Matthews, Fletcher among ICC Women’s Player of the Month nominees for June

West Indians Hayley Matthews and Afy Fletcher were, on Monday, named among the nominees for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for June.

Matthews, the West Indies skipper, scored 104 runs in the three ODIs against South Africa, including a half-century in the third match.

She also chipped in with four wickets before elevating her performances in the three T20Is, scoring 147 runs at a strike-rate of 120.49, with two half-centuries.

Matthews also grabbed two wickets. She was named the Player of the Series in the T20Is as the West Indies won 2-1.

Fletcher, 38, was the leading wicket-taker in both the ODI and T20I series against South Africa,

She finished with nine wickets in ODIs during June, which included one in a preceding series in England.

Her eight wickets in the series against South Africa included a four-wicket haul in the second ODI and three in the final match.

She also scored a total of 30 runs in these ODIs. In the T20Is, she claimed five wickets from three outings at an economy rate of 6.75.

South Africa’s Tazmin Brits, who had a memorable tour of the Caribbean showing fine form in both ODIs and T20Is, was the third nominee.

She struck 184 runs at a strike rate of 87.61 in three ODIs including a 101 off 91 balls in the final match.

In the subsequent T20I series, she scored 132 runs at a strike rate of 122.22 which included a 98 not out from 63 deliveries in the first match. Sportsmax