 1-17, Kornet 1-31)
Netherlands 92 all out, 19.5 overs (de Groot 23; Mohammed 2-11, Munroe 1-9)

At NWU2: Pakistan beat Ireland by 5 runs
Pakistan 111-6, 20 overs (Abidi 39; Delany 2-16, Garth 2-17)
Ireland 106-7, 20 overs (Garth 20; Dar 2-9, Iqbal 2-16)

Final at NWU1: West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
Sri Lanka 83-9, 20 overs (Kumarihami 20; Smartt 1-6, King 1-8)
West Indies 85-2, 10.4 overs (Dottin 39; Siriwardene 1-15, Kaushalya1-25)

Third/Fourth play-off at NWU2: South Africa beat Pakistan by 6 wickets
Pakistan 98-3, 20 overs (Khan 34; Taai 3-9, van Niekerk 2-13)
South Africa 94-4, 19 overs (Brits 38 not out; Dar 2-15, Imtiaz 2-18)

Fifth/Sixth play-off at Witrand: Ireland beat Netherlands by 42 runs
Ireland 179-5, 20 overs (Symmons 86; Braat 1-28, Lanser 1-36)
Netherlands 137-4, 20 overs (Veringmeier 60; Garth 1-18, Delany 1-23)