West Indies women's coach Sherwin Campbell has hailed his side's maturity following their nail-biting one-wicket win over world champions England which gave them a 2-1 series win on Saturday.

"This is a big result for us as a team and for West Indies cricket in general," Campbell said.

"The players have worked very hard all year and are getting the success they deserve. To beat the world champions is very good but what is more important is that we planned our strategy and we played well."

Chasing down England's modest 176 for nine off 50 overs, West Indies thrice found themselves staring down the barrel but rebounded on each occasion.

They were tottering at two for two in the third over, 66 for six in the 23rd over and 162 for nine in the 44th, but the Windies girls exhibited character to overcome the 50-over and Twenty20 World champions at Warner Park.

Top score

Opener Stafanie Taylor stroked the top score of 43 from 76 balls, while Deandra Dottin (41) and Stacey-Ann King (40) staged 87 for the seventh wicket to bolster the lower order.

"The more matches we play the better we are becoming. The girls are learning how to play as a team unit and how to play for each other," said Campbell, a former West Indies senior team captain.

"Today we did not panic. We bowled and fielded well and when it came to the batting we did the job. I always tell my players, from number 1 to number 11, that they are all batters and they will have a role to play. Today we saw that, everyone chipped in."

Top of the world

King, who had modest scores of 11 and seven in her two previous innings in the series, was elated with the Windies triumph.

"I'm feeling on top of the world right now. I have not been getting the scores I was looking for but today (Saturday) I knew I had to deliver," the 26-year-old left-hander said.

"Our backs were against the wall but we wanted this badly, we really, really wanted to beat England and win this series. When I came together with Deandra we decided we would look for singles, twos and threes rather than go in the air and that worked out really well.

"We were always ahead with more balls than runs so we never felt the need to go over the top. We were laughing out there and enjoying it, so winning feels really good."

The Trinidadian picked up the Player-of-the-Match award for her heroics.