{"id":499740,"date":"2026-03-28T08:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499740\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T08:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:22:11","slug":"australia-women-defeat-west-indies-by-103-runs-in-first-odi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499740\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia women defeat West Indies by 103 runs in first ODI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Australia have powered to a 103-run win over the West Indies, despite Stafanie Taylor&#8217;s breakthrough one-day century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Opener Phoebe Litchfield top-scored with 77 and five other teammates reached the 40s, as Australia made 341 from 49.5 overs on Saturday (AEDT) in St Kitts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is a record women&#8217;s one-day team total in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-03-24\/georgia-voll-third-fastest-ton-australia-west-indies-t20\/106491554\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Voll sits alongside greats with blistering T20 ton against Windies<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Georgia Voll puts her name alongside the likes of Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning after smashing a 52-ball hundred in Australia&#8217;s win over West Indies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">After sweeping the three-game T20 series, the tourists then restricted the West Indies to 8-238 from their 50 overs in the first of three one-dayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">With the result beyond doubt, the interest late in the game was whether Taylor could score her first one-day ton against Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">She scored 105 not out from 129 balls, bringing up the century with a boundary off Georgia Wareham in the 47th over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Her knock, featuring 10 fours and a six, is Taylor&#8217;s eighth one-day international century and her first since 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">But her nervous 90s nearly ended in disaster \u2014 she went for a quick single on 91 and Taylor would have been run out had Wareham&#8217;s throw at the stumps been accurate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radio\/programs\/abc-sport-daily\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC Sport Daily podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that&#8217;s making headlines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Despite Taylor&#8217;s century, Wareham was named player of the match for her 42 from 21 balls batting at No.7, with five fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Wareham also took 1-39 from 10 overs, while Kim Garth removed the openers on the way to 3-37 from her 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It was a recast Australian one-day team, with five changes from the XI that beat India at the start of this month in Hobart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Beth Mooney&#8217;s late withdrawal with quad tightness meant Tahlia Wilson was brought in for her one-day debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Wilson impressed as wicketkeeper, with the highlight her sharp stumping of Aaliyah Allene off Garth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">AAP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia have powered to a 103-run win over the West Indies, despite Stafanie Taylor&#8217;s breakthrough one-day century. 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