ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed its roster of worldwide retainer contracts for the 2025/26 season, starting October 1, with choices spanning each the boys’s and ladies’s groups.
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The brand new cycle follows a complete evaluation of the 2024/25 marketing campaign and displays a steadiness of confirmed performers and promising new expertise.
For the second consecutive 12 months, CWI has expanded its use of multi-year agreements, aiming to reward consistency, bolster safety for gamers, and make sure the area’s greatest cricketers stay firmly tied to the West Indies setup.
Director of Cricket, Miles Bascombe, emphasised the philosophy behind the method.
“Now we have positioned a premium on each present efficiency and long-term potential, whereas conserving an in depth eye on our broader technique of constructing in the direction of main world tournaments,” Bascombe defined. “That is about offering stability for our high performers whereas aligning our pathways to long-term success for West Indies cricket.”
Males’s contracts: Senior core and recent faces
The boys’s senior contracts embrace a mixture of established names and rising leaders throughout codecs:
Senior Males: Alick Athanaze, Keacy Carty, Roston Chase, Justin Greaves, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Jayden Seales, Romario Shepherd, Jomel Warrican.
A brand new Starter Contracts class highlights developmental gamers who’re on the cusp of full integration: Jewel Andrew, Jediah Blades, and Johann Layne.
In the meantime, the Males’s Academy continues to spend money on the subsequent era, with a 15-player cohort that includes Ackeem Auguste, Rivaldo Clarke, Mavendra Dindyal, Giovonte Depeiza, Nathan Edward, Damel Evelyn, Amari Goodridge, Mbeki Joseph, Zishan Motara, Kelvin Pittman, Renico Smith, Carlon Tuckett, and others.
Girls’s contracts: Expertise and youth mixed
The ladies’s checklist underscores each depth and continuity, anchored by skilled worldwide campaigners:
Senior Girls: Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Jannillea Glasgow, Shawnisha Hector, Chinelle Henry, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Hayley Matthews, Ashmini Munisar, Stafanie Taylor, Karishma Ramharack.
Two rising abilities, Jahzara Claxton and Realeanna Grimmond, have been awarded Starter Contracts to speed up their progress into the senior squad.
The Girls’s Academy incorporates a various 13-player unit, together with Abigail Bryce, NaiJanni Cumberbatch, Shabika Gajanbi, Trishan Holder, Djenaba Joseph, Amrita Ramtahal, Selena Ross, Steffie Soogrim, Kate Wilmott, and others — signaling the continued funding in girls’s cricket on the grassroots-to-international stage.
Constructing for the long run
CWI’s contract construction, now inclusive of senior, starter, and academy tiers throughout genders, displays a deliberate strategy to sustaining the participant pipeline whereas rewarding excellence. With main ICC tournaments on the horizon, the group views these contracts as each recognition and incentive.
For the area’s cricketers, the message is evident: standout performances and sustained potential might be met with safety and alternative.
