West Indies star Hayley Matthews attains rankings summit on the back of scintillating display

Dubai, Oct 3 West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews achieved significant gains to top the ICC Women’s T20I All-rounder Rankings after playing a crucial hand with the bat and ball in the ongoing series against Australia.
Matthews was her team’s highest run-scorer in the first T20I, 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 T20I.
She picked up three crucial wickets in her allotted four overs, to finish with 3/36. 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. It helped set up a momentous West Indies win in Australia 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, an ICC report on Tuesday said.
In the Women’s T20I 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 (782 points). England’s Sophie Ecclestone (765 points) tops the Women’s T20I Bowling Rankings.
In the Women’s ODI Player Rankings, the South Africa and New Zealand players benefitted from their exploits in the recently concluded ODI series, which the Proteas won 2-1.
White Ferns player Amelia Kerr jumped four spots to 11th place in the Women’s ODI Batting Rankings at the back of her century in Durban. She was the highest run-scorer in the series and
also picked up two wickets. She has gained one place in the all-rounder rankings, to sit at No.5.
South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt was up two spots to No.4 in the batting rankings after scoring 198 runs in the series.
Proteas all-rounder Marizanne Kapp scored 144 runs and picked two wickets in the three-game contest. This helps her sit at 10th place in both the Women’s ODI Batting and Bowling Rankings.
She is now within reach of the top spot in the Women’s ODI All-Rounder Rankings, just four points behind Ashleigh Gardner.