West Indies’ Hayley Matthews celebrates after reaching her half-century throughout the Ladies’s Cricket T20 World Cup match in opposition to England on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Oct. 15, 2024.
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West Indies Captain Hayley Matthews secured yet one more award in her already profitable and dazzling profession when she gained the ICC’s Ladies’s Participant of the Month award for June.
That is the fourth time the 27-year-old Matthews has copped the award, forward of her team-mate Afy Fletcher and South African opening batter Tazmin Brits. Matthews was awarded based mostly on her spectacular efficiency within the just lately concluded ODI and T20I sequence in opposition to South Africa in Barbados.
She and Australia’s Ash Gardner are tied for essentially the most ICC Ladies’s Participant of the Month honors.
Upon listening to the information of her victory, Matthews stated, “It’s an honor to obtain the Participant of the Month award once more. I’ve been happy with my kind just lately, however extra importantly, it’s been nice to contribute to the workforce’s success, particularly in a hard-fought T20I sequence in opposition to South Africa.”
“Recognition like that is appreciated, however my focus stays on what’s forward. There’s much more I wish to obtain, each personally and with this workforce. We’re on target, and I’m enthusiastic about the place we are able to go from right here.”
Matthews starred with the bat to steer West Indies Ladies to a 2-1 T20I sequence win in opposition to the Proteas final month, their first T20I sequence win over South Africa Ladies in 12 years.
Matthews scored 147 runs at a median of 73.50 and a strike fee of 120.49, whereas additionally choosing up 2 wickets.
Within the ODI sequence, she scored 104 runs at a median of 34.66 and took 4 wickets.
