⁠Hayley Matthews Named ICC Player of the Month for April

The International Cricket Council, ICC, named West Indies Captain Hayley Matthews as winner of the ICC Player of the Month award for April.

Matthews won the award after spearheading the West Indies’ success in Pakistan across both ODI and T20I series.

Matthews celebrates her third ICC Women’s Player of the Month award after previously winning in November 2021 and October 2023.

Her most recent success comes thanks to an array of eye-catching all-round performances in April, resulting in 451 runs and 12 wickets across both shorter formats.

The West Indies began their tour of Pakistan with three ODIs, and skipper Matthews set the tone early with a dominant display in the opening encounter, blasting an unbeaten 140 from atop the order and following up with three wickets for 17.

More success followed with Matthews replicating her heroics in the third fixture, scoring 141 in 149 balls and taking two wickets for 26 in another comfortable victory to seal the ODI series sweep.

When the attention turned to the subsequent T20 series, the 26-year-old reinforced her position as the top-ranked Women’s T20 all-rounder.

Back-to-back half-centuries in Karachi and six wickets told the tale of her series, as she inspired the Windies to another emphatic 4-1 series triumph.

Meanwhile, UAE captain and opener Muhammad Waseem was named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month thanks to his notable run-scoring feats as the UAE triumphed in the ACC Premier Cup.