Matthews had an incredible run against Zimbabwe in the recent series, equalling the record for the most ODI hundreds in a single calendar year in women's cricket. The West Indies skipper smashed 182 off 156 balls in the series opener in Harare, and capped off the series with 118 in the third ODI as they sealed the series 2-1.

This was Matthews' fifth ODI century this year, pulling her level with Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, and Smriti Mandhana. Matthews achieved this feat in just 12 innings, nine fewer than the next best.

Hayley Matthews reaches career-high in ICC Women's ODI rankings for batters

On the back of her series heroics, she jumped from seventh to a career-best fourth and also attained her highest-ever rating of 731 in Women's ODI rankings for batters. Mandhana (790 points), Wolvaardt (782), and Beth Mooney (744) the only players ahead of her.

Pos Player Team Rating 1 Smriti Mandhana India 790 2 Laura Wolvaardt South Africa 782 3 Beth Mooney Australia 744 4 Hayley Matthews West Indies 731 5 Phoebe Litchfield Australia 709 6 Ashleigh Gardner Australia 696 7 Maddy Green New Zealand 685 8 Nat Sciver-Brunt England 672 9 Harmanpreet Kaur India 652 10 Sidra Amin Pakistan 648

Hayley Matthews continues her golden ODI run with another century against Zimbabwe 🌴 #Cricket #ZIMvWI https://t.co/tMgMrRKdc9

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) September 30, 2026

Latest ICC Women's ODI rankings for bowlers

Matthews went wicketless in the series, which affected her rankings for bowlers, losing two spots and sliding to the sixth place. Alana King and Ashleigh Gardner continue to hold the top-two spots.

Pos Player Team Rating 1 Alana King Australia 753 2 Ashleigh Gardner Australia 715 3 Sophie Ecclestone England 696 4 Marizanne Kapp South Africa 650 5 Annabel Sutherland Australia 646 6 Hayley Matthews West Indies 639 7 Megan Schutt Australia 624 8 Kim Garth Australia 614 8 Deepti Sharma India 614 10 Nashra Sundhu Pakistan 601 Latest ICC Women's ODI rankings for all-rounders

Similar to the batters' rankings, Matthews reached a career-high rating of 467 on the all-rounders' list as well, closing the gap to the top-ranked Gardner down to 30 points.

Pos Player Team Rating 1 Ashleigh Gardner Australia 497 2 Hayley Matthews West Indies 467 3 Annabel Sutherland Australia 385 4 Marizanne Kapp South Africa 367 5 Amelia Kerr New Zealand 358 6 Deepti Sharma India 343 7 Alana King Australia 281 8 Chamari Athapaththu Sri Lanka 280 9 Nat Sciver-Brunt England 248 9 Charlie Dean England 248

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