West Indies cricket star Deandra Dottin was on the centre of horrifying scenes when she collapsed earlier than her aspect’s T20 World Cup semi-final in opposition to Australia.
Dottin’s teammates needed to carry her off the sector earlier than the primary ball was bowled on Tuesday night time, Australian time.
She left the medical room behind the stands in a wheelchair after collapsing between the nationwide anthems.
Though Dottin was finally in a position to take to the pitch and produce a good 26 runs off 16 deliveries, her aspect fell brief, sending the Aussies by to the ultimate.
‘It was a bit scary. She’s an enormous fighter and somebody you by no means see go down,’ West Indies captain Hayley Matthews mentioned.
‘A little bit of a medical emergency, nevertheless it reveals how a lot of a fighter she is that she got here again out and threw just a few punches on the Aussies.’
Deandra Dottin (pictured center) was carried off the bottom earlier than her aspect’s T20 World Cup semi-final in opposition to Australia
Dottin (pictured) then returned to the match and scored 26 runs regardless of being seen in a wheelchair after the scary incident
The batter (pictured proper) went above and past for her aspect, however could not cease the Windies dropping by eight wickets
Australia captain Sophie Molineux hailed her workforce’s ‘medical’ batters Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner for starring within the win at The Oval.
Molineux additionally performed down fears over star Ellyse Perry, who went off with quad tightness whereas batting.
She is anticipated to be match for Sunday’s (Monday 0030 AEST) ultimate at Lord’s in opposition to England or South Africa.
Mooney hit 61 and Gardner made 35, each unbeaten, in Tuesday’s last-four conflict as Australia cantered to an eight-wicket victory.
Participant of the match Gardner had earlier helped dismantle West Indies with two wickets in an over.
Georgia Wareham (2-17) and Molineux (2-30) helped prohibit West Indies to 7-125. Australia then sped to victory in 13 overs.
‘We have stopped ourselves considering too far forward, however now we will take into consideration the ultimate which is fairly cool,’ Molineux mentioned.
‘I believed we bowled rather well. We held our nerve after which we wished to get it performed as shortly as attainable, and Moons and Ash have been medical.’
Pictured: Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner (dealing with camer) and Beth Mooney have a good time the eight-wicket win that has despatched them by to the ultimate
She additionally eased considerations over Perry.
‘Just a few quad consciousness nevertheless it seems like she’ll be greater than OK to go on Sunday,’ she mentioned.
West Indies, put in to bat, made sluggish progress though they survived till the ninth over.
The introduction of Wareham introduced the breakthrough, the prized wicket of Hayley Matthews, gone for 30.
The Aussies have been quickly turning the screws, Stafanie Taylor departing for a duck after a tame forefront went straight to Kim Garth.
Gardner then took her second wicket in the identical over, sending again a scoreless Jahzara Claxton.
Dottin produced just a few fireworks within the ultimate phases however general the West Indies innings had been one thing of a moist squib.
That was by no means more likely to be the case with the rampant Aussies, who had received all 5 group matches on their strategy to the last-four.
Regardless of the losses of Georgia Voll (16), bowled, and Phoebe Litchfield (4), trapped lbw, the result regarded much less doubtful with every passing ball.
Perry retired damage on the finish of the eighth over, Gardner changing her within the center and instantly driving Aaliyah Alleyne by the covers.
The imperious Mooney and the hard-hitting Gardner accomplished the job, with Mooney citing her fifty in 29 balls, her third-fastest worldwide T20 half-century.
