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HEADLINE: West Indies Women to have World Cup preparation camp in England

 
CaribbeanCricket.com 2017-01-09 07:02:38 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies Women’s team will have a two-week camp in England as part of their preparation for the International Cricket Council’s Women’s World Cup later this year.

The Windies are the most improved team in women’s cricket and will look to add the 50-over title to the ICC World T20 title they won at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, in April, 2016.

They were runners-up when the 50-over World Cup was played in Mumbai, India four years ago.

West Indies secured one of four automatic qualification spots for the eight-team tournament, which starts on June 26 and runs until July 23, with the final at Lord’s.

Bristol and Derby will host the semi-finals while Leicester and Taunton are the other venues.

The others automatic qualifiers for the World Cup are: Australia, England and New Zealand. The final four teams will be decided after the ICC Qualifiers tournament in February in Sri Lanka.

Josina Luke, the WICB’s Project Officer, Women’s cricket, outlined the details behind the camp and the team’s preparation for the World Cup.

“We made arrangements for the team to assemble in England in early June for their camp ahead of the World Cup. We want to offer them all the support we can as we look to add the 50-over title to the T20 title,” Luke said.

"This should provide them with ideal preparation as they get acclimatized to the conditions and look to win another major international title.

“The team has improved a lot since the last World Cup in India, when they reached their first international final. We are good contenders to win this time around.”


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POINT 2017-01-09 10:03:06 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

This is great News , I have always believed that it is best to have a Camp in the Country where the Tournament is going to be held .

Obviously ,this is necessary to get
Our Players acclimatized to the Pitches & the conditions of the weather .

I have always stated in this Forum that Camps must have a minimum duration of 2 weeks . I seems that the people in the WICBC , have had
a Saul on the Road to Damascus moment .
I hope that from now on ALL Camps are
going to be held in the Country where
the Tournament is going to be held ,
and have a minimum duration of 2 weeks .

I am looking forward to my Critics
having a Heart Attack on reading the
above . But I have always praised the
WICBC when it does what needs to be
done . The problem is that this is
very rare .

 
solidrock 2017-01-09 10:20:22 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

This news is good and will only have a positive impact on our involvement in the tournament.

 
POINT 2017-01-09 17:30:05 

In reply to solidrock

This should have been done years ago
As I have already stated , the People
in the WICBC have finally had an epiphany regarding the duration of
Camps .