West Indies lose Chedean Nation, Stafanie Taylor to injury during third South Africa ODI

Nation was stretchered off after taking a tumble in the field, while Taylor was hit on the helmet by a short one and replaced by Aaliyah Alleyne

West Indies, looking to seal the series at the Wanderers, lost Nation in the 40th over of South Africa’s innings. She was stretchered off the field after taking a tumble while trying to stop a Mignon du Preez shot from going to the boundary. She was at midwicket as du Preez swiped, Nation ran in, slipped and fell head over heels. She was unmoved as the ball crossed the boundary and required 12 minutes of on-field treatment before being taken off.

Earlier, in the 36th over, Nation had jammed her shoulder into the ground as she attempted to stop the ball and, though she appeared to recover quite quickly, it may have been the initial blow which forced her off the field. She was taken to hospital “out of an abundance of caution”, according to the West Indies media manager. There was no update on whether she would be cleared to bat, although that seemed unlikely.

A little more than 90 minutes later, Taylor copped a blow to the helmet off a Nadine de Klerk bouncer. That was at the end of the 13th over and by the first ball of the 14th, Taylor, at the non-striker’s end, stood hunched over with her hands on her knees, shaking her head. She faced another delivery, took a single and then decided she could not continue. She received on-field assistance but walked off the field, pointing to her neck.

South Africa went on to post their highest total against West Indies, 299, in a bid to level the series.