Hayley Matthews Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Hayley Matthews is a Barbadian professional cricketer who has represented the West Indies in the shorter formats of the sport (ODIs and T20Is), as an all-rounder. She was an integral member of the West Indian squad that won the ICC (International Cricket Council) Women’s T20 World Cup in 2016, the first time that the West Indies had achieved this feat. In June 2022, she was named the new captain of the West Indian senior national women’s cricket team. In the Caribbean domestic circuit, Hayley has played for her home country of Barbados (2010-Present) across all 3 formats. She has also played domestic cricket outside of her home country, representing Tasmania (2015-16) in Australia. In franchise-based T20 cricket, Hayley has turned out for the Hobart Hurricanes (2015-16-2020-21) and Melbourne Renegades (2022-23-Present) in the WBBL (Women’s Big Bash League); Lancashire Thunder (2016), Southern Vipers (2017), and Loughborough Lightning (2019) in the WCSL (Women’s Cricket Super League); Velocity (2019) and Trailblazers (2022) in the Women’s T20 Challenge; Barbados Royals (2022-Present) in the WCPL (Women’s Caribbean Premier League); and the Mumbai Indians (2023) in the WPL (Women’s Premier League). Hayley has also played for Welsh Fire (2021-Present) in The Hundred, a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament that was introduced by the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) as a new format of cricket that was played for the first time in July and August 2021.

Born Name

Hayley Kristen Matthews

Nick Name

Haylz

Sun Sign

Pisces

Born Place

Barbados

Residence

Barbados

Nationality

Education

Hayley had attended the People’s Cathedral Primary School in Bridgetown, the capital and largest city of Barbados. She later studied at Harrison College, a co-educational secondary school, also located in Bridgetown. Described as the ‘Eton College of Barbados’, it is widely acknowledged as the island country’s most prestigious secondary school.

Occupation

Professional Cricketer

Family

• Father – Mike Matthews (Former Cricketer)
• Mother – Lisa Matthews
• Siblings – Wayne Matthews (Older Brother)

Manager

She has been represented by GGSM (Gillings Global Sports Management), Full-Service Sports Management Agency, Florida, Miami, United States.

Batting

Right-Handed

Bowling

Right-Arm Off-Break

Role

All-Rounder

Jersey Number

50 – One Day International (ODI), T20 International (T20I), Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL), Loughborough Lightning (WCSL), Trailblazers (Women’s T20 Challenge), Barbados Royals (WCPL), Melbourne Renegades (WBBL), Mumbai Indians (WPL), Welsh Fire (The Hundred)

Build

Athletic

Height

5 ft 7 in or 170 cm

Weight

63 kg or 139 lbs

Race / Ethnicity

Black

She is of Afro-Barbadian descent.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Toned physique
• Neck-length, curly, frizzy hair
• Affable smile
• Radiant face
• Has a mole on her forehead

