Historic match of women’s cricket, Hayley Matthews’ brilliant century, many records broken
Hayley Matthews records: Hayley Matthews produced a string of spectacular world-record runs as West Indies cruised to victory against Australia at the North Sydney Oval, thanks to a stellar performance.
Hayley Matthews records: Most successful run chase in Women’s T20I:-
You will be surprised to know that West Indies set a new record for the most successful run chase in Women’s T20I. In 2018, England became the first team to reach the 200-run mark against India.
After the first innings, it seemed that Australia’s Phoebe Litchfield’s brilliant half-century off 18 balls would be the only topic of discussion, but it paled in comparison to the performance of Hayley Mathews.
Hayley Matthews scored a century after being out for 99 runs in the first match:-
Let us tell you that Mathews was out for 99 runs in the opening match of the series but this time she scored a century in 53 balls and took her team to the brink of victory when she was finally out after scoring 132 runs in 64 balls.
When Mathews was out, West Indies needed 9 runs from 7 balls, which Shamine Campbell and Chinelle Henry managed to accomplish with one ball to spare against Ashley Gardner in the final over.
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Highest scoring women’s T20I in history :-
West Indies’ Jerome Taylor, recovering from a slow start, played a vital inning of 59 runs in 41 balls and shared a partnership of 174 runs with Mathews in 14 overs.
Overall, it was the highest-scoring Women’s T20I in history with 425 runs, and Mathews won the Player of the Match award seven consecutive times.
Most runs in last 5 overs :-
Finally, let us tell you that, thanks to the brutal partnership of 66 runs in 22 balls between Lichfield and Georgia Wareham, Australia scored 88 runs in the last five overs, which is a world record in women’s cricket.