MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Girls’s captain Hayley Matthews has been given cost of Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming Girls’s Large Bash League after a knee damage compelled common skipper Sophie Molineux out of the season.
The 25-year-old Matthews, appointed West Indies captain final yr, was chosen forward of India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and England’s Tammy Beaumont, who leads Welsh Fireplace within the Hundred.
Matthews’s type within the current Twenty20 Worldwide collection towards Australia Girls was seemingly a deciding issue for Renegades, the right-handed opener plundering 310 runs in three matches with scores of 99 not out, 132 and 79.
“Hayley captained our group after Soph bought injured final yr and did an important job. The ladies tremendously respect her,” stated Renegades coach Simon Helmot.
“She’s captain of West Indies and is on the top of her powers, each as a participant and in management.
“To have her, with the expertise of Jess Duffin, Harmanpreet Kaur, and our vice-captain Georgia Wareham, it’s an actual optimistic for us.
“Hayley is invested in our membership. She had a improbable time final yr and desires to see us turn into extra profitable.”
Matthews is the primary all-rounder within the Worldwide Cricket Council T20I rankings and fifth within the batting charts.
She possesses a wealth of expertise, having already performed 88 T20Is and 80 One-Day Internationals since making her debut as a 16-year-old.
The Barbadian stated taking up the helm of the West Indies aspect from Stafanie Taylor 17 months in the past had led to enhancements in her recreation.
“Truthfully, the group’s management has helped me to take accountability for my recreation,” she stated.
“That, together with studying and understanding my recreation much more from taking part in a lot franchise and T20 cricket worldwide.
“The 2 of these put collectively during the last 12 months have helped not solely with me scoring runs however scoring them constantly as nicely.”
Leg-spinner Wareham, a kind of struggling by the hands of Matthews throughout the current T20I collection, stated she hoped her franchise teammate introduced the identical type to the WBBL.
“When she was hitting us round, it was type of like hopefully she doesn’t use all of them up towards Australia and may maintain some for the Renegades,” Wareham stated.
“The shape she’s been in during the last bit has proven that she will be able to have that consistency along with her recreation.
“Because the WPL, she dominated that competitors; ever since then, she’s simply been unbelievable.”
Matthews and Renegades open their season on Friday towards Brisbane Warmth right here Friday.
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