DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has made a shocking return to the highest 5 of the ICC Girls’s ODI Batting Rankings following her explosive efficiency in opposition to Thailand within the ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier in Lahore.
Matthews, named Participant of the Match for her blistering 70 off simply 29 balls, spearheaded a dominant chase that noticed the West Indies safe victory by six wickets with a staggering 235 balls remaining.
Her heroics propelled her up two spots to fifth within the rankings, only one place shy of her career-best fourth place.
Regardless of the emphatic win, the West Indies narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2025 ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup in India, falling brief by a mere 0.013 web run fee behind Bangladesh, who secured the second qualifying spot behind hosts Pakistan.
The most recent ICC rankings additionally noticed notable actions for West Indies bowlers. Leg-spinner Afy Fletcher matched her career-best rating of twenty first after spectacular spells of 4-20 in opposition to Thailand and 2-43 in opposition to Bangladesh.
Off-spinner Karishma Ramharack additionally climbed 5 locations to twenty fifth, reinforcing the West Indies’ robust spin presence within the rankings.
