Interesting Facts About The West Indies Women’s Cricket Team

Interesting Facts About The West Indies Women’s Cricket Team

Interesting Facts About The West Indies Women’s Cricket Team: The West Indies women’s cricket team, also known as the Windies, is made up of players from different Caribbean countries. They compete in women’s cricket tournaments around the world. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), which is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), is in charge of the team. The ICC is made up of fifteen countries and territories.

At the first World Cup in 1973, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, which are now both part of the West Indies, played against each other. A mixed West Indian team played its first Test match in 1976, almost 50 years after the men’s team, and its first One Day International (ODI) match in 1979.

The West Indies is currently competing in the highest level of the sport, the ICC Women’s Championship. They have also played in five of the ten Women’s Cricket World Cups that have been held so far. The team made it to the final of the 2013 World Cup for the first time but lost to Australia.

At the ICC World Twenty20 in 2016, the team won its first title after making it to the semi-finals in every tournament before that.

Test history

The West Indies played their first Test series against Australia at home in 1975–76. The same team then went to India and played six Tests there in 1976–1977. They lost the fourth Test, but they won the sixth Test by more than an innings to tie the series. 

The Windies then went to England to play their third Test series in 1979. But they did not do well. They lost the first and third Tests and tied the second one, so they were behind 2–0.

After waiting 24 years, the West Indies finally played a Test match again in 2003–04. It was a one-off game against Pakistan, and it took 4 days. The score was a tie.

ODI history

In 1979, a combined West Indian team played two one-day internationals in England. In the second ODI, the rain stopped play, so no balls were bowled. In 1993, the West Indies went to the World Cup as a mixed team for the second time. In 1997 and 1998, the Windies played in the World Cup. They came in ninth, right behind Pakistan and just ahead of Denmark. The Windies’ best cricket year was 2003 when they won four of their five games and lost only one to finish second in the International Women’s Cricket Council Trophy.

Tournament History

Women’s Cricket World Cup

Year	Position
1973	Did not participate
1993	6th Place
1997	9th Place
2000	Did Place
2005	5th Place
2009	5th Place
2013	2nd Place
2017	6th Place
2022	4th Place (Semifinals)

ICC Women’s World Twenty20

Year	Position
2009	5th place
2010	Semi-Finalists
2012	Semi-Finalists
2014	Semi-Finalists
2016	Champions
2018	Semi-Finalists

ICC Women’s Cricket Challenge

Year	Position
2010	1st Place

Squad

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Forms
Captain and All-rounder
Hayley Matthews	24	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	ODI, T20I
Batters
Chedean Nation	35	Right-handed	–	ODI, T20I
Britney Cooper	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	ODI, T20I
Kyshona Knight	30	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	ODI, T20I
Rashada Williams	25	Right-handed		ODI
All-rounders
Deandra Dottin	31	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	ODI, T20I
Stafanie Taylor	31	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	ODI, T20I
Chinelle Henry	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	ODI, T20I
Shabika Gajnabi	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	ODI, T20I
Sheneta Grimmond	24	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	ODI, T20I
Cherry-Ann Fraser	23	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	ODI, T20I
Wicket-keeper
Kycia Knight	30	Left-handed	–	ODI, T20I
Shemaine Campbelle	29	Right-handed	–	T20I
Reniece Boyce	24	Right-handed		ODI
Spin Bowlers
Anisa Mohammed	33	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	ODI, T20I
Karishma Ramharack	27	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	ODI, T20I
Afy Fletcher	35	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	T20I
Kaysia Schultz	25	Right-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Shamilia Connell	30	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	ODI, T20I
Shakera Selman	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	ODI, T20I
Aaliyah Alleyne	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	ODI, T20I
Qiana Joseph	21	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	ODI, T20I
Shawnisha Hector		Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Coaching staff

Team Manager	Evril Betty Lewis
Head Coach	Courtney Walsh
Assistant Coach	Courtney Walsh
Assistant Coach	Rayon Griffith
Physiotherapist	Marita Marshall
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Shayne Cooper
Team Psychologist	Olivia Rose Esperance
Team Analyst	Gary Belle
Team Media Officer	Nassira Mohammed

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