Overall Mathews hit eight glorious fours on both sides of the wicket and a towering off 53 balls as she masterfully guided the innings. She added an invaluable 74 for the third wicket with Chinelle Henry, who contributed 34 off 28 balls with four boundaries. Earlier in the day Matthews also took a wicket and held two catches to be named Player of the Match.
“I think as captain and as one of the leaders in the batting lineup, we needed someone to bat through the innings and that’s the role I tried to take on today. There was definitely a lot of pressure. We knew it was a score that we needed someone to bat through the innings really deep in order to get,” Matthews said after the thrilling encounter.”
West Indies got onto the points table and are now on two points in fourth position in Group 2 – behind England, India and Pakistan – and still with a chance of making the semi-finals. West Indies will therefore have all to play for when they play the fourth and final preliminary match on Sunday against Pakistan at the picturesque Boland Park in Paarl. First ball is 3pm (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica).
(Westindiescricket)
