Hayley Matthews appointed as new West Indies ladies’s captain

Cricket West Indies (CWI) introduced on Saturday that allrounder Hayley Matthews has been appointed because the West Indies ladies’s captain. Matthews will assume the management function from former skipper Stafanie Taylor forward of the following collection.

“I am both humbled and honored to be given the opportunity to captain the West Indies women’s team. It is definitely an exhilarating feeling and I welcome the experience to lead and learn with open arms,” Mathews stated.

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She additionally thanked the outgoing captain Taylor saying, “I would like to thank Stafanie for her astounding leadership of the team over the years. We’ve accomplished some of our biggest milestones with her at the forefront and I look forward to continuing playing alongside her.”

Head coach Courtney Walsh feels that the timing was proper with the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup developing early subsequent 12 months, the brand new captain ought to have a few collection underneath her belt earlier than she enters right into a World Cup.

Matthews has a powerful worldwide report with 1,764 runs and 78 wickets in 69 ODIs and 1,055 runs and 58 wickets in 61 T20Is.