Ireland Women skipper Gaby Lewis, along with batter Orla Prendergast, have been nominated for the Player of the Month (August) award oon Thursday. Sri Lanka Women cricketer Harshitha Samarawickrama also has been nominated for the same.
Gaby Lewis has already broken a host of batting records and the Ireland star has set herself the lofty goal of becoming the greatest Irish player of all time.
Gaby Lewis joined a group of just 11 women's players with multiple T20I centuries as Ireland claimed a narrow seven-run victory over Sri Lanka in Dublin.
Ireland women have named a 15-player squad for their upcoming white ball series against Scotland in Spain which is slated to be played from 17 to 24 October.
With Maiden ODI centuries from Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland, Australia outplayed Ireland in the third match to clinch the series by 2-0 in Dublin on Friday.
Chasing a total of 218, Litchfield struck an unbeaten 106 and Annabel Sutherland hit 109 unbeaten runs to help Australia reach the goal in 35.5 overs as they chased down 218 for victory.
Australian batters set the tone of the match with the help of explosive knocks by Ellyse Perry 91 (99) and Ashleigh Gardner 65 (39), giving a massive target of 322.
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