ST JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies Women’s team will play four One-Day International (ODI) against South Africa Women in Johannesburg from January 28 to February 6 as part of their preparations for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. Ahead of the first ODI West Indies will have a warm-up match against a South Africa XI on January 25.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday confirmed a revised schedule as both teams finalize preparations for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup to be played in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3, 2022. West Indies Women were previously scheduled to play three (3) T20 Internationals and five (5) One Day Internationals against South African Women from January 15 to February 6.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) Vice-President, Dr. Kishore Shallow on Tuesday, revealed that a new Senior Men’s Selection Panel will be in place by February.
CWI announced in December that it would commence recruitment for a new Selection Panel for the Senior Men’s team, opting against renewing the contracts of Lead Selector, Roger Harper and fellow Selector, Miles Bascombe.
“[The process] has started and it may be the case of one Selector being appointed before the other, but at least by early February, we’re going to have the full panel in place,” he said.
West Indies legend, Viv Richards, has called for there to be more accountability across the board when it comes to the affairs of the regional team, including the performances of coaches.
The West Indies men’s team, which is coached by former player Phil Simmons, has been plagued by poor performances in recent months. At the T20 World Cup the team, who entered the tournament as defending champions, were less than inspiring and crashed out after finishing 5th in Group 1 after winning just one match and losing four.
The performance was followed by lopsided defeats in Sri Lanka for the Test team and Pakistan. The Women’s team, who appointed former fast bowler Courtney Walsh two years ago after a string of poor results, have in the meantime won two of their last three series.
“We’ve got to start calling on the coaches a bit more in my opinion for performances, and to have a level at some point regarding performances, where you’d say that last year we were here at that level and where we want to be next year, so I am looking for stuff like that sort of improvement,” Richards recently told the Good Morning Jojo radio program.
The Youth One-Day-International series between West Indies Under-19s and South Africa Under-19s ended in a 2-2 draw after the Caribbean outfit secured a 19-run win in the fourth and final match at Arnos Vale on Monday.
For the fourth game in a row, West Indies U19 captain Ackeem Auguste won the toss, this time choosing to bat first.
In another disappointing batting display, West Indies U19s could only manage 126 all out in 35 overs.
Teddy Bishop top scored with 43 and Rivaldo Clarke added 30, against 4-11 from leg-spinner Dewald Brevis and two wickets each from pacers Matthew Boast and Aphiwe Mnyanda.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A contingent of the West Indies white-ball team arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday evening, where the Caribbean side will host Ireland in three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and a one-off T20 International (T20I), beginning on Saturday.
West Indies Bowling Coach, Roddy Estwick, in speaking to members of the media (Television Jamaica) expressed the collective objective of this largely inexperienced bowling unit, for this series and beyond.
“We’re obviously building towards the 2023 World Cup. So, it’s an opportunity for people to stake their claim,” he stated.
“We’ve played Ireland before [and] they are a very good side, so we know that we’ve got our work cut out. But once we can stay disciplined and execute our skills properly, we should be okay.”
