West Indies captain Hayley Mathews has consolidated her status as the number one ranked allrounder according to the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T/20 international all-rounders ranking.
This follows her scintillating back to back exceptional performances in her last two matches in Australia.
Matthews achieved significant gains to top the MRF Tyres ICC women’s t20i all-rounder rankings after playing a crucial hand with the bat and ball in the current series against the Aussies
She was the west indies top scorer in the first T/20 international , where she played the anchor with a solid unbeaten 99.
She followed this up with the wicket of Alyssa Healy, but couldn’t stop Australia from winning the game at north Sydney oval, however, she went one better in the next T/20 international.
She picked up three crucial wickets in her allotted four overs, to finish with 3 for 36, she followed this with a career-best batting performance, churning out 132 runs off merely 64 balls.
Her knock included 20 fours and five sixes, to help set-up a momentous west indies win to tie the series at 1-1.
With this, Matthews finds herself atop the women’s t20i all-rounder rankings with 480 rating points – she has also made significant gains in the batting and bowling rankings.
In the women’s t20 international 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.
In the women’s t20i batting rankings, Australia’s Tahlia Mcgrath continues to reign supreme with 782 points – England’s Sophie Ecclestone with 765 points tops the women’s t20i bowling rankings.
