West Indies Women’s all-rounder Hayley Matthews is happy with the work she has done and the results she has produced in 2021.
The all-rounder had a stellar year for West Indies Women as she featured in the top 10 among bowlers and batters in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). She took 18 wickets at an average of 22.44 runs per wicket, with best bowling figures of 4-26 in Karachi as international cricket returned to Pakistan in November. She also made 380 runs, which included one century – 100 not out against Pakistan in Antigua in July.
“I definitely set goals at the beginning of the year. I think, ‘bowling-wise’, I probably exceeded the goals. I know I wanted to perform well with the ball, and the wickets I was able to tally up and the economy rate, these are what I feel very pleased about. I did what the team required.”
One of the critics of the selections made for West Indies’ Twenty20 (T20) Cricket World Cup squad is not only in agreement with the decision to sack most of the selection panel, but believes changes are also needed to the management team.
Former West Indies player and Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board chief executive Suruj Ragoonath told the Sunday Express newspaper that Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) decision not to renew the contracts of lead selector Roger Harper and fellow selector Miles Bascombe, when they expire at year-end, was “the right thing to do, given the team performance and the whole selection debacle”.
The sackings come a month after West Indies’ failed T20 World Cup title defense, when the panel’s selections sparked widespread criticism for the inclusion of an out-of-form Chris Gayle, fast bowler Oshane Thomas and Ravi Rampaul, at the expense of several players who were expected to have been chosen, such as Romario Shepherd and Sherfane Rutherford.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Faced with a busy 2022 schedule amidst the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, Cricket West Indies (CWI) says managing risk will be a key factor for the organisation over the coming months in determining the success of its international commitments.
Chief executive Johnny Grave said the regional governing body was already braced for the challenges associated with staging multiple tours during a pandemic but believed it could do so while protecting the health and safety of players and officials.
“We've got a lot of cricket coming up in January,” Grave pointed out.
“We've got the Under-19 Cricket World Cup where we'll be hosting 16 teams from all around the world coming to the Caribbean, as well as Ireland who are coming into Jamaica for some white-ball cricket and also England in late January into Barbados for five T20s.
IT has become tiresome to hear the constant drivel of excuses and promises by West Indies’ cricket captains, after losing games regularly in all formats.
The habit is spreading to the younger players.
It is a negative mindset to constantly maintain that your team is going to take all the “positives” from the game. Be realistic, recognise the fact that WI are an inferior team. One has not only to understand that but accept it. It is the way forward, firstly, to realising how badly the team is performing.
What is necessary at present is deep analysis of the game, players, captains, coaches and managers, by competent, knowledgeable cricket people who can decipher what is required for success from the WI international teams.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the match schedule for the Youth One-Day International Series between West Indies Rising Stars U19s and South Africa U19s. The teams will play four 50-over matches in St Vincent and the Grenadines from December 26 to January 3 at Arnos Vale Stadium and Cumberland Playing Field.
The West Indies and South African teams will arrive in St Vincent later today. The teams are using the series as preparation for the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup which CWI is hosting from January 14 to February 5 in Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and Nevis, and Guyana.
West Indies Head Coach Floyd Reifer said: “It’s great for us to have these matches as part of the build-up to the World Cup. We are really looking forward to this series against South Africa, as we are at the stage where it is important for the squad to play together, to see players in various roles, see how they respond to situations and how well they execute the plans we put in place.”
