A 175-RUN opening partnership between Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine gave New Zealand Women an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against West Indies Women in Lincoln.

Chasing 195, New Zealand romped home with eight wickets in hand and 19.2 overs to spare, with Bates remaining unbeaten on an 86-ball 101, with 13 fours.

Afy Fletcher dismissed Devine for 80 (6×4) and followed up with the wicket of Amy Satterthwaite in her next over, but by then West Indies’ fate had been all but sealed.
West Indies had run New Zealand neck-and-neck in a pulsating first ODI, but here their batting failed them. Sent in to bat, they got to a solid 95 for 2, courtesy a third-wicket stand of 54 between Stafanie Taylor and Chedean Nation.

But the wicket of Nation in the 25th over sent them sliding, with the off-spinner Leigh Kasperek running through their middle order to finish with figures of 4 for 44.
Taylor battled on, before she was last-man out for 86 (4×4, 1×6), but had little support from the middle- and lower-order, as West Indies lost their last eight wickets for 99 runs.
Lea Tahuhu took three wickets, including those of Taylor and Nation. (ESPN Cricinfo)

WEST INDIES innings
H. Matthews c Devine b Tahuhu 18
Kycia Knight c Satterthwaite b Devine 16
S. Taylor c wkp. Martin b Tahuhu 86
C. Nation c Bates b Tahuhu 35
D. Dottin c & b Kasperek 10
Kyshona Knight lbw b Kasperek 9
M. Aguilleira run-out 0
B. Cooper c Bates b Kasperek 0
A. Fletcher c Ebrahim b Peterson 11
T. Smartt c Bates b Kasperek 6
S. Connell not out 0
Extras: (lb-1, w-2) 3
Total: (all out, 48.1 overs) 194
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-41, 3-95, 4-108, 5-125, 6-126, 7-131, 8-163, 9-181.
Bowling: Tahuhu 9.1-0-42-3, Huddleston 10-0-35-0, Devine 6-0-25-1, Peterson 10-0-36-1, Ebrahim 3-0-11-0, Kasperek 10-0-44-4.

NEW ZEALAND innings
S. Devine c Kycia Knight b Fletcher 80
S. Bates not out 101
A. Satterthwaite b Fletcher 3
K. Martin not out 4
Extras: (w-7) 7
Total: (2 wkts, 30.4 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-175, 2-191.
Bowling: Matthews 7-0-44-0, Dottin 4-0-14-0, Smartt 4-0-26-0, Connell 5-0-39-0, Fletcher 7.4-0-47-2, Taylor 3-0-25-0.