Hayley Matthews relaxed about additional duty 

Hayley Matthews says she welcomes the additional duty related to the captaincy, after producing a high-class innings to steer West Indies to a six-wicket win over Eire on the Girls’s Twenty20 World Cup on Friday.

Set 138 for victory in Cape City, West Indies acquired house off the penultimate supply with two runs required, Matthews carving a half-volley to the additional cowl boundary to finish unbeaten on 66 – equalling her career-best.

The knock got here within the absence of marquee batsman and former skipper Stafanie Taylor, who was dominated out of the sport with a again damage.

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“I feel as captain I type of anticipate to take [that responsibility]. Not solely captain, however I feel [as] one of many extra skilled batters as properly,” stated the 24-year-old. “I anticipate to go on the market and need to tackle a sure position and maintain the duty of the batting. “And I feel it’s been my position now for the final couple of video games we’ve performed over the past month or two.”

Coming into Friday’s contest at Newlands needing to win with a purpose to hold their slim semi-final hopes alive, West Indies have been expertly guided by Matthews who customary her seventh half-century in T20 Internationals.

The Caribbean facet have been stumbling on 46 for 2 within the ninth over earlier than Matthews anchored a 74-run, third wicket stand with Chinelle Henry (34) to rescue the run chase.

“I feel all through the whole chase it was fairly shut. I feel clearly it was one which went on to the ultimate over so that you’re by no means actually positive when you type of had it within the bag,” she defined. “However I feel that as batters what we simply attempt to do out there may be constantly construct partnerships. We knew as soon as we may carry two or no less than one set batter proper all the way down to the top, we shall be in a extremely actually good place. “Fortuitously for me. I used to be capable of be that set batter there on the finish and able to go.”

West Indies misplaced their opening two video games to England and India, leaving them dealing with must-win eventualities towards Eire and Pakistan of their closing two group video games.

They tackle Pakistan on Sunday at Boland Park with Matthews underscoring the worth of one other optimistic end result.

“We definitely wanted it (win) and like I discussed, I feel these two video games for us now are in all probability the 2 most necessary for us to go away this World Cup with some pleasure and a few respect,” she pressured. “[We’re] undoubtedly trying to take this momentum into the subsequent recreation and hopefully placed on one other good efficiency.”

-CMC