West Indies women’s captain and Barbadian Hayley Matthews was today crowned the 2023 ICC T20 International Player of the Year.
Matthews, 25, had a terrific 2023 with outstanding performances with both bat and ball. She scored 700 runs and claimed 19 wickets with her off-spin. She had a top score of 132 with an average of 63.63.
An overjoyed Matthew told Windies Cricket in an interview: “It’s great, it’s nice to see all the hard work finally paying off. It’s been a long two or three years so it’s really nice that I was able to go out and have a really good time with the bat and ball this year and help the team as much as I could.”
She topped players such as England’s Sophie Ecclestone, Australia’s Ellyse Perry and Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu to achieve the award.
Matthews is the second West Indian, after former captain Stafanie Taylor in 2015, to win the prestigious award.
Photo: Windies Cricket
