Hayley Matthews of the West Indies celebrates scoring a century throughout recreation two of the T20 Worldwide collection between Australia and the West Indies at North Sydney Oval on Oct. 02, 2023 in Sydney, Australia.
Photograph by Brendon Thorne/Getty Photos
West Indies captain/skipper Hayley Matthews has risen to a career-best second place within the ICC Ladies’s T20I Batting Rankings following a powerful efficiency towards England just lately.
Matthews, who was awarded Participant of the Sequence, dominated the three-match contest with 177 runs, scoring an unbeaten century within the opening recreation at Canterbury in England.
Her escapade propelled her previous India’s Smriti Mandhana and Australia’s Tahlia McGrath, reclaiming the No. 2 place she final held in December 2023.
Matthews, thought of one of many prime batters on the earth in T20 cricket, is now on 765 ranking factors, simply 29 factors behind Australia’s Beth Mooney, the primary ranked T20 batter.
Fellow countrywoman Deandra Dottin, who missed the England collection, fell 9 locations again within the scores in twentieth place with 609 factors.
One other teammate, opener Quina Joseph, fell 11 locations in fortieth place on 492 factors.
Following the T20 collection towards England, Matthews stated, “I feel simply having some agency plans and enjoying to my strengths always has helped me loads. I really feel like I’ve been lucky sufficient to play numerous T20 cricket worldwide and acquire expertise. I’ve discovered much more about my recreation and simply put my plans into follow. Fortunately, since I’ve been right here, I’ve been capable of execute fairly properly.”
Total, Matthews’ efficiency has been spectacular, and he or she is now one of many prime gamers in ladies’s T20 cricket.
