Matthews wins third ICC Player-of-the-Month Award

West Indies Women Captain, Hayley Matthews, has won her third International Cricket Council’s Player-of-the- Month award, following her outstanding all-round performances in the recent white-ball series against Pakistan Women.

The 26-year-old Barbadian right-hander recorded two hundreds in the three-match One-Day International series to finish with 325 runs at an average of 162, while taking six wickets, as the Caribbean side pulled off an astonishing 3-0 win against Pakistan in Karachi last month.

Matthews returned in the five Twenty20 Internationals to gather 205 runs at an average of 41 and take another six wickets, leading her side to a 4-1 series win.

The Player-of-the-Month award for Matthews follows those she previously won in October 2023 and November 2021.

“I am really happy to win the award again. These performances resulted in the team’s success and that’s the most important thing for me as captain,” said Matthews.

“To win in Pakistan was always a big goal. I wanted to perform well and contribute to the team’s success so to be able to have performances and get the results, that was really good and showed that the hard work and the concentration in Pakistan paid off.”

She continued: “Being able to set some new records and achieve some new milestones as well was good for me so I’m extremely happy. We have confidence and we will take this with us going into the tour of Sri Lanka and look to secure more crucial points in the ICC Women’s Championship.”

Matthews, a veteran of 83 ODIs and 93 T201s, took out competition from Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu and South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt.