Hayley Kristen Matthews is the 26-year-old cricketer from the West Indies. She has a rich talent in all the departments of cricket, i.e., batting, bowling, and fielding. She once led the boys cricket team in childhood, and now she’s a captain in the Women Premier League this season (2024). Hayley made the most runs in 2023 around the globe with a total of 700 runs.
Hayley Matthews’s average was 63.63 last year, where she got to play just 14 matches and 14 innings to score 700 runs and still made it to the top along with competing with the players who even played 28 matches. She also slayed with the ball in her career, taking a total of 100 wickets.
Let’s have a look at her recent performance in the WCPL 2024 season, where she plays for the Barbados Royals.
Hayley Matthews brilliance in WCPL 2024 (GAW vs. BR)
Hayley Matthews plays for Barbados Royals in the Women’s Premier League, where she has the responsibility of leading the team. The first match of the WCPL was between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Barbados Royals in the Brian Lara cricket stadium. The Royals won the toss and chose to bowl first, where they restricted the Guyana Amazon Warriors to 118 runs while taking 9 wickets.
Hayley Matthews took 2 wickets while bowling, then later on the Barbados Royals came to bat to chase a decent target of 119. Hayley opened with Georgia Redmayne, and within a couple of overs, the team lost four wickets early. Qiana Joseph came to support Hayley in chasing such an easy target, which seemed to be difficult after the fall of early wickets.
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After making 24 runs out of 20 balls, Qiana got bowled by Shabnim Ismail, who was so good with the ball in that match, as she took 4 wickets in her 4 overs at an expense of just 16 runs. Hayley Matthews stuck to her plan, saving her wicket from one end and making runs for the team.
Till the end, she played the great captain’s knock and made her team win the match while being present on the pitch, not out. Hayley made a total of 61 runs out, 58 balls not out, which included 7 fours.
Continued Dominance of Hayley (BRvsTKR)
The second match of the WCPL was between Barbados Royals and Trinbago Knight Riders. Barbados Royals won the toss again and stuck with the plan of bowling first. Hayley used her six bowlers against Trinbago and stopped the flow of runs at 113 runs and took nine wickets of their opposition. Hayley bowled 4 overs and picked up the last two wickets of Trinbago with an economy of 5.25.
This time the Barbados Royals batted better than their last match and gave some support to Hayley Matthews from the other end. Qiana was promoted to 1st down but got out at 16 off 19 balls. Hayley accelerated her innings and smashed 67 runs, which included 12 fours this time with a strike rate of 119.64.
