The belated rise of West Indies women

Sun, Mar 31, '13

Anyone who knows anything about cricket knows about the West Indies team of the 1980s.

Greenidge. Lloyd. Marshall. Holding. Garner. Richards. Walsh. All greats of the game, all names that conjure up instant recognition.

How about Gill? Or Whittaker? Or Browne? Heard of any of them?

No?

That's probably because none of them played a single international cricket match in the 1980s. They were West Indians and they were very good cricketers - but they were women. And while their male counterparts were dominating world cricket, West Indies women in the 1980s couldn't even afford to go on one international tour.