{"id":18859,"date":"2024-04-18T21:05:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18859"},"modified":"2024-04-18T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:06:06","slug":"hayley-matthews-career-best-performance-leads-west-indies-women-to-victory-over-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/hayley-matthews-career-best-performance-leads-west-indies-women-to-victory-over-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayley Matthews&#8217; Career-Best Performance Leads West Indies Women to Victory Over Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening match of their tour of Pakistan in Karachi, the West Indies Women&#8217;s cricket team secured a commanding 113-run win, thanks to a stellar performance by Hayley Matthews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Batting first, the Caribbean side got off to a strong start despite losing the early wicket of Rashada Williams in the third over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthews, along with Shemaine Campbelle, led the charge, combining for a partnership of 102 runs before Campbelle&#8217;s dismissal in the 23rd over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Stafanie Taylor&#8217;s departure soon followed, Matthews maintained her focus at the crease, eventually reaching an impressive 140 runs as the Windies women posted a total of 269 for eight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthews also shone with the ball, taking three crucial wickets for just 17 runs in six overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her outstanding performance restricted Pakistan to 156 runs, securing victory for the West Indies Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on her innings, Matthews expressed satisfaction at being able to bat for the full 50 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She commended the efforts of her teammates in achieving the win and emphasized the team&#8217;s focus on optimizing their opportunities in each match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Windies Women&#8217;s captain&#8217;s remarkable performance earned praise from fans and experts alike, highlighting her crucial role in the team&#8217;s success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second ODI between the two sides is scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 21, at 12:30 am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore In the opening match of their tour of Pakistan in Karachi, the West Indies Women&#8217;s cricket team secured a commanding 113-run win, thanks to a stellar performance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18859","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\/18859","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=18859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18861,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18859\/revisions\/18861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}