OTD| West Indies’ Deandra Dottin smashed the first-ever century in women’s T20I Cricket in 2010

In this article, we will discuss the On This Day | West Indies’ Deandra Dottin smashed the first-ever century in women’s T20I Cricket in 2010. Women’s cricket has come a long way and has been recognised by cricket fans as really competitive. Even after the start of T20I cricket, we have seen some amazing performances from cricketers. Especially the West Indian cricketers who were dominating the game in Women’s T20Is as well. There have been many explosive batters in the mix that have impressed us from the Caribbean.

One of the most iconic players in the West Indies Women’s team is Deandra Dottin who is one of the most iconic batters for West Indies in international cricket as one of their highest run scorers with over 2500 runs in her 124 matches. She is considered one of the legendary figures in the West Indies even today. It was this day when she created one of the biggest records in women T20i’s which we will remember for a long time.

Dottin scores the first century in T20I’s in Women’s international cricket

The day was 5th May 2010 and it was the opening game of the 2010 Women’s T20 World Cup. The West Indies-W were up against South Africa-W. It was the West Indies-W who were batting first and were put under pressure straight away and were struggling at 52-4 in the 10th over. It looked like West Indies-W would not be able to even reach a score of 140, but then came Dottin at number 6 and changed the game completely. The explosive batter from Barbados played one of the best innings in Women’s T20I’s we have ever seen. Dottin scored an unbeaten 112 runs from just 45 deliveries which included 7 fours and 9 sixes taking her team to a total of 175 in the end.

This innings made a lot of difference in the match as the South Africans tried their best, but still fell short of the target by 17 runs. This was also the first century ever in Women’s T20I’s and gave us a glimpse of the future of what Women’s cricket can be. This was a match that will be remembered by everyone for the magnificent innings of one of the greatest batters Women’s international cricket has ever seen.