Hayley Matthews’ all-round energy clear sweeps Ireland 3-0 in T20Is
West Indies 120 for two (Alleyne 49*, Matthews 48, Dempsey 1-21) beat Ireland 116 for 9 (Hunter 44, Prendergast 40, Matthews 4-14) by eight wickets
West Indies captain Hayley Matthews continued her wealthy and dominating type towards Ireland with each bat and ball, and despatched the guests again dwelling and not using a win on the whole tour after whitewashing them 3-0 within the T20I collection. West Indies had received the three-match ODI collection 2-0 after the second ODI had been washed out.
On Saturday, Matthews first took 4 for 14 – together with a hat-trick – to limit Ireland to 116 for 9, after which hammered a 34-ball 48 to arrange a commanding eight-wicket win with 11 balls to spare. She completed because the Player of the Match in all three T20Is, the Player of the T20I Series, and had started the ODI series too in related trend, having scored 100 and brought three wickets.
Put in to bat, Ireland had been propelled by a fast second-wicket stand of 66 in 62 balls between Amy Hunter and Orla Prendergast after Matthews had trapped Gaby Lewis together with her first ball. However, Ireland stuttered as quickly as that partnership was damaged with Hunter’s run-out, for 44, and just one different batter – captain Laura Delany – scored in double digits after Hunter and Prendergast.
Once Prendergast fell to Afy Fletcher for 40, Matthews wiped the center and decrease orders out with a hat-trick within the 18th over that lowered Ireland to 110 for 7. Delany was left unbeaten on 14 off 18 as she noticed wickets fall round her, and stretched the staff rating to 116.
West Indies, too, misplaced an early wicket and had been led by a second-wicket stand between Matthews and Aaliyah Alleyne value 80 off 61 balls, because it crushed Ireland’s probabilities. Matthews struck eight fours, and fell simply in need of fifty when she was bowled by Georgina Dempsey within the twelfth over. But Chinelle Henry sealed the chase with a boundary, and Alleyne remained unbeaten on 49 off 51, her joint-highest T20I rating.