{"id":15936,"date":"2024-01-26T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15936"},"modified":"2024-01-26T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:57:26","slug":"hayley-matthews-clinches-icc-womens-t20i-cricketer-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/hayley-matthews-clinches-icc-womens-t20i-cricketer-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayley Matthews Clinches ICC Women&#8217;s T20I Cricketer of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has been crowned the ICC Women&#8217;s T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2023, adding to her accolades as a member of the T20 Team of the Year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthews is only the second West Indies player to receive this honor, following former skipper Stafanie Taylor in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthews, who holds the No.1 ranking in ICC Women&#8217;s T20I all-rounders, outshone competitors Ellyse Perry (Australia), Sophie Ecclestone (England), and Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making her debut at the age of 15, Matthews expressed her excitement about the achievement, emphasizing the significance of the win for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, Matthews showcased exceptional performance, amassing 700 runs and taking 19 wickets in 14 T20I matches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, she played a pivotal role in the record-breaking run-chase against Australia in Sydney, where she scored 99*, 79, and an astonishing 132 in pursuit of 213. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This innings set several records, including the highest individual score in a women\u2019s T20I run-chase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the T20 World Cup, Matthews contributed with 130 runs, four wickets, and four catches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her outstanding year earned her recognition in the ICC teams-of-the-year for 2023. Alongside Nicholas Pooran, Matthews represented West Indies in the prestigious selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Shai Hope&#8217;s impressive One-Day International performance, where he averaged 68 from 17 matches with three centuries, he did not secure a spot in the ICC One-Day International squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has been crowned the ICC Women&#8217;s T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2023, adding to her accolades as a member of the T20 Team of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15938,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15936\/revisions\/15938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}