Kyshona Knight and Hayley Matthews registered half-centuries in the first practice match of the West Indies Women’s high-performance camp in Antigua.
Head Coach Courtney Walsh opened the camp with a 35-over match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, to ease the players back into the rigours of international cricket. Captains Hayley Matthews and Anisa Mohammed commandeered teams that saw the ideal combination of returning experienced players as well as the new players to camp.
The veterans put their hands up in this opening match, with Matthews and Knight taking the lead. Rashada Williams, the wicketkeeper/batter from Jamaica showed her patient batting, reminiscent of that of Stafanie Taylor. Williams supported her captain Matthews as the pair along with extras took their team to 100 before the loss of Williams’ wicket in the 20th over. Aaliyah Alleyne was the next batter into double figures with 17 for Matthews XI.