BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — West Indies Women's Head Coach Courtney Walsh said the past year was tough for his side but they had little time to put things right ahead of the ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup starting on February 10 in South Africa.

Walsh said the team will use a forthcoming tri-series against India and hosts South Africa to get into gear for the tournament but there is need for the team to improve its batting significantly if the Windies Women are to have a chance of success.

Reflecting on the recent home series against England Women in which the Windies Women lost all three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and five Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), the former Jamaica captain and West Indies fast bowler said the senior players had failed to deliver.

"We know we've got some injured players and some players would have retired but at the same time others would have been given the opportunity," Walsh said on the The Mason & Guests cricket radio talk show on VOB 92.9 FM. "I think a lot of the responsibility would rest with the senior players.

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Worse than Simmons

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Remind Hayley Matthews that she can still bat and doesn't have to be a "power-hitter"


Where are Natasha McLean and Qiana Joseph? Encourage Chedean Nation and Britney Cooper to get their coaching licenses.


Good! Young Joseph and Holder are good investments I hear.

In reply to Barry

Walsh should be blamed for thr sorry stat3 of WI women's cricket?!



Oh ok

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

for that to happen Cuddy must be able to produce a magic potion, give all them girls, not one glass but one bucket each to drink

WI women cricket is one of the main reasons WI mens cricket is suffering so much. We couldn’t handle the mens cricket and when we added womens cricket we suffered the knockout blow of both games. When we should be utilizing the help of people like Courtney Walsh to help develop our mens team we have him with our women

In reply to Sylobaby

That reasoning leaves me speechless!!!!!

Maybe the selection of H Matthews as Captain has not reaped the desired results. Just Saying

In reply to Osmond

Headscratcher for sure.

I imagine Hayley feels like Atlas these days. She needs support especially from the batters at the top of the order.

Here's a thought:

Keep this WI-W U19 team together and have them play against U19 schoolboys over the next few months.

Secondly, put each girl on an academic program - primarily reading and writing. They can read cricket books, at a minimum, and keep a cricket journal.