Dottin hurricane gets Windies off the markCricinfo staff
May 5, 2010
West Indies Women 175 for 5 (Dottin 112*) beat South Africa Women 158 for 4 (Fritz 58, Britz 43) by 17 runs
Deandra Dottin became the first woman to score a Twenty20 century, as her whirlwind unbeaten 112 off 45 balls helped West Indies open their account in the ICC World Twenty20 at Warner Park. The most incredible feature of Dottin's innings was that
she came in at the tenth over, and yet managed to reach three figures off just 38 balls. She smashed nine sixes and seven fours in her knock, which was a match-turning one because West Indies were scratchy at 52 for 4 when she walked in.
South Africa held the early advantage after winning the toss, dismissing the openers within the first two overs. Charlize van der Westhuizen and Chloe Tyron got the early wickets and restricted West Indies to a run rate of not more than six within the first ten overs on the small ground.
But Dottin changed the complexion of the game once she came in at the fall of Britney Cooper's wicket. She hit three sixes and four fours to get to a half-century, off 25 balls. She needed just 13 balls to score her second fifty, which featured an additional six sixes. Coincidentally, she matched the feat of West Indian Chris Gayle, who opened the 2007 World T20 with the first ever international T20 century, also against South Africa. Only this time, the South Africans didn't win.
South Africa made steady progress towards the target of 176 when Shandre Fritz and Cri-Zelda Brits added 84 for the second wicket, off 10.4 overs. Fritz reached her fifty, of 48 balls, and the pair were at the crease till the 16th over before two run-outs got West Indies firmly back in the game. Both were dismissed within three balls and the rest failed to match the asking rate.
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Female Gayle
well done
