West Indies 218 for 4 (Matthews 100, Taylor 38; Madara 2-33) beat Sri Lanka 217 for 7 (Samarawickrama 70, Dilhari 45*; Matthews 2-33) by 6 wickets
The West Indies captain brought up ODI hundred number 10 in a comfortable win
Hayley Matthews scored a 10th One-Day International century in a classic all-round performance to hand the West Indies a 6-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the 3rd Women’s One-Day International at Grenada’s National Cricket Stadium in St. George’s on Wednesday.
Matthews stroked 13 fours and one maximum on her way to an even hundred to help the Caribbean side to their first points of this ICC Championship cycle. She shared in a game-changing 124-run third-wicket stand with Stafanie Taylor after the West Indies were restricted to 12 for 2 in the 5th over.
Meanwhile, Taylor (3
, among the game’s greatest, went past 6,000 runs in the format in her innings, moving to second on the all-time list behind India’s Mithali Raj (7,805). Chinelle Henry (32*) and Deandra Dottin (24*) wrapped up the chase with an unbroken 49-run fifth-wicket stand, as the hosts got home at 218 for 4 with 24 balls to spare.