BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - AS the 2023 Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) season was recently concluded, Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s Selection Panel on Monday (Sept. 11) announced the 15-member squad that will be touring Australia next month.
The series is part of the World Cup qualification, and while in the land nicknamed “Down Under”, the Caribbean six-match series comprises three T20 Internationals (T20Is) and three One Day Internationals (ODIs).
Led by Hayley Matthews, the squad includes the ‘Rising Stars’ quartet of Ashmini Munisar, Djenaba Joseph, Zaida James and Jannillea Glasgow.
Following the West Indies Women’s clean sweep against Ireland Women in the CG United ODI series and the T20I series in St. Lucia earlier in the summer, the panel has named an unchanged squad for the Australia tour.
The tour will be the first for new Head Coach Shane Deitz who had arrived in the West Indies at the end of August.
Lead Selector for Women’s cricket Ann Browne-John told Cricket West Indies Media that: “The Selection Panel has chosen to maintain most of the players who were victorious in the home series against Ireland. Jannillea Glasgow, after having an outstanding Rising Stars Women’s Under 19 tournament, has been included in the 15-member squad and we see the return of Karishma Ramharack.”
Browne-John added, “This team is one we believe will continue to build and develop as our game evolves in the rapidly growing landscape and high-performance setting of women’s cricket. We have continued to place confidence in some of the developing players. Several of the players are coming off title-winning performances in the Massy Caribbean Premier League, so we are expecting them to continue their good run of form. This is a team we believe can produce competitive cricket against a top team like Australia, under the guidance of the new Head Coach and led by the captain Hayley Matthews who’s enjoying a very productive 2023 thus far.”
List of players;
Hayley Matthews (captain)
Shemaine Campbelle (vice-captain)
Aaliyah Alleyne
Shamilia Connell
Afy Fletcher
Cherry Ann Fraser
Shabika Gajnabi
Jannillea Glasgow
Chinelle Henry
Zaida James
Djenaba Joseph
Ashmini Munisar
Karishma Ramharack
Stafanie Taylor
Rashada Williams
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The ODI series against Australia is West Indies’ fourth fixture in the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-2025 after playing New Zealand, England and Ireland. Each match provides West Indies with an opportunity to gain valuable points to climb the Championship table where they are currently placed 9th out of 10 teams.
