In a commanding efficiency, Hayley Matthews, the captain of West Indies Ladies’s cricket group, led her facet to a powerful 113-run victory over hosts Pakistan within the first ICC Ladies’s Championship One-day Worldwide.
Matthews, the 25-year-old Barbadian all-rounder, delivered a Participant-of-the-Match efficiency, scoring an unbeaten 140 runs from 150 balls, which included 15 fours and one six. Her stellar batting effort propelled the Caribbean facet to a formidable complete of 269 for eight after they opted to bat first within the 50 overs-a-side match on the Nationwide Stadium on Thursday.
Not content material with simply her batting exploits, Matthews additionally made important contributions with the ball, taking three wickets for 17 runs from six overs along with her flighty off-spin. Her bowling efficiency performed a pivotal position as Pakistan Ladies had been bundled out for 136 runs in 35.5 overs, handing West Indies Ladies a 1-0 lead within the three-match collection.
The victory earned West Indies Ladies two essential factors within the ICC Ladies’s Championship desk, aiding their quest for direct qualification to subsequent 12 months’s ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup in India. With 10 factors from 13 matches, they at the moment occupy the ninth place within the standings, with aspirations to safe one of many 5 direct qualification spots alongside the hosts.
An important second-wicket partnership of 102 runs
Regardless of a shaky begin with the bat, shedding an early wicket, Matthews and her deputy Shemaine Campbelle steadied the innings with an important second-wicket partnership of 102 runs. Whereas Campbelle contributed 45 runs, not one of the different West Indies Ladies’s batsmen managed to make substantial contributions.
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Within the bowling division, West Indies Ladies maintained stress on the Pakistani batting line-up, with Matthews main the cost. She triggered a collapse, claiming key wickets to dismantle the opposition’s batting order. Leg-spinner Afy Fletcher and left-arm spinner Zaida James additionally made helpful contributions with two wickets every.
The second ODI is scheduled to happen on Sunday on the identical venue, with the third ODI following two days later, as West Indies Ladies purpose to proceed their successful momentum towards Pakistan.
