ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies’(CWI) Selection Panel today named the 15-member West Indies Women’s Under 19s Rising Stars squad for the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup in South Africa in January 2023. The squad will again be led by batting all-rounder Ashmini Munisar who captained the team on their tours to the USA in August and last month in India.

Lead Selector Mrs. Ann Browne-John said: “The Under 19 girls T20 World Cup will be an historic event being the first of its kind in women’s international cricket. In preparation for this the team embarked on tours of the USA and the recent Tri-Series in India against the hosts and New Zealand. These series have identified some competent up-and-coming batters like Djenaba Joseph, Shunelle Sawh and Trishan Holder who are showing potential to transition to a higher level. We also had excellent performances from the two main spinners, captain Ashmini Munisar and Shalini Samaroo.”

She added: “We’ve held training camps over the past few months and the preparation will culminate with a final camp to be held in Antigua this month. This international exposure would no doubt be extremely beneficial, not only to this group of players, but also serve as an investment and feeder group into the senior West Indies Women’s set up.”

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

this where all the resources should be, also at the under 15 and under 12,
stop spending money hosting England, I know the Icc itinerary may dictate so, our senior woman are not capable of competing with the top teams, just demoralizing to watch.

In reply to bird

It's tough but the team needs to see how a top team performs and hopefully they'll work even harder on their own game.

Best wishes to the U19s.