The West In­dies Women (WIW) played 14 One Day In­ter­na­tion­als (ODIs) and nine Twen­ty20 In­ter­na­tion­als (T20I) in 2025 in three bi­lat­er­al se­ries (Bangladesh, Eng­land, South Africa) and the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil (ICC) World Cup qual­i­fiers.

In ODIs, they won six match­es and lost eight for a per­cent­age win of 42.86. In the T20 se­ries, they won five and lost four for a per­cent­age win of 55.5. The bi­lat­er­al se­ries were against Bangladesh and South Africa at home and away to Eng­land. The ICC ODI World Cup qual­i­fiers were against Pak­istan, Bangladesh, Ire­land, Scot­land and Thai­land.

In Jan­u­ary 2025, the WIW won the three-match se­ries 2-1 against Bangladesh. The WIW won the first and third match­es, and Bangladesh won the sec­ond. The top two WIW bat­ters for the se­ries were:

· Hay­ley Matthews- 142 runs with a High­est Score of 142

· Quiana Joseph- 115, high­est score 90

Kar­ish­ma Ramharack was the lead­ing bowler with eight wick­ets and best bowl­ing of four wick­ets for 12 runs in the de­cid­ing third ODI. Aaliyah Al­leyne had five wick­ets with a best of three wick­ets for 24 runs, and De­an­dra Dot­tin had four wick­ets with a best bowl­ing of three wick­ets for 40 runs. The WIW were al­so vic­to­ri­ous in the T20 se­ries, win­ning 2-0.

In the six team, ICC 50 Overs qual­i­fy­ing tour­na­ment in Pak­istan in April, the West In­dies won three games and lost two. In their open­ing game, Scot­land made 244 all out with Hay­ley Matthews tak­ing four wick­ets for 56 runs. In re­ply, de­spite Matthews' valiant ef­fort of 114 not out, the WIW suc­cumbed by 11 runs.

In their sec­ond game, re­duced by rain to 33 overs, the WIW de­feat­ed Ire­land by six runs. Bat­ting first, the WIW made 181 all out with Stafanie Tay­lor 46, Chinelle Hen­ry 46, Zai­da James 36, and Matthews 23 be­ing the prin­ci­pal scor­ers. In re­ply, Matthews took four wick­ets for 24, Kar­ish­ma Ramharack two wick­ets for 27, and Al­leyne two wick­ets for 33 runs, re­strict­ing Ire­land to 175 all out.

Af­ter dis­miss­ing Pak­istan for 191 in their third match, with wick­ets be­ing shared among Matthews (2/30), Kar­ish­ma Ramharack (2/55), and Afy Fletch­er (2/39), the WIW col­lapsed to 126 all out. Al­leyne top-scored with 22 runs, and Shabi­ka Gajn­abi added 21 runs as Pak­istan won hand­some­ly by 65 runs.

In their fourth game of the round robin tour­na­ment, the WIW re­bound­ed from their loss against Pak­istan to de­feat Bangladesh by three wick­ets. When Bangladesh bat­ted, Al­leyne was the top wick­et-tak­er with four wick­ets for 39 runs, ably sup­port­ed by Matthews with two wick­ets for 42 runs and Fletch­er with two wick­ets for 43.

In their fi­nal game against Thai­land, the WIW had to win con­vinc­ing­ly to qual­i­fy for the ODI World Cup in In­dia, Sep­tem­ber 30th- No­vem­ber 2. Thai­land made 166 all out with Fletch­er tak­ing four wick­ets for 20 runs, Al­leyne three wick­ets for 41, and Ash­mi­ni Mu­nis­ar two wick­ets for 15 runs. Need­ing to get 167 runs in 10.1 overs or less, the WIW reached the tar­get in 10.5 overs. As a re­sult, the WIW with a NRR of +.626, fin­ished third .013 be­hind Bangladesh’s +.639.

In the away se­ries against Eng­land, the WIW were to­tal­ly out­played, los­ing the three ODI se­ries con­vinc­ing­ly 3-0. Open­ers Tam­sin Beau­mont and Amy Jones record­ed back-to-back dou­ble cen­tu­ry open­ing part­ner­ships- 222 and 202.

The T20 se­ries was more com­pet­i­tive, al­though Eng­land won com­fort­ably 3-0. In the first game, Matthews scored 100 not out in a to­tal of sev­en wick­ets for 146 runs. Eng­land can­tered home by eight wick­ets. In the sec­ond game, the WIW were re­strict­ed to nine wick­ets for 81 runs in 20 overs. Eng­land made light work of the chase, reach­ing the tar­get of 82 runs in 9.2 overs.

In the fi­nal game, the WIW fell short by 17 runs. Eng­land made 144 runs for the loss of 5 wick­ets. The WIW were re­strict­ed to 8 wick­ets for 127 runs. Matthews (71 runs) did not get the sup­port from the oth­er bat­ters.

Against South Africa at the 3 Ws Oval at the Cave Hill Cam­pus of the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, the WIW suc­cumbed to the Pro­teas in the ODI se­ries 2-1. Matthews was the top bat­ter with 104 runs, Fletch­er was the top bowler with eight wick­ets, and the best bowl­ing fig­ures were 4/64. The WIW, how­ev­er, did sal­vage some pride by win­ning the T20 se­ries 2-1. Matthews was the top bat­ter with 147 runs with two 50s (63 not out and 65). Fletch­er was the top bowler with five wick­ets.

It is ev­i­dent that the West In­dies Women re­main overde­pen­dent on the bat­ting and bowl­ing of cap­tain Hay­ley Matthews. The re­cent ICC Women’s World Cup in In­dia demon­strat­ed the im­por­tance of all bat­ters be­ing able to make sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to their teams. Un­less the re­gion­al sys­tem can de­vel­op bat­ters in the ilk of Matthews, the West In­dies will con­tin­ue to strug­gle, es­pe­cial­ly against the top five teams- Aus­tralia, South Africa, In­dia, Eng­land, and New Zealand.