Top West Indies women all-rounder Hayley Matthews will serve another two matches of her ban and will be available for selection for the third match of the Colonial Medical Insurance One Day International series against India. This follows her withdrawal from the previous series against Australia due to a breach of CWI’s Code of Conduct.
The matter was referred to the six- member CWI Disciplinary Committee headed by Independent Chairman, Justice Winston Anderson. The Committee ruled that Matthews should be suspended for eight international matches, which will end after the second one-day international of the upcoming India series, which begins in Antigua this weekend.
The disciplinary committee included Justice Winston Anderson (Chairman - Independent), Madam Justice Desiree Bernand (Member - Independent), Justice Charles Pennycooke (Member - Independent), Carlisle Best (Member - Independent), Jeffrey Dujon (Member - Players Representative) and Verlyn Faustin (CWI Corporate Secretary).
Matthews who has been a brilliant performer for the West Indies over the past few years did feature recently in the CPL women's matches in Trinidad but this did not form part of her suspension. She has been doing a lot of work whilst not on the team and looked good in the CPL matches getting 46 not out and 26 as she skippered the Courts Gladiators to a 1-1 series draw against the NLCB Revellers led by West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor.
Matthews who plays in the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) men's tournament will be keen to get her international campaign back on track.
Meanwhile, CWI also confirmed that star all-rounder Deandra Dottin is continuing her active rehabilitation from shoulder surgery that has kept her out of cricket since May and has commenced a gradual return to playing plan under the guidance of the CWI medical team. Dottin will be hoping to get back into action soon as well because the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World T20 will take place in Australia next February.