England women take 2-0 lead over Windies women in T20 series

The West Indies women went down by 9 wickets to England women in the second T20 International on Friday to now trail 2-0 in the 3 match series.  

The West Indies women slipped to 29-4 before eventually limping to 81-9 after being sent in to bat. Shemaine Campbelle with 26 and Shabika Gajnabi 22, were the only two West Indies batters to reach double figures.

Skipper Hayley Matthews made 6, while veteran batter Stafanie Taylor went without scoring. Em Arlott took  3-14 and Lauren Bell 3-28.

Chasing just 82 to win, England got to their target for the loss of one wicket in 9.2 overs. New captain Nat Sciver-Brunt cracked an unbeaten 55 from 31 balls, while Sophia Dunkley ended unbeaten on 24.

The third and final T20 takes place at Chelmsford on Monday.