Hayley Matthews Facts

1. When Hayley was about 9 years old, she requested the coach of the boys’ cricket team of her school, the People’s Cathedral Primary School, to let her join the team. The coach allowed her to do so and she played so well that she was made the team’s captain in about 2 years.
2. At Harrison College, she joined their previously all-boys under-13 team as an opening batter. In her last year as an under-13 player, she became the first female to have captained the team.
3. Hayley made her WT20I (and international) debut for the West Indies in September 2014 when she was about 16 and a half years old. On her WODI debut for the West Indies, in November 2014, against the mighty Australians, she scored 55 runs in what was the first match of a 4-match series. She continued the hot streak in the remaining games of the series and finished with a team-best tally of 241 runs.
4. Around this time, just before and during her early days in international cricket, she also represented Barbados in multiple international meets and competitions in the javelin throw event. In the sport, she won the ‘Gold’ medal at the 2015 CARIFTA (Caribbean Free Trade Association) Games in the under-18 category; the ‘Silver’ medal at the 2013 and 2014 CARIFTA Games in the under-17 and under-18 categories, respectively; and the ‘Bronze’ medal at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in the under-18 category.
5. In the West Indies’ 2nd group stage match of the 2016 edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, against Bangladesh, Hayley scored a match-best 41 runs in a 49-run victory. West Indies eventually reached the final of the tournament after semi-final appearances in the previous 3 editions (2010, 2012, and 2014).
6. In the final, against triple defending champions Australia, chasing a target of 149 runs, Hayley smashed 66 runs in just 45 balls and was involved in a first-wicket partnership of 120 runs with Stafanie Taylor, setting a new team record for the first-wicket partnership in the WT20I format. West Indies reached the victory target with 3 balls remaining in the match and Hayley, who had turned 18 years old during the tournament, won the ‘Player of the Match’ award.
7. This triumph made the West Indies just the 3rd team – after Australia and England – to win the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and just the 4th team – after Australia, England, and New Zealand – to win a senior-level ICC women’s title (ICC Women’s T20 World Cup or ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup). As of February 2023, the 2016 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup remained the West Indies’ only senior-level ICC women’s title.
8. At the 2017 edition of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, she top-scored for the West Indies in the team’s 1st, 2nd, and 7th (last) league stage matches – against Australia (46 runs), India (43 runs), and England (29 runs), respectively. West Indies, though, lost all of those matches by massive margins – 8 wickets, 7 wickets, and 92 runs, respectively.
9. West Indies won only 2 of its 7 matches in the league stage of that tournament – against Pakistan and Sri Lanka – and finished in 6th position in the 8-team competition. The result was quite a disappointment because the team had finished as the runner-up in the previous (2013) edition of the tournament.
10. In the 3rd group stage match of the 2018 edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, against Sri Lanka, Hayley produced arguably the best all-round performance of the tournament – 62 runs off just 36 balls to set up a massive target of 188 runs and 3/16 in 3 overs to set up an 83-run victory. She was named the ‘Player of the Match’ for her outstanding performance.
11. Hayley was the vice-captain of the West Indian squad that reached the semi-final stage in this tournament where the team was hammered by 71 runs by eventual champions Australia. The ferocity of the Australian performance in this match, especially with the ball, was seen as an act of revenge for the shock defeat that the West Indies had inflicted upon them in the final of the previous (2016) edition of the tournament.
12. In the opening league stage match of the 2022 edition of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, Hayley smashed a match-best 119 runs in a narrow 3-run win over hosts New Zealand. It was just the 3rd hundred of her WODI career and won her the ‘Player of the Match’ award. In the team’s 5th league stage match, against Bangladesh, she bowled a match-winning spell (4/15 in 10 overs) to help the West Indies defend a paltry total of 140 runs by a 4-run margin. She was named the ‘Player of the Match’ again.
13. These 2 narrow wins, courtesy of Hayley’s brilliant performances, proved vital at the end of the league stage as the West Indies (7 points) edged out both India (6 points) and New Zealand (6 points) to clinch the 4th (and last) available berth for the semi-final stage of the competition. This was just the 2nd time in history that the West Indies had reached the semi-final stage of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup – after their fairytale runner-up finish in 2013.
14. As the West Indies could not compete at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games because it is a collection of nations playing as a single entity, a separate tournament was designed to determine the country that would represent the Caribbean region at the event. The tournament was scheduled to be contested between the major nations that constitute the West Indies cricket team – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago – and 2 composite teams representing the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands.
15. However, in August 2021, CWI (Cricket West Indies, the governing body for the sport in the region) confirmed that the tournament had been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Barbados would compete at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games by virtue of being the defending champions in the local T20 competition.
16. Hayley was named the captain of the Barbadian squad for the event which was to be held in July and August 2022. It was the first occasion where women’s cricket was included in the Commonwealth Games and just the 2nd time that cricket was played at the Commonwealth Games – a men’s tournament had previously been featured at the 1998 edition held in Kuala Lumpur.
17. In Barbados’ opening group stage match of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, against Pakistan, Hayley produced a stellar all-round performance – 51 runs off 50 balls to set up a target of 145 runs and 1/13 in 4 overs to set up a 15-run victory. She was named the ‘Player of the Match’ for her outstanding performance. However, Barbados crashed out of the tournament after suffering humiliating defeats at the hands of eventual finalists Australia (9 wickets) and India (100 runs).
18. In February 2023, in the auction for the upcoming inaugural edition of the WPL (Women’s Premier League), Hayley was acquired by the Mumbai Indians for INR 40 lakhs.
19. At the 2023 edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, she captained the West Indian squad and struck a match-best 42 runs in a 7-wicket defeat against England in the team’s opening match of the group stage. In the West Indies’ 3rd and 4th (last) group stage matches, Hayley produced ‘Player of the Match’ performances – 66 runs not out off 53 balls in a 6-wicket win over Ireland and 2/14 in 4 overs in a narrow 3-run victory against Pakistan, respectively. Despite these 2 wins, the West Indies fell short of qualification for the semi-final stage due to the aforementioned defeat against England and a 6-wicket loss against India in the team’s 2nd match of the group stage.
20. As of February 2023, Hayley had captured 8 wickets via the ‘caught & bowled’ mode of dismissal in her WT20I career – the joint 2nd-most in a WT20I career (tied with Nida Dar of Pakistan and only behind Holly Colvin of England (9 wickets)).
21. In March 2023, on the opening night of the inaugural edition of the WPL (Women’s Premier League), Hayley struck 47 runs off 31 balls against the Gujarat Giants to help the Mumbai Indians reach a steep total of 207 runs that resulted in a humongous 143-run win.
22. In the team’s very next match, against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, she bowled an excellent spell (3/28 in 4 overs) and then smoked 77 runs not out off just 38 balls to make a mockery of the 156-run target – achieved in just 14.2 overs, with 9 wickets to spare. Hayley was named the ‘Player of the Match’ for this commanding all-round show.
23. Hayley took 16 wickets which was the highest number of wickets by any person in WPL 2023 while playing for Mumbai Indians. She also won the ‘Most Valuable Player of the Season’ award. Hence, she earned ₹10 lakhs (or BBD 24,540) for both her contributions combined.

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