Full Name

Hayley Kristen Matthews

Born

March 19, 1998

Age

26y 9d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

Playing Role

Opening Batter

By the time she was 11, Hayley Matthews was captaining her boys school team; by the time she was 12, she had made her debut for the Barbados senior women's team. Faced with a choice between track and field and cricket - she won a gold medal for javelin at the 2015 CARIFTA Games - Matthews, fortunately for West Indies, chose cricket, and subsequently made her international debut in September 2014 in a Twenty20 against New Zealand.

Her ODI debut, against Australia, swiftly followed, and Matthews impressed right from the outset, making 55 in the first game and a total of 241 runs - the highest for West Indies - in the four-match series. Her offbreaks also proved effective: her first international wicket, in the first T20I of the tour of Australia, was Meg Lanning, and she went on to take 3 for 26 in that game. Matthews was the highest wicket-taker from either side in both the ODIs and T20Is during West Indies' 2015 tour of Sri Lanka.

She was a surprise selection in the inaugural Women's Big Bash League, sought after by Hobart Hurricanes as one of their overseas players; her standout performance in the competition was a 51-ball 77 against Melbourne Stars, but more importantly, she worked with coach Julia Price and gained invaluable experience against international opponents.

It was an undertaking that was to serve her well in the 2016 Women's World T20, where she would make her name. Matthews made her most telling performance in the final, where West Indies were up against three-time champions Australia. Having had her 18th birthday in the middle of the tournament, Matthews took on the Australian bowlers with the audacity of youth, hitting 66 off 45 balls to help her team chase down 149 and win their first world title.
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Hayley Matthews Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
WODIs80772207111927.61298069.494625510400
WT20Is88885202613224.401811111.8721025540340

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
WODIs807433372246944/154/1523.894.0335.5300
WT20Is888115891556914/104/1017.095.8717.4400
Hayley Kristen Matthews

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Recent Matches of Hayley Matthews

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
MI Women vs RCB Women152/1815-Mar-2024DelhiWT20
MI Women vs RCB Women261/1112-Mar-2024DelhiWT20
MI Women vs GG Women181/2209-Mar-2024DelhiWT20
MI Women vs UPW Women41/2207-Mar-2024DelhiWT20
MI Women vs DC Women291/2305-Mar-2024DelhiWT20

Photos of Hayley Matthews

Hayley Matthews struck in her first over to remove Sophie Devine
S Sajana brought her power game to the fore at the top of the order
Hayley Matthews got Mumbai Indians off to a quick start
Hayley Matthews took off after a sedate start
Hayley Matthews thought she had Laura Wolvaardt in the first over
Hayley Matthews attacked in the powerplay even as MI lost wickets