Shamilia Connell: West Indies bowler collapses during World Cup match

West Indies fast bowler Shamilia Connell collapsed in the field at the Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand on Friday and was taken from the ground in an ambulance.

There was confusion as it was not immediately clear what happened to the 29-year-old.

Connell was able to walk to the ambulance and team-mate Hayley Matthews said that “we believe she’ll be alright”.

“Obviously it’s a bit worrying to see her go down like that but she’s a fighter,” said Matthews.

The incident came in the latter stages of a West Indies fightback that saw them edge Bangladesh by four runs.

Matthews would produce a player-of-the-match performance bowling a career-best 4-15 and spare the West Indies’ blushes after Bangladesh restricted them to 140-9 at Mount Maunganui.

That win puts the West Indies ahead of hosts New Zealand, India and defending champions England in the race for a top-four semi-final berth alongside unbeaten favourites Australia and South Africa.

Bangladesh threatened to blow the tournament wide open when their spinners ripped through the West Indies’ batting line-up.

The Tigers got the yips though as a modest target of 141 proved too much however for the tournament debutants, who fell four runs short with three balls to go in the final over.

“How our bowlers started was incredible but I’m pretty disappointed with the batting,” said captain Nigar Sultana, Bangladesh’s joint top-scorer with 25 runs.

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