West Indies Women closed out their series-deciding third ODI against Zimbabwe Women at the Harare Sports Club with a comfortable 91-run win, taking the first-ever bilateral series between the two nations 2-1. Put in to bat, West Indies posted 271 for 5 before bowling Zimbabwe out for 180 in reply.
Hayley Matthews made 118 and Shemaine Campbelle added 96, the pair sharing a 160-run second-wicket partnership that carried West Indies from a steady start to a total well beyond anything Zimbabwe had chased successfully earlier in the series. Matthews was named Player of the Match and finished the series as Player of the Series with 326 runs across the three games, built on her career-best 182 in the series opener — the highest ODI score by a West Indies woman.
Zimbabwe, who had levelled the series with a four-wicket chase in the second match, could not repeat that form against the much larger target and were bowled out for 180, falling 91 runs short. It was a reversal from their second-ODI performance, where a collective batting effort had carried them to an upset win over a higher-ranked opponent.
Both sides were playing for points in the 2025-2029 ICC Women's Championship, the qualification pathway toward the next 50-over World Cup, which gave the decider added stakes on top of the historical significance of a first-ever meeting between the two nations. For Zimbabwe, taking a game off West Indies in a bilateral series for the first time is a result their white-ball programme will point to as genuine progress, even with the series ultimately lost. For West Indies, closing it out 2-1 keeps their Championship campaign on track after Matthews' bat did the heavy lifting across the series.
The two teams now move on to a three-match T20I series, giving both head coaches a chance to test combinations away from the 50-over qualification pressure that shaped the ODI leg. Zimbabwe will be looking to carry the belief from their second-ODI win into the shorter format, while West Indies will want Matthews and Campbelle's partnership-building to translate into the T20I games as well.
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