Windies Ladies’s Captain Hayley Matthews secures 2nd ICC Participant-of-the-Month Award

The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) introduced on Friday that West Indies Ladies’s captain, Hayley Matthews, has been named the Ladies’s Participant of the Month for October.

The 25-year-old all-rounder emerged because the victor among the many shortlisted candidates, which included Nahida Akhter of Bangladesh and Amelia Kerr of New Zealand. Matthews earned this recognition for her distinctive contributions throughout the West Indies Ladies’s Twenty20 Worldwide sequence towards host nation Australia.

Matthews, who holds the highest rank amongst all-rounders within the Ladies’s T20I Participant Rankings, constantly posed a problem to the Australian staff together with her highly effective batting and essential wickets. Her excellent efficiency earned her each the Participant of the Sequence award and her second Participant of the Match prize.

Matthews expresses gratitude

Upon receiving the award, Matthews expressed her gratitude, stating, “I’m very grateful to have obtained the ICC Ladies’s Participant-of-the-Month award for October. I really like pulling on the West Indies jersey. Each time I do put on that maroon and gold, it positively provides an additional layer the place you possibly can go on the market and carry out nicely, not just for your self and for the staff, however in realizing how a lot cricket means to the folks of the Caribbean and the way a lot it may well carry folks collectively.”

Matthews showcased her batting prowess when she carried her bat and fell only one run in need of a century, scoring 99 runs, within the first T20I towards Australia on October 1 at North Sydney Oval. Regardless of her outstanding effort, West Indies Ladies suffered an eight-wicket defeat.

Within the following T20I, Matthews delivered a outstanding efficiency by scoring an unimaginable 132 runs, main her staff within the highest profitable run chase ever recorded in ladies’s T20Is towards the reigning world champions. Her innings included 20 fours and 5 sixes from 64 balls, and the West Indies secured a seven-wicket victory, leveling the three-match sequence 1-1.

All-round abilities

Matthews’ contributions weren’t restricted to her batting. She additionally displayed her off-spin abilities by taking three wickets for 36 runs in her allotted 4 overs when Australia Ladies posted a formidable 212 for six after being put in to bat. This stellar efficiency earned her a seventh successive Participant-of-the-Match award in T20s.

In her ultimate match of the sequence, Matthews continued to shine, scoring 79 runs off 40 balls. Regardless of her efforts, West Indies Ladies had been defeated by 47 runs, surrendering the sequence to Australia 2-1.

Reflecting on her performances, Matthews emphasised the enjoyment of bringing smiles to the faces of individuals within the Caribbean, saying, “It was fairly particular going on the market in Australia and with the ability to carry out the best way that I did, however realizing how many individuals’s faces I used to be capable of put a smile on again residence within the Caribbean, that’s what means essentially the most to me.”

Matthews obtained the accolade via a voting course of that included enter from world followers registered at ICC-cricket.com and a panel of specialists comprising ICC Corridor of Famers, former worldwide gamers, and media representatives.