MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies captain Hayley Matthews will spend a 3rd successive season with Melbourne Renegades after signing a one-year deal forward of October’s begin of the tenth version of the Ladies’s Large Bash League.
The 26-year-old celebrity all-rounder captained Renegades final season, scoring 255 runs with a strike price of 114 and grabbing 14 wickets together with her off-spin.
Hayley Matthews.
Renegades struggled, nonetheless, successful simply two of their 14 league video games to complete backside of the desk on 4 factors.
“I’m tremendous excited to be again with the women. I’m assured I can play a large position throughout the staff, assist put up some excellent performances, and hopefully lead us to a finals sequence,” Matthews mentioned.
“The principle factor I can respect about this membership is how they carry me in and make me really feel welcome. I can step again into what appears like a large household.
“We haven’t achieved what we’ve wished within the final couple of years, however with some key members again and a few new additions cooking up, I’m assured we are able to go on the market and put all of it collectively.”
She added: “One of many greatest issues for me, after not having the perfect seasons with the Renegades in my first two years, is that I really feel like I wish to go on the market and provides the membership much more.”
A sublime, attacking right-hander, Matthews scored 253 runs and took 9 wickets in her first season with the Renegades. The franchise was knocked out within the ultimate qualifier after ending second within the common season.
Matthews will likely be joined by former captain Sophie Molineux, who returns after being dominated out for your entire final season with an damage.
“It hampered us not having our full squad collectively for both of the 2 years I’ve been there … simply having Sophie across the group once more goes to be such a plus,” mentioned Matthews, who changed Molineaux as captain final season.
“I noticed what she was in a position to do on the WPL (Ladies’s Premier League), the way in which she was in a position to go on the market and specific herself and simply be free. We’re excited to have her again on the Renegades and hopefully do even higher.”
Matthews was signed below the WBBL’s new multi-year, pre-draft contract provision, which permits franchises to signal one international participant for as much as three years exterior of the draft.
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