Hayley Matthews of West Indies performs a shot through the first One-Day Worldwide cricket match towards Pakistan on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
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A Participant-of-the-Match efficiency from captain Hayley Matthews that took West Indies Girls to a 113-run win towards hosts Pakistan Girls within the first ICC Girls’s Championship One-Day Worldwide on the Nationwide Stadium.
The 25-year-old Barbadian all-rounder scored her fifth ODI hundred, a career-best,140 from 150 balls belting 15 fours and one six to energy the Caribbean facet to 269 for eight after they determined to bat within the 50 overs-a-side match.
Matthews then spearheaded the bowling of the West Indies Girls taking three for 17 from six overs, limiting the Pakistanis for 136 in 35.5 overs. West Indies had been in a 1-0 lead within the three-match collection.
The Caribbean facet earned two factors within the 10-team ICC Girls’s Championship desk in direction of direct qualification for subsequent 12 months’s ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup which will probably be staged in India.
Matthews’ facet now have 10 factors from 13 matches, and at the moment are ninth within the standings attempting to develop into one of many 5 groups that immediately qualify for the World Cup.
West Indies Girls had been one for one within the third over after opener Rashada Williams was caught and bowled by Sadia Iqbal for one. They leapt to 43 for one on the shut of the primary Energy Play.
Matthews and her deputy Shemaine Campbelle stepped in on a second wicket partnership of 102, which the Caribbean facet constructed their innings.
Campbelle made 45 and allrounder Chinelle Henry chipped in with 23, however not one of the remaining WI batsmen reached 20. Left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal, who opened the bowling, and leg-spinner Tuba Hassan probably the most profitable bowlers for Pakistan Girls with two wickets apiece.
In reply, Henry held a return catch to dismiss opener Sidra Ameen for one within the second over, and fellow pacer Shamilia Connell obtained the skilled Bismah Maroof caught behind for seven within the fifth over.
The Caribbean facet restricted the Pakistanis to 53 for 2 on the finish of the primary Energy Play, and Matthews obtained captain Nida Dar caught behind for 19 and completed off the run out of opener Muneeba Ali for 22.
West Indies Girls leg-spinner Afy Fletcher and left-arm spinner Zaida James took two wickets apiece. Tuba made 25 and Najiha Alvi made 20 in a 37 run stand for the seventh wicket.
