ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyanese all-rounder Realeanna Grimmond and Kittitian quick bowler Jahzara Claxton have been included in a West Indies Girls 15-member squad to tour England later this month.
Grimmond and Claxton are the one two adjustments from the West Indies group that performed in final month’s ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Pakistan. They exchange the Jamaican duo of wicketkeeper/batter Rashada Williams and all-rounder Chinelle Henry.
Veterans Deandra Dottin and Shamilia Connell, who had been additionally excluded from the World Cup Qualifiers, are notably lacking from the squad that may play three T20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals between Could 21 and June 8.
Dottin missed out after sustaining an damage within the Girls’s Premier League in India, whereas no cause was given for Connell’s removing.
Head coach Shane Deitz mentioned the group was keen to maneuver on from the frustration of not qualifying for the Girls’s World Cup.
“We introduced an excellent group to England, and we’re wanting ahead to placing on an excellent efficiency for the gang over there and all our supporters watching again within the Caribbean.
“It’s going to be a wonderful tour for us to reestablish ourselves as a world-class group with world-class gamers,” Deitz mentioned.
“The women have been working exhausting for the reason that Pakistan qualification and taking part in some cricket on the T20 Blaze within the Caribbean. It’s time to change to worldwide cricket, placed on an excellent show, and provides our supporters one thing to cheer about again within the Caribbean.”
Deitz mentioned they’d been taking part in good T20 cricket over the previous yr and a half, and he anticipated the Hayley Matthews-led outfit to present an excellent account of themselves.
“Going to England is a incredible alternative to play the most effective groups on the planet for a very long time, take a look at our expertise, and observe what we’ve talked about off the pitch.
“The speak is reasonable off the pitch; we’re going to place that speak into motion, exit in opposition to England, and play some good cricket. We’ve received the T20Is first, and that’s the place we’ve performed our higher cricket prior to now 12 to 18 months, so we’re wanting ahead to getting the tour off to an excellent begin and taking part in some good attacking cricket the West Indian means,” Deitz added.
In the meantime, Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe mentioned the tour had come on the good time, with the Girls’s T20 Blaze concluding over the weekend.
“This upcoming tour of England affords our girls an essential alternative to reassert themselves internationally. It’s an opportunity to exhibit the expertise, grit, and character synonymous with West Indies cricket,” Bascombe mentioned.
“The continuing T20 Blaze competitors has come at an opportune time, giving a lot of our senior and rising gamers the possibility to remain match-ready and sharpen their expertise in a aggressive setting. We stay dedicated to strengthening our girls’s program and imagine this tour is an important step ahead in our collective journey.”
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WEST INDIES WOMEN: Hayley Matthews (captain), Shemaine Campbelle (vice-captain), Aaliyah Alleyne, Jahzara Claxton, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Realeanna Grimmond, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Stafanie Taylor.
