Albion, Australia: Women’s West Indies Hayley Matthews becomes first Captain to score 300+ runs in a Men’s/Women’s Bilateral T20I series.’
During the three-match T20 series against Australia, Hayley Mathews scored a total of 310 runs; 99 in first match, 132 in second match and 79 in the third match.
Australia survived another heroic knock by Windies’ Captain, Hayley Matthews. She scored 79 in 40 balls, hitting fifteen boundaries, 11 fours and 4 sixes. West Indies women crumbled after her dominating innings came to an end.
Darcie Brown, the Aussies fast bowler, drew first blood by dismissing Windies’ captain Hayley Matthews in the eleventh over. The brilliant knock of 79 runs in 49 came to an end.
After she left the pitch, West Indies struggled to keep the pace and kept losing wickets one after another. Shabika Gajnabi, the opener, loses her wicket in the 12th over by getting run out by Darcie Brown.
Australia won the T20 series at Allan Border Field with a comfortable 47-run victory despite another outstanding batting performance from West Indies captain Hayley Matthews.
Captain Hayley Matthews sparkled again with another Player-of-the-Match and half-century, becoming the only cricketer to score 300+ runs in a bilateral series. Australia won the series by 2-1, defeating West Indies women in the first and last match of this series.
The Windies woman captain has won eight consecutive T20I Player of the Match awards. She was the top scorer in the match and the series. Hayley Mathews is one the top with record-breaking eight successive player of the match awards, followed by former Sri Lankan batsman Sanat Jayasuriya (4).
