Hayley Matthews Moves To The Top Of ICC Rankings After Stunning Show Against Australia
Published - 03 Oct 2023, 05:22 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:19 AM
West Indies star Hayley Matthews has reached the No.1 spot in the latest ICC Rankings for Women’s T20I All-rounders after her back-to-back impressive performances against reigning world champions Australia.
In the first game of the three-match series, Hayley Mathews remained unbeaten on 99 off 74 balls to help her side post a challenging total of 147 for 3. Her knock, however, was not enough for a win. In the second game, she led from the very front and helped West Indies chase down a record total of 213 runs. With the series on the line, Hayley Mathews played one of the best T20I knocks of all time.
She scored 132 runs off just 64 balls with the help of 20 fours and five sixes as West Indies chased down the huge total with a ball remaining. She had made a difference with the ball too, taking 3 for 36 off her 4 overs. And those impressive displays have helped her move to the top of the ICC Rankings for T20I allrounders with 480 rating points.
ICC Rankings for T20Is:
Hayley Matthews has made significant gains in the batting and bowling rankings too in T20Is. In the T20I Bowling Rankings, she jumped two places to tie with Sri Lanka’s Inoka Ranaweera in fifth place. In the batters’ list, Matthews’ two scintillating knocks helped her jump 10 places to the seventh place.
Among the batters, Australia’s Tahlia McGrath holds the top spot with 782 rating points while England’s Sophie Ecclestone is at the top in the bowlers’ rankings with 765 points.
In the ICC Rankings for ODIs, the South Africa and New Zealand players have made gains after impressing in the recently-concluded series that ended 2-1 in the Proteas’ favour. New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr jumped four spots to 11th place in the Women’s ODI Batting Rankings after scoring a century in Durban. She finished the series as the highest run-scorer.
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt was up two spots to No.4 in the batting rankings after scoring 198 runs in the series. On the other hand, South African allrounder Marizanne Kapp has moved to the tenth spot in both the batting and bowling rankings after scoring 144 runs and picking 2 wickets.
