West Indies captain Hayley Matthews placed on a surprising present of resilience after she was stretchered off, battling cramps, earlier than returning to smash her ninth ODI century in a bid to forestall an upset towards Scotland of their ICC Ladies’s World Cup 2025 Qualifier opener in Lahore on Wednesday.
Chasing a 245-run goal, West Indies slipped from 120 for 2 and later to 203 for 9 as opener Matthews retired damage twice whereas on 95 and 99 after affected by extreme cramps.
Matthews, nevertheless, had no respite as she was stretchered off the sector after 41.3 overs as No. 11 Karishma Ramharack fell for a golden duck subsequent ball! Returning immediately to the crease for a fourth time within the innings, Matthews reached her ninth ODI century off the following supply in solely 101 balls to maintain the Windies struggle alive.
Matthews then arrange a 30-run stand alongside Aaliyah Alleyne, including 15 runs. Nevertheless, Scotland would stroll away with a stinging 11-run victory after Alleyne was trapped lbw by spinner Abtaha Maqsood within the forty seventh over, leaving Matthews unbeaten on 114 (113b, 14×4).
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Matthews’ century adopted a four-wicket haul (4/56) within the first innings, making her solely the fourth girl ever to document a century and a four-wicket haul in an ODI. Matthews is, nevertheless, the primary feminine captain to document the staggering double in ODIs.
The West Indies all-rounder can be the second-youngest (27 y 111d) and second-quickest (88 innings) to succeed in 9 centuries in girls’s ODIs, solely behind Australia’s Meg Lanning on each counts.
Matthews additionally equalled Lanning and New Zealand’s Suzie Bates for hundreds of years towards most groups, with Scotland being the seventh completely different nation towards whom she has recorded 100.