DUBAI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates – West In­dies Women’s cap­tain Hay­ley Matthews has achieved ca­reer-best rank­ings in the ICC’s Women’s ODI bat­ting and all-rounder rank­ings fol­low­ing her im­pres­sive per­for­mance in the just con­clud­ed se­ries against Zim­bab­we Women.

Matthews scored an in­cred­i­ble 326 runs in the three-match se­ries – in­clu­sive of two cen­turies – at an as­ton­ish­ing av­er­age of 108.66 to claim the Play­er-of-the-Se­ries award, as West In­dies emerged 2-1 win­ners.

Those per­for­mances have seen the 28-year-old climb to fourth in the bat­ting rank­ings and sec­ond among all-rounders.

In the bat­ting rank­ings, Matthews’s 731 points leave her be­hind on­ly In­di­an left-han­der Sm­ri­ti Mand­hana (790 points), South Africa cap­tain Lau­ra Wolvaardt (782) and Aus­tralia open­er Beth Mooney (744).

Mean­while, Matthews – the num­ber one ranked T20 all-rounder in the world – reached a new ca­reer-best mark of 467 rat­ing points to close the gap on the num­ber one ranked Ash Gard­ner (497 points) to just 30 rat­ing points among ODI all-rounders.

Sev­er­al oth­er West In­dies Women al­so jumped in the rank­ings fol­low­ing com­mend­able per­for­mances in the se­ries.

Wick­et­keep­er/bat­ter She­maine Camp­belle moved up 15 spots to 74th in the bat­ting rank­ings, while Afy Fletch­er (up two places to 17th), Aaliyah Al­leyne (up eight rungs to 49th) and Ash­mi­ni Mu­nis­ar (up 11 slots to 70th) all made ground on the charts for ODI bowlers.

CMC