Within the opening match of the continued ICC Ladies’s World Cup 2022, West Indies defeated hosts New Zealand in an exciting contest at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Friday.
After being put to bat first, the Caribbean aspect posted a aggressive 259/9 on the board of their allotted 50 overs. Opener Hayley Matthews shined with the bat and smashed her maiden World Cup century to place Windies in management.
Matthews scored 119 off 128 balls with the assistance of 17 boundaries, together with a six. Though, different batters didn’t contribute sufficiently big because the second-highest scorer for West Indies within the match was Chedean Nation with 36 from 46 deliveries.
For New Zealand, Lea Tahuhu rocked the charts together with her sensible bowling show. She picked up three wickets for 57 runs in 9 overs. Jess Kerr additionally bagged a few scalps whereas conceding 43 runs in her quota of 10 overs.
Within the chase, the White Ferns fell solely three runs brief as the sport went right down to the wire. Captain Sophie Devine led from the entrance, hitting an incredible hundred. She scored 108 off 127 balls with the assistance of 10 boundaries.
Amy Satterthwaite (31) and Katey Martin (44) chipped in with some precious contributions, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient because the hosts misplaced the competition by three runs. Veteran Anisa Mohammed picked up a few wickets for 60 runs in 10 overs.
Anisa additionally completed a private milestone as she turned the primary spinner to get 300 worldwide wickets in ladies’s cricket. Aside from Anisa, Deandra Dottin (2/2) and Matthews (2/41) picked up two wickets apiece.
“Full credit score to the West Indies. The best way Hayley Matthews performed was sensible. We’ve to take the positives out of it and transfer on shortly. We’ve acquired to get pleasure from it,” stated New Zealand skipper Sophie after the sport.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
Hayley Matthews is a implausible cricketer .. 👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 4, 2022
An exciting win for West Indies within the #CWC22 opener towards New Zealand 💥
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— ICC (@ICC) March 4, 2022
VICTORY!!!! 🥳🥳
No surprise WI name them the #MaroonWarriors! 💪🏾😱🌴
A superb show with each bat and ball! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾#CWC22 pic.twitter.com/ngKDkjpRjK
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) March 4, 2022
West Indies opener Hayley Matthews is the primary centurion of the 2022 Ladies’s World Cup, reaching the milestone in 118 deliveries towards New Zealand.#CWC22
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— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1) March 4, 2022
Hayley Matthews begins #CWC22 with a formidable 100* off 118 balls.
It wasn’t essentially the most spectacular dive for the ultimate run, however the century stands!
It is also her maiden World Cup ton.
— Lachlan McKirdy (@LMcKirdy7) March 4, 2022
Solely apt that the large three of West Indies in Deandra Dottin, Stafanie Taylor and now Hayley Matthews all have a World Cup hundred. Not too expressive, however you noticed how a lot this meant for Matthews. 👏🏼 #NZvWI #CWC22
— S. Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7) March 4, 2022
Effectively performed @windiescricket 👏 They win a thriller at @BayOvalNZ by 3 runs. #CWC22 #NZvWI #MakeSomeNoise pic.twitter.com/m63xs5V9JW
— WHITE FERNS (@WHITE_FERNS) March 4, 2022
I’m exhausted….already!! AND is it solely sport 1 of the #CWC22
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) March 4, 2022
An exciting win for West Indies within the #CWC22 opener towards New Zealand 💥
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— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 4, 2022
What a begin to the #CWC22 as Hayley Matthews completes a outstanding innings of 119 off 128 balls, together with 16 fours and 1 six. Wonderful knock! pic.twitter.com/o4B7ugfE8G
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) March 4, 2022
Hayley Matthews turns into the primary participant to attain 100 within the Ladies’s ODI World Cup 2022, simply 23 yr previous, she has taken Ladies’s cricket by storm in previous couple of years.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 4, 2022
