ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has formally unveiled a 15-member squad to tackle England in a high-stakes white-ball tour from Could 21 to June 8, 2025, marking the workforce’s return to worldwide competitors following their marketing campaign on the ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Pakistan.
With three T20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals slated throughout iconic English venues, the Windies Ladies are gearing as much as reassert their prowess—and show that Caribbean aptitude nonetheless belongs among the many world’s elite.
A blended power: Seasoned stars meet rising expertise
Captain Hayley Matthews will as soon as once more lead the cost, backed by vice-captain Shemaine Campbelle and a roster that balances veteran presence with youthful starvation. Two new faces enter the body—Realeanna Grimmond, the 20-year-old Guyanese all-rounder, and Jahzara Claxton, the fiery quick bowler from St. Kitts—changing Jamaicans Rashada Williams and Chinelle Henry.
The picks converse to a transparent mission: to construct a dynamic, battle-ready unit hungry to evolve past previous performances and forge a daring new chapter.
CWI on the offensive: ‘A probability to show expertise, grit, and character’
CWI Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe underscored the strategic significance of the tour, describing it as a defining alternative:
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“This upcoming tour of England gives our ladies an essential alternative to reassert themselves on the worldwide stage. It’s an opportunity to show the expertise, grit, and character which might be synonymous with West Indies cricket.”
Bascombe emphasised the position of the T20 Blaze, the regional match that has stored gamers match-sharp and primed for competitors.
“The 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 surroundings. We stay dedicated to strengthening our ladies’s programme and imagine this tour is an important step ahead in our collective journey.”
Captain Matthews on the mission: ‘Put that speak into motion’
Talking with the conviction of a frontrunner prepared for battle, Hayley Matthews made it clear: the time for idea is over.
“Going to England is a incredible alternative to play among the best groups on the planet for a very long time and to essentially take a look at our expertise and put in 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 and exit towards 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 a superb begin and play some good attacking cricket the West Indian method.”
“We introduced a superb workforce to England and we’re wanting ahead to placing on a superb 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 re-establish ourselves as a world class workforce with world class gamers.”
“The ladies have been working laborious for the reason that Pakistan qualification and enjoying some cricket on the T20 Blaze within the Caribbean. It’s now time to modify as much as worldwide cricket, placed on a superb show and provides our supporters one thing to cheer about again within the Caribbean.”
Full squad and tour administration
West Indies Ladies’s Squad: 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.
Crew Administration: Head Coach: Shane Deitz; Crew Supervisor: Sheena Gooding; Assistant Coaches: Ryan Austin, Damien Wright; Crew Analyst: Gary Belle; Physiotherapist: Angelica Holder, Power & Conditioning Coach: Hector Martinez Charles; Efficiency Coach: Dr. Nadine Sammy; Media & Content material Officer: Nicholas Maitland.
Match schedule: Time to gentle up England
T20I Sequence:
- 1st T20I: Wednesday, 21 Could – The Spitfire Floor, Canterbury
- 2nd T20I: Friday, 23 Could – The first Central County Floor, Hove
- third T20I: Monday, 26 Could – Ambassador Cruise Line Floor, Chelmsford
ODI Sequence:
- 1st ODI: Friday, 30 Could – County Floor, Derby
- 2nd ODI: Wednesday, 4 June – Uptonsteel County Floor, Leicester
- third ODI: Saturday, 7 June – The Cooper Associates County Floor, Taunton
As they put together to gentle up English pitches, the West Indies Ladies will not be simply chasing victories—they’re on a mission to reclaim respect, reignite delight, and remind the cricketing world of the Caribbean fireplace that also burns brilliant.
