In an thrilling improvement for ladies’s cricket within the Caribbean, veteran batsmen Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, and Britney Cooper are set to headline the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Ladies’s Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze tournaments.
Nonetheless, West Indies captain Hayley Matthews shall be notably absent from the event, as she is dedicated to the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) the place she’s going to symbolize Mumbai Indians.
Taylor, main the Jamaica squad, shall be joined by esteemed gamers Rashada Williams, Natasha McLean, Vanessa Watts, and Chedean Nation. Equally, Campbelle will captain Guyana, whereas Cooper takes cost of Trinidad and Tobago. Connell will characteristic for reigning double champions Barbados, led by Kycia Knight.
Wonderful preparation for the upcoming ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup
Regardless of Matthews’ absence, CWI’s director of cricket, Miles Bascombe, expressed confidence in her participation within the WPL, citing it as wonderful preparation for the upcoming ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup later within the 12 months.
The event line-up options an array of expertise, together with worldwide gamers resembling Shabika Gajnabi, Sheneta Grimmond, Ashmini Munisar, and Karishma Ramharack, amongst others. Notably, uncapped participant Amanda Edwards will lead Leeward Islands, whereas Windward Islands shall be captained by West Indies leg-spinner Afy Fletcher.
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Bascombe highlighted the importance of this 12 months’s tournaments in professionalizing the ladies’s cricket pathway, significantly with the introduction of regionally contracted ladies from October 1, 2024.
The Ladies’s Super50 will start at Warner Park, Conaree Cricket Centre, and St Paul’s Sports activities Complicated on Monday, with the T20 Blaze scheduled to start at Warner Park on March 17. As anticipation builds, cricket fans eagerly await the chance to witness the expertise and pleasure that the ladies’s cricket scene within the Caribbean has to supply.
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