Rewind to 2010: Ground-breaking firsts for Dottin, Australia in the Caribbean

The 2018 edition of the ICC Women’s World T20 isn’t the first one in the Caribbean. Back in 2010, the second edition of the tournament was hosted by the West Indies from 5 May to 16 May that year.

That year saw thrilling individual performances, thrilling matches including a super over, and put down a marker of the potential of women’s T20 cricket.

The tournament featured 15 matches between eight teams: England, Australia, the Windies, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. They were split into two groups of four, with the top two from each making it to the semi-finals.

All the group stage matches were played at the Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis, while the semi-finals were in St Lucia's Beausejour Stadium and the final the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

From Group A, Australia and the Windies, the host country, qualified for the knockouts, while New Zealand and India qualified from Group B.

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In the first semi-final encounter, Australia restricted India to 119/5. Alex Blackwell, the Australia captain at the time, powered her side into the final with her career-best 49-ball 61 as Australia chased down the total in just 18.5 overs.

The next day, New Zealand confirmed a trans-Tasman final, beating the Windies by 56 runs. Sara McGlashan's brilliant 84 from 55 had lifted them to a competitive 180/5.

Most wickets

Diana David – nine wickets, four matches
The India off-spinner took a four-wicket haul twice: 4/27 vs New Zealand and a career-best 4/12 vs Sri Lanka. She was consistent and also the second-most economical bowler. The only match in which she remained wicketless was the semi-final, yet returned an impressive 0/15 from her four overs.

Most runs

Sara McGlashan – 147 runs, five matches
The New Zealand right-hand batter’s 84 in the semi-final was her best performance, as she only registered scores of 15, 31 and 16* in the group stage; in the final she was run-out for 1. In all, she smashed 11 boundaries and five sixes.

Stand-out performance

The tournament will be best remembered for Deandra Dottin’s remarkable century in the inaugural match against South Africa. Her whirlwind hundred, the first by a woman in T20Is, came off just 38 balls. She needed just 12 balls to get from 50 to 100. The hard-hitting Windies all-rounder came in to bat when her side was struggling at 52/4; she single-handedly lifted them to a brilliant 175/5. She finished on a career-best 112* off 45 balls, studded with seven fours and nine sixes. It was only the fifth ever T20I century, among men or women. Only two men have ever made a quicker T20I hundred.

The final

The trans-Tasman clash was a nail-biter. New Zealand's superb bowling attack restricted Australia to 106/8. Nicola Browne was New Zealand's best bowler, finishing with 2/11 from her four overs, to be joint-highest wicket-taker of the tournament. With her 28-ball 20, Leah Poulton was Australia's top scorer.

Suzie Bates got the chase off to a steady start with her 23-ball 18, but wickets then fell at an alarming rate. Sophie Devine (38* off 35) and Browne (20 off 25) kept the scoreboard ticking, but their side fell narrowly short, restricted to 103/8. Ellyse Perry was Player of the Match for her 3/18.

And that's how Australia lifted their first-ever Women’s World T20 trophy.