WCPL 2025: Hayley Matthews ruled out of tournament with shoulder injury

Hayley Matthews has been ruled out of the Women’s Caribbean Premier League 2025 with a shoulder injury. The Barbados Royals Women have yet to declare a replacement. Chinelle Henry will lead the team.

Matthews has been vital for the Royals in the WCPL, scoring 424 runs with a strike rate of 113.06 to lead the tournament. She also leads the WCPL bowling charts with 23 wickets in 13 matches and an economy rate of 5.79.

Speaking about Hayley Matthews’ injury, she sustained it on the West Indies women’s tour of England.

She missed the Women’s Big Bash League because of her operation. Matthews was the Melbourne Renegades Women’s pre-draft pick, however she chose not to participate in the WBBL draft. Later, she competed in home series versus South Africa and The Hundred Women’s.

Our two-time WCPL Champion and skipper has been ruled out of the season with a shoulder injury.

Wishing you a smooth recovery, Hayley. We can’t wait to see you back stronger! 💗 pic.twitter.com/9T7xcmb0HW

— Barbados Royals (@BarbadosRoyals) September 6, 2025

Meanwhule, Barbados Royals’ Naijanni Cumberbatch, Trishan Holder and Steffie Soogrim were amongst a handful of players from the emerging West Indies squad who are coming into the WCPL 2025 with a short tenure at the Chennai Super Kings Academy in Chennai in August.

Shreyanka Patil is also in Royals’ squad and is one amongst the three Indians at the WCPL this year. The other two Indians at the tournament, Shikha Pandey and Salonee Dangore will represent Trinbago Knight Riders. WCPL 2025 will be played between September 6 to 17.