Cricket West Indies (CWI) introduced on Thursday that 4 stalwarts of West Indies Girls’s cricket, Anisa Mohammed, Shakera Selman, Kycia Knight, and Kyshona Knight, have formally retired from worldwide cricket.
These completed cricketers, who collectively represented the West Indies for the previous decade, performed pivotal roles in securing the 2016 ICC Girls’s Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in India.
CWI showered reward on these proficient athletes, acknowledging their dedication, distinctive abilities, and sportsmanship. Miles Bascombe, CWI’s director of cricket, lauded the quartet, stating, “Anisa, Shakera, Kycia, and Kyshona have all made vital particular person impacts on ladies’s cricket, West Indies, and the world. Their dedication, talent, and sportsmanship haven’t solely elevated our group but additionally captivated cricket followers worldwide.”
Victory of the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup in 2016
He went on to spotlight their function within the historic victory of the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup in 2016, emphasizing that their legacies and particular person milestones will proceed to encourage future generations of cricketers aspiring to symbolize the West Indies.
Anisa Mohammed, an off-spinner hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, leaves the worldwide stage as probably the most profitable bowler in One-day and Twenty20 Internationals for West Indies Girls. She made her debut on the age of 15, 21 years in the past, in opposition to Japan in an ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup qualifier within the Netherlands.
Reflecting on her illustrious profession, Mohammed expressed gratitude for the unbelievable journey, each the highs and lows, and acknowledged that it was time for her to step away and pave the best way for the subsequent technology.
A legacy that might be remembered and cherished
Shakera Selman, a pacer from Barbados, began her worldwide profession in opposition to Eire Girls in Dublin in 2008. Over her profession, she performed 100 ODIs, taking 82 wickets, and 96 T20Is, claiming 51 wickets.
Selman just lately transitioned into a brand new function as the primary Girls’s Cricket Officer for the Barbados Cricket Affiliation, specializing in the event of junior and senior ladies’s cricket on the island. She expressed satisfaction in her 18-year cricket journey, taking part in alongside legends, and aimed to encourage and help others in pursuing their desires.
Barbadian twins Kycia and Kyshona Knight, who will rejoice their thirty second birthday subsequent month, made their worldwide debuts in 2011 and 2013, respectively.
Kycia, a wicketkeeper-batsman, amassed 1,327 runs in 87 ODIs and 801 runs in 70 T20Is, whereas Kyshona, a left-handed batsman, contributed 851 runs in 51 ODIs and 546 runs in 55 T20Is.
In a joint assertion, the twins expressed their gratitude to household, associates, teammates, and supporters for the unwavering love and help they obtained all through their outstanding journey.
As these 4 distinctive athletes bid farewell to worldwide cricket, they go away behind a legacy that might be remembered and cherished by cricket fanatics worldwide. Their contributions have performed a major function in shaping West Indies Girls’s cricket and provoking future generations of cricketers.
