Matthews is one of two named in ICC Teams of the Year

Women’s captain Hayley Matthews and breakout batting star Sherfane Rutherford on the men’s side are the only West Indians named in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Teams of the Year for 2024. The One Day International (ODI) and Test teams were named on Friday, as part of the ICC Awards.

Matthews displayed her exceptional allround abilities throughout 2024, starting the year in scintillating form against Pakistan in April. She hammered an unbeaten 140* in the opening ODI and followed it up with another brilliant knock of 141 in the third match, while also claiming six wickets across the series.

Matthews featured in just one ODI against Sri Lanka, scoring 38 before missing the remaining games due to illness, though she returned strongly in a tour of India.

The West Indies skipper capped off the year with another century in Vadodara, and contributed with the ball, picking up three wickets across the series.

She ended the year with 469 runs and nine wickets in seven matches.

Rutherford, meanwhile, played in nine ODIs in 2024, after only making his debut in December 2023, yet scored runs for fun.

The 26-year-old from Guyana tallied 425 runs, well faster than a run-a-ball, from seven innings for the West Indies.

Rutherford played the middle-order role to perfection, finishing unbeaten on three separate occasions. His lowest score for the year was 24* and his run of five straight innings reaching 50 is the 13th-best streak in ODIs.
Women’s ODI Team of the Year: Smriti Mandhana (Ind), Laura Wolvaardt (SA) (c), Chamari Athapaththu (SL), Hayley Matthews (WI), Marizanne Kapp (SA), Ash Gardner (Aus), Annabel Sutherland (Aus), Amy Jones (Eng) (wk), Deepti Sharma (Ind), Sophie Ecclestone (Eng), Kate Cross (Eng) Men’s ODI Team of the Year: Saim Ayub (Pak),

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg), Pathum Nissanka (SL), Kusal Mendis (SL) (wk), Charith Asalanka (SL) (c), Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afg), Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pak), Haris Rauf (Pak), AM Ghazanfar (Afg) (ICC)