ST. JOHN’S, Antigua- West Indies Women secured a thrilling one-run victory over New Zealand Women in the first T20 International at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

Player of the Match Chinelle Henry said, “The coaches told us to go out there and be fearless. We wanted more than 115 but that didn’t happen, so we went out there as a bowling unit to get the job done. Going into the second game, we’re obviously looking to improve in both batting and bowling. To see Aaliyah going out at number three and almost getting her maiden T20I half-century showed that we have a lot of depth in the squad, so it’s just for us to keep up that team performance.”

Both teams meet on the weekend for the 2^nd and 3^rd T20Is, Saturday October 1 at 10:00am and Sunday October 2 at 1:00pm.

Fans can now purchase tickets for any of the matches at tickets.windiestickets.com, the official Windies Tickets service presented by Mastercard. For all matches, adults can purchase general admission tickets online at US$5, with free admission for children under the age of 16 when accompanied by a paying adult. Seniors benefit from half price tickets. The stadium ticket office will open on the day of the rescheduled first CG United ODI with printed tickets available for EC$15/US$5. There will also be a Kids Fun Zone the second and third T20 Internationals, where the younger fans can enjoy a bouncy castle, face painting and other exciting activities.

All eight matches will be streamed live in the Caribbean on ESPN Caribbean’s “ESPN Play” app and will be available around the world with some of CWI’s broadcast partners and on the Windies Cricket YouTube channel. Live ball-by-ball scoring will also be available on the ​ www.windiescricket.com Match Centre. 

West Indies Women 115/10 (20 overs)

Aaliyah Alleyne 47 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Amelia Kerr 4-0-16-3

Rashada Williams 15 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Fran Jonas 4-13-2

New Zealand Women 114/9 (20 overs)

Hannah Rowe 27* ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Chinelle Henry 4-0-26-3

Sophie Devine 23 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Afy Fletcher 4-0-18-2

Full scorecard here

West Indies squad for 1st and 2nd T20Is

• Hayley Matthews (Captain)
• Shakera Selman (Vice Captain)
• Aaliyah Alleyne
• Afy Fletcher
• Cherry-Ann Fraser
• Shabika Gajnabi
• Sheneta Grimmond
• Chinelle Henry
• Kyshona Knight
• Natasha McLean
• Chedean Nation
• Karishma Ramharack
• Rashada Williams

FULL MATCH SCHEDULE 

All matches will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

CG United ODI Series

• Monday 19 September: 1^st CG United ODI, 9:30am Eastern Caribbean/8:30am Jamaica Time – New Zealand won by 5 runs via DLS method
• Thursday 22 September: 2^nd CG United ODI, 9:30am Eastern Caribbean/8:30am Jamaica Time – New Zealand won by 2 wickets
• Sunday 25 September: 3^rd CG United ODI, 9:30am Eastern Caribbean/8:30am Jamaica Time – West Indies won by 4 wickets

T20I Series

• Wednesday 28 September: 1^st T20I, 1:30pm Eastern Caribbean/12:30pm Jamaica time- West Indies won by 1 run
• Saturday 1 October: 2^nd T20I, 10:00am Eastern Caribbean/11:00amm Jamaica time
• Sunday 2 October: 3^rd T20I, 1:30pm Eastern Caribbean/12:30pm Jamaica time
• Wednesday 5 October: 4^th T20I, 10:00am Eastern Caribbean/9:00am Jamaica Time
• Thursday 6 October: 5^th T20I, 1:30pm Eastern Caribbean/12:30pm Jamaica time