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The West Indies women's cricket team toured England to play the England women's cricket team in September 2020.[1] The tour consisted of five Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches.[2] The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures,[3] after the planned tour by the South African women's team was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] All of the matches were played behind closed doors at the County Cricket Ground in Derby.[5]
| West Indies women's cricket team in England in 2020 | |||
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| England women | West Indies women | ||
| Dates | 21 – 30 September 2020 | ||
| Captains | Heather Knight | Stafanie Taylor | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England women won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Tammy Beaumont (120) | Deandra Dottin (185) | |
| Most wickets | Sarah Glenn (7) | Shamilia Connell (7) | |
| Player of the series | Sarah Glenn (Eng) | ||
The last time the two teams played a match was against each other in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup on 1 March 2020.[6] England won the match by 46 runs.[7] The tour was the first women's bilateral series to use the Decision Review System (DRS) in all the matches.[8] The third match of the series, on 26 September 2020, was shown free-to-air on the BBC. It was the first time a women's cricket match was shown live on the BBC in the United Kingdom since the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup.[9]
On 26 August 2020, Cricket West Indies named their squad for the tour.[10] The West Indies team left Antigua on 30 August 2020, and arrived in England the following day.[11] England won the first two matches by the same margin of 47 runs.[12] They then won the third match by 20 runs, to take an unassailable lead in the series.[13] England won the final two matches to take the series 5–0,[14] the first time the England Women's cricket team had won a bilateral series 5–0.[15]
| WT20Is | |
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 England[16] |
 West Indies[17] |
Bryony Smith and Linsey Smith were named as standby players for the England team.[18]
1st WT20I
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2nd WT20I
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- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Stafanie Taylor (WI) became the second cricketer to score 3,000 runs in WT20Is.[20]
3rd WT20I
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hayley Matthews (WI) took her 50th wicket in WT20Is.[21]
4th WT20I
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
5th WT20I
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
- Cherry-Ann Fraser (WI) made her WT20I debut.
- Deandra Dottin (WI) became the first cricketer to hit 100 sixes in WT20Is.[22]
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