Hayley Matthews of West Indies performs a shot through the first One-Day Worldwide cricket match towards Pakistan on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
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West Indies Girls Captain Hayley Matthews has been listed for the Worldwide Cricket Council’s Girls’s Twenty20 Worldwide Cricketer-of-the-Yr award. The winner shall be introduced later this month.
The 25-year-old joins Sri Lankan all-rounder Chamari Athapaththu, England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone and Australian quick bowling all-rounder Ellyse Perry, are the gamers up for the glory.
Matthews, who made her worldwide debut as a youngster, was appointed captain final yr June, changing veteran Stafanie Taylor.
She proved probably the most dominant all-rounders within the shortest format this yr, scoring 700 runs from 14 innings whereas averaging 63 with the bat, trapping 19 wickets.
The proper-hander headlined her facet’s three-match collection towards Australia final October, taking 310 runs at a median of 155. She conquered a career-best 132 from 64 balls as West Indies chased down 213 in North Sydney. She additionally topped her facet bowling with 5 wickets at 17 runs apiece.
In the meantime, the 33-year-old Athapaththu with a median of 31 with the bat, picked up eight wickets from 16 matches. The 24-year-old, Ecclestone, completed the yr with 23 wickets at a median of 10.
Two- time former winner of the ICC Girls’s Cricketer-of-the-Yr honor, 33-year-old Perry, had a median of 45 with the bat from 14 outings whereas selecting up six wickets at 9 runs apiece.
