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West Indies Women's miserable Twenty20 tour of England continued here yesterday when they crashed to their fourth straight defeat at the hands of the hosts with an 84-run loss.

Chasing 155 for victory, West Indies were never in the hunt and crumbled to 70 for eight from their allotted overs. World No.2 batsman Stafanie Taylor stroked a defiant unbeaten 40 but found no support as no other batsman reached double figures. They were undermined by off-spinner Danielle Hazell who took four for 12 while left-arm spinner Holly Colvin finished with two for 18.

Opting to bat first, England charged to 154 for three with Lydia Greenway hammering an unbeaten 61 from 45 balls while Sarah Taylor chipped in with a breezy 43 from 36 deliveries. Captain Charlotte Edwards hit 24 from 19 balls in posting 30 from 28 balls for the first wicket with Laura Marsh (5). Both fell in the space of six balls with three runs added to leave England 33 for two in the sixth over, but that was the tourists' last real sign of success as Greenway and Taylor put on 98 for the third wicket.

West Indies will try to avoid a clean sweep when they face England in the final T20 International at Arundel tomorrow.

SCOREBOARD

England Women v WI Women

England Women Inns

C Edwards run out............................................................24

L Marsh lbw b Taylor...........................................................5

S Taylor c wkpr Aguilleira b Taylor....................................43

L Greenway not out...........................................................61

A Brindle not out................................................................11

Extras: (LB6, W3, NB1).....................................................10                                                 

TOTAL (for 3 wkts, 20 overs).........................................154

Did not bat: D Wyatt, J Gunn, T Beaumont, K Brunt, H Colvin, D Hazell

Fall of wkts: 30 (Marsh, 4.4 overs), 33 (Edwards, 5.4), 131 (Taylor, 17.1)

BOWLING: Selman 2-0-16-0 (nb1), Daley 3-0-22-0,Taylor 4-0-23-2, Campbelle 3-0-21-0 (w3), Mohammed 4-0-21-0, Quintyne 2-0-20-0, Munroe 2-0-25-0.

West Indies Women Inns

S Taylor not out..................................................................40

J Nero b Hazell....................................................................2

D Dottin c & b Colvin...........................................................3

S Campbelle c Brunt b Hazell.............................................7

M Aguilleira c (sub) b Brindle..............................................1

B Cooper c (sub) b Colvin...................................................7

S Daley c Gunn b Wyatt......................................................1

S Quintyne lbw b Hazell......................................................2

A Mohammed lbw b Hazell.................................................0

S Selman not out.................................................................0

EXTRAS: (LB4, W3)............................................................7                                                         

TOTAL (for 8 wkts; 20 overs).............................................70

Did not bat: S Munroe.

Fall of wkts: 16 (Nero, 5.1 overs), 25 (Dottin, 6.4), 41 (Campbelle, 9.3), 44 (Aguilleira, 11.2), 61 (Cooper, 15), 64 (Daley, 16), 70 (Quintyne, 19.1), 70 (Mohammed, 19.5)

BOWLING: Brunt 4-1-8-0 (w2), Wyatt 4-0-13-1, Hazell 4-1-12-4, Colvin 4-0-18-2 (w1), Marsh 2-1-7-0, Brindle 2-0-8-1.

Result: England won by 84 runs.

Series: England lead five-match series 4-0.

Toss: England.