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West Indies and Scotland are deep into the chase of the opening game of the Women’s World Cup Qualifier and it’s West Indies who’re struggling.
Hayley Matthews, their talisman-captain, has retired hurt with cramp, but because the eighth wicket falls, she decides to offer it one other go.
She limps back to the center, hits the ball that’s each her first and her one centesimal for 4 to maneuver to 99, but, as she seizes up again, it looks like that’s all she’ll get.
Stretchered off, Matthews receives …
