Skilled batting duo a lift for WI, says chief selector
Lead selector Ann Browne-John has welcomed the return of fit-again stroke-makers Kycia Knight and Shemaine Campbelle, and believes they may strengthen West Indies Girls of their upcoming collection towards powerhouses England Girls.
Each Knight and Campbelle, who missed the final collection towards New Zealand Girls within the Caribbean, have been named in a 14-member squad for the primary two One-Day Internationals of the three-match collection on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor bowling off Sunday.
Hayley Matthews will lead the unit which incorporates the skilled likes of Shakera Selman, Afy Fletcher and Chinelle Henry, however lacking the providers of former skipper Stafanie Taylor and quick bowling spearhead Shamilia Connell.
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“The return of Shemaine Campbelle and Kycia Knight to the ODI squad after lacking the final collection because of damage will bolster the workforce within the absence of the skilled Stafanie Taylor, who remains to be recuperating from damage sustained throughout September’s collection towards New Zealand,” Browne-John stated. “The CG United ODI matches are important as factors earned will take us a step nearer in the direction of automated qualification for the following ICC Girls’s World Cup in 2025.”
Knight is a 30-year-old left-hander who has performed in 84 ODIs and 67 Twenty20 Internationals whereas Campbelle, additionally 30, has featured in 99 ODIs and 107 T20 Internationals.
Campbelle has not turned out in a T20 Worldwide in two years. Left-arm spinner Kaysia Schultz, a 25-year-old who has represented West Indies Girls A, is the one uncapped participant within the squad.
West Indies Girls can even conflict with the vacationers in a five-match Twenty20 collection from December 11-22. The primary sport can be performed on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor and the remaining 4 at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Ann Browne-John stated the pending collection could be crucial in serving to gamers cement their locations for key tournaments subsequent yr.
“This collection towards England comes on the heels of the New Zealand tour to the West Indies and continues our essential preparation for the upcoming Tri Collection towards India and South Africa and the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup to observe,” she stated. “It provides the gamers an awesome alternative to develop and push for ultimate choice for the Tri Collection and World Cup.”
SQUAD – Hayley Matthews (Captain), Shakera Selman (vice-captain), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Gajnabi, Sheneta Grimmond, Chinelle Henry, Kycia Knight, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Kaysia Schultz, Rashada Williams.