"Gardner won her third Player of the Month crown by overcoming fellow nominees Tammy Beaumont of England and Hayley Matthews of the West Indies," International Cricket Council (ICC) said in an official statement.
Matthews' bowling spell of 4/ 14 restricted Ireland to 116 for 9 on Saturday in Gros Islet. Earlier she smashed 34-ball 48 to set up a dominating eight-wicket victory with 11 balls remaining. She won Player of the Match honours in all three T20Is, was named Player of the T20I Series, and had
The West Indies Women took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 International series as they defeated Ireland Women by 8 wickets at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground on Thursday night.
"Two Ashes combatants from opposing sides, and a West Indies star all-rounder are in contention for the ICC Women's Player of the Month award for June 2023," ICC said in an official statement.
Matthews also performed with her bowling as she took 3 for 22 in four overs to restrict Ireland to 112 in Gros Islet to win the opening game of the three-match series by two wickets.
The squad includes three rising Under 19 stars- Zaida James, Ashmini Munisar, and Djenaba Joseph. West Indies will enter the T20I series on a high having clinched the CG United ODI Series 2-0, with one match being a no result due to rain.
The Barbados Royals men's team had earlier retained eight players - Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Obed McCoy, Rahkeem Cornwall, Justin Greaves, Joshua Bishop, Nyeem Young and Ramon Simmonds - and also traded in West Indies' T20I skipper Rovman Powell. The women's team saw the retentions of capt
Nat Sciver-Brunt's unbeaten half-century and tight spells from bowlers helped Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets to become the inaugural champions of Women's Premier League 2023 (WPL)
Hayley Matthews and Issy Wong bagged three wickets each followed by Nat Sciver-Brunt's unbeaten on 60 off 55 balls guided Mumbai Indians to a seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the final of the inaugural edition of Women's Premier League.
Meg Lanning scored the highest for DC with 35 runs off 29 deliveries while Radha Yadav and Shikha Pandey stitched up an unbeaten 52-run partnership to guide their team to a respectable total.