Hayley Matthews Creates World Record In ODI Match Vs Zimbabwe

Hayley Matthews for West Indies [Source: AFP]During the first ODI between Zimbabwe Women vs West Indies Women, Hayley Matthews, the swashbuckling hitter of the Caribbean side produced a dominant display with the bat to produce a world record for her national team.Hayley Matthews, the skipper of the team, delivered a captain’s knock with the bat with a 182-run knock off 156 deliveries to help the visitors post 299 on the board while making a crucial record for herself as well.Hayley Matthews registers highest individual score by WI Women in ODIsIn the Zimbabwe Women vs West Indies Women match at Harare on September 24, Matthews struck at only 116.67 with the bat as an opener, but her innings was built on patience rather than blind slogging from the beginning.Matthews’ 182 came off 26 boundaries and just two sixes as she took on Sharne Mayers, Tendai Makusha among others before getting dismissed by the latter in the ultimate over.In the process, the Melbourne Renegades Women player for WBBL, who stuck from the beginning to the end of Windies Women innings, produced the highest-ever innings score ever etched by a West Indian Women in ODIs.Highest individual score ever made by West Indies Women in WODIs:Hayley Matthews– Highest score: 182Stafanie Taylor– Highest score: 171Deandra Dottin– Highest score: 150*Shemaine Campbelle– Highest score: 105Juliana Nero– Highest score: 100Only Stafanie Taylor, one of the greatest ever all-rounders in West Indies Women team to ever exist, held the top spot with her 171-run knock, before Matthews overtook her against Zimbabwe.Deandra Dottin, another talented all-rounder, follows with her unbeaten 150 against South Africa back in 2022.Also Read- First Women’s T20 World Cup Century: 112 Not Out That Made Deandra Dottin A LegendHayley Matthews misses top 5 spot by 3 runs to become highest run scorer in WODIsIt is also interesting to note that Matthews is now the sixth player to be on the list of women cricketers who registered highest scores with the bat in WODIs.Matthews now follows South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt for her unbeaten 184 on the list to become the sixth player with New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr registering a magnificent 232* against Ireland Women in June 2018 to top the charts.Highest runs scored in WODIs:Amelia Kerr – New Zealand – 232*Belinda Clark – Australia – 229*Chamari Athapaththu – Sri Lanka – 195*Deepti Sharma – India – 188Laura Wolvaardt – South Africa - 184*Hayley Matthews – West Indies – 182Interestingly, Deepti Sharma of India also has a higher individual score than Matthews with her 188-run stand against Ireland in 2017. In that match, Punam Raut also scored a century for India, with the Women in Blue winning the match by a massive margin of 249 runs.Matthews comes off of a lean patchSurprisingly, Hayley Matthews’ 182 will be a blessing for the cricketer who has been going through a recent lean patch. Her most recent major outing was in the Women’s T20 World Cup, where she averaged only 24.17 from 6 matches. In Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) 2026 too, she averaged only 28.00 and an average of 15.75 with the bat in Women’s Hundred too.Therefore, the Zimbabwe tour’s first ODI comes as a redemption for the Caribbean skipper, who will look to regain momentum before the Women’s Champions Trophy that is set to be scheduled for 2027.Also Read- BCCI Secures New Title Sponsor For Indian Cricket Before West Indies Series