| West Indies women's cricket team in England in 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 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]
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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]
