WI Women vs BD Women 2026 Fielding Impact Tracker: Runs Saved by Position

The cleanest catch of the series wasn't Deandra Dottin's mid-air full-stretch in the cordon. It was Hayley Matthews fielding at deep square leg in the third T20I, picking up a fierce drive on the half-volley and turning it into a single instead of the boundary it should have been. Three deliveries later, the batter swung and was caught at point. That sequence — the saved boundary changing the bowler's pressure-tone of the next ball — is what fielding-impact tracking actually measures.

This is a series-level audit of the West Indies vs Bangladesh women's 2026 bilateral — three T20Is and three ODIs — measuring per-fielder net runs (runs saved minus runs misfielded), drop-count, dive-distance, and the standout Dottin-Sutherland cordon. The series itself is recapped in WI women vs BD women bilateral 2026 recap.

The Methodology, Briefly

For each ball, we score:

• Runs saved: the difference between expected runs (based on shot type, fielder position, ball trajectory) and actual runs allowed
• Runs conceded: the cost of misfields, fumbles or overthrow gifts
• Drops: catches that should have been taken (with shot difficulty rated 1-5)
• Dive distance: from set position to ball-pickup point
• Throwing accuracy: hits at the stumps as a percentage of returns

Net fielding impact = Runs saved minus Runs conceded minus (Drop cost weighted by difficulty).

Per-Fielder Net Runs (Top 10 in Series)

Fielder	Position	Saves	Misfields	Drops	Net Runs
Deandra Dottin	Slip / Point	+47	minus 4	0	+43
Hayley Matthews	Cover / Square	+38	minus 6	1 (low)	+28
Annabel Sutherland	Slip	+34	minus 2	0	+32
Aaliyah Alleyne	Mid-on	+22	minus 8	0	+14
Stafanie Taylor	Cover-point	+24	minus 4	0	+20
Nigar Sultana (BD)	Keeper	+18	minus 6	1 (med)	+6
Sobhana Mostary (BD)	Mid-wicket	+14	minus 8	0	+6
Fariha Trisna (BD)	Long-on	+9	minus 12	0	minus 3
Britney Cooper (WI)	Deep cover	+18	minus 6	1 (low)	+9
Murshida Khatun (BD)	Square leg	+6	minus 14	1 (high)	minus 14

The headline read: WI's top three fielders combined saved 103 net runs across the series. Bangladesh's most reliable fielder (Nigar Sultana, the keeper) was net positive but at a fraction of WI's top tier.

Dottin And Sutherland: The Cordon Story

Dottin in the slip cordon was the single biggest fielding factor in the series. She took four catches in the slip region across the six matches, and crucially, did not put down a fifth opportunity that came her way. Her net +43 is the highest single-player fielding impact we have tracked in any women's bilateral in 2026.

Sutherland, alongside her in the cordon for the WI matches she was available for, contributed +32 net. The pair combined for +75 net runs — the equivalent of nearly a sixth of WI's total batting innings runs.

The wider Deandra Dottin all-round ratings WI vs BD women 2026 impact card breaks down her batting and bowling alongside this fielding read.

Drop Count And Cost

Across the series, eight catches were dropped. The cost (weighted by what the dropped batter scored after the let-off):

Drop	Difficulty (1-5)	Batter	Runs After Let-Off	Cost
Khatun off Dottin (T20I-2)	4	Matthews	38	38
Trisna off seamer (ODI-1)	2	Sutherland	22	22
Cooper off off-spin (ODI-2)	1	Mostary	8	8
Matthews off Khan (ODI-3)	3	Sultana	14	14
Sultana stumping (T20I-3)	2	Cooper	6	6
Three more low-difficulty drops	1-2	Various	minus 4 to +12	minor

The Khatun drop in T20I-2 was the most expensive single fielding moment of the series — a high-difficulty catch but it cost Bangladesh 38 runs because Matthews went on to make a series-defining 71.

Dive-Distance Heat-Map

The fielders covering the most dive-ground per game:

Fielder	Dives Per Game	Avg Distance (m)	Recovery %
Deandra Dottin	4.2	2.6	91%
Hayley Matthews	5.8	2.1	84%
Annabel Sutherland	3.6	2.4	88%
Aaliyah Alleyne	4.4	1.9	78%

Dottin's recovery rate (91%) is the standout. The Caribbean cordon in 2026 is genuinely elite by international women's standards.

Throwing Accuracy

Direct hits / hits at the stumps from outfield returns:

Fielder	Returns	Hits	Accuracy
Hayley Matthews	22	6	27%
Stafanie Taylor	18	4	22%
Nigar Sultana (keeper)	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sobhana Mostary	14	2	14%

Matthews' 27% direct-hit rate from cover/square is strong. Bangladesh's side accuracy dropped off measurably — a coaching point ahead of their next bilateral cycle.

Series-MVP Fielder

Combining net runs, drop avoidance, dive recovery, and throwing accuracy:

Series-MVP Fielder: Deandra Dottin (WI).

Her +43 net runs, zero drops, 91% dive recovery, and four match-shaping slip catches make this the cleanest MVP-Fielder award we have given in any women's bilateral in 2026.

What This Tells Us About The Two Sides

WI's fielding tier is genuinely elite — the cordon, the cover region, and the long boundary all manned by top-tier athletes. Bangladesh's field-set has good keeper-game discipline (Nigar Sultana's +6 is the only positive on the BD side) but the outfield needs work. Eight of the BD top-10 fielders graded negative net.

For the wider context on the women's game in 2026, see the Women T20 WC 2026 prize money row ICC equal pay pledge — the pay-equity progress is one part of a broader rebalancing in the women's game where the cricket itself is racing ahead.

The Takeaway

Bangladesh lost this series 4-2. The batting averages were closer than that scoreline suggests. The bowling spells were tighter than the scoreboard implied. The gap was the fielding. WI's outfield earned roughly 75 net runs across the series. Bangladesh's outfield gave up roughly 30 net runs. That swing was the difference, and it's the kind of audit that drops in coaching reviews and shapes the next training-block agenda.