KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC—Captain Hayley Matthews has praised the standard of her facet’s top-order batting after West Indies Ladies swept Pakistan Ladies 3-0 within the One-Day Worldwide collection, which wrapped up Tuesday.
The 26-year-old led her facet’s domination with the bat, plundering 325 runs at a mean of 162.5 with three centuries. Vice-captain Shemaine Campbelle averaged 45, and former captain Stafanie Taylor, 40—each notching a half-century.
“Coming down right here to Pakistan, we wished to have the ability to seize these six [ICC Championship] factors, so I feel everyone seems to be tremendous pleased with the consequence and the way it went,” Matthews mentioned.
“For certain, I’m happy with how the batting went this collection. I used to be clearly in a position to get some runs, however the way in which Shemaine Campbelle was in a position to deal with quantity three and Stafanie, clearly coming in at quantity 4, had a match-winning efficiency within the final sport.
“So it was pleasing to see lots of the batters step up, particularly coming from the highest 5.”
In a collection performed completely at Nationwide Financial institution Stadium, West Indies Ladies gained the opener by 113 runs after gathering 269 for eight, courtesy of Matthews’s unbeaten 140.
They captured the second ODI by two wickets after chasing down 224, with Campbell and Taylor getting fifties. They then gained the ultimate sport by 88 runs, with Matthews lashing her sixth ODI hundred of 141.
Nevertheless, Matthews mentioned she believed her facet’s batting might get even higher.
“I feel we will nonetheless rating extra runs. We did effectively as a group to attain 270-plus, but when we will get extra massive scores coming from across the group, we’ll be even higher,” she contended.
“Our high order particularly batted actually, very well this collection—Shemaine Campbelle and Stafanie Taylor, each of them fairly constant.
“And with the ball, there are all the time areas you possibly can enhance. We might’ve most likely wished to maintain Pakistan to a bit lower than that within the second ODI, however I feel total, we’ve had a reasonably good efficiency that I can’t complain an excessive amount of about.”
Matthews, her facet’s main batter, mentioned her type had been pushed by her want to spend time on the crease.
“In the beginning of this collection, I spoke about occupying the crease and spending plenty of time there, and I felt like if I did that, the runs would come and assume so it occurred,” she mentioned.
The Caribbean facet will now flip their consideration to the five-match Twenty20 Worldwide collection, which begins Friday on the identical venue. Matthews has hinted at adjustments.
“We had the identical group for the three ODIs, however relying on how the T20s go, we’d be capable to see among the women are available and get a chance, and that’s clearly what collection like these are about,” she mentioned.
“So clearly, now that we’re into the T20 video games – and now we have 5 of them – hopefully we will see some new women are available and see them doing a bit with the ball and the bat and getting some expertise.”
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