ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Fifteen of the Caribbean’s brightest feminine cricket skills have departed for India, embarking on a transformative two-week growth camp on the prestigious Chennai Tremendous Kings Academy.
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The initiative underscores Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) deepening dedication to participant growth and marks the growth of its profitable India program to now embody ladies’s cricket.
The camp, operating from August 13 to 30, brings collectively a mix of senior-capped gamers and rising Underneath-19 stars, all working beneath the steerage of elite worldwide teaching employees in one of many world’s premier cricketing environments.
A mix of expertise and youth
The 15-member contingent, led by head coach Merissa Aguilleira, assistant coaches Ryan Hinds and Tremayne Smartt, and staff supervisor Yasmine St Ange, represents each the current and way forward for West Indies ladies’s cricket.
The group contains established senior gamers reminiscent of Ashmini Munisar, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Jahzara Claxton, Jannillea Glasgow, Realeanna Grimmond, Trishan Holder, Mandy Mangru, and Nerissa Crafton. They’re joined by promising U19 cricketers and up to date graduates, together with Naijanni Cumberbatch, Niya Latchman, Samara Ramnath, Shunelle Sawh, Steffie Soogrim, and Selena Ross.
Constructing expertise for world situations
Over the course of this system, gamers will face an intense schedule of observe matches, specialised coaching drills, and conditioning periods geared toward sharpening their talents in opposition to spin bowling—an important talent for competing in subcontinental situations.
The camp emphasizes not solely technical proficiency, but additionally psychological resilience, cultural adaptation, and bodily preparation—all essential attributes for thriving on the worldwide stage. Gamers will work alongside the identical high-caliber teaching employees who oversaw the lads’s camp final December, led by Academy Director Sriram Krishnamurthy and his knowledgeable staff.
A imaginative and prescient of gender parity in growth
CWI’s Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe, hailed this system as a pivotal step within the regional sport’s evolution:
“Following the large success of our male gamers’ coaching camp in December, we’re proud to now prolong this chance to our most promising feminine cricketers. The Tremendous Kings Academy in Chennai provides a world-class coaching surroundings that permits our gamers to expertise cricket in a distinct a part of the world.”
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He added: “This initiative will present focused technical growth, particularly in batting in opposition to spin, whereas additionally exposing the gamers to the psychological and bodily calls for of elite coaching in subcontinental situations. It types a key a part of our broader imaginative and prescient to construct a deeper, extra resilient participant pool and guarantee gender parity in developmental alternatives.”
Bascombe underscored that this system just isn’t a one-off initiative, however a part of a long-term technique: “We’re assured that the gamers chosen will develop from this expertise and assist increase the requirements throughout our whole ladies’s cricket pathway. It’s one other essential step in strengthening the muse of West Indies cricket for the longer term.”
A protracted-term growth blueprint
With CWI planning to alternate yearly between female and male teams, this program represents a sustainable mannequin for participant growth throughout genders. By combining publicity to abroad situations with high-level teaching experience, CWI is guaranteeing that the subsequent era of West Indies cricketers—women and men alike—are geared up to satisfy the calls for of the trendy sport.
