Following the completion of the Windwards T20 Championship, all six teams for Cricket West Indies’ Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze have been confirmed. Defending Blaze champions, Guyana will be without injured seamer Cherry Ann Fraser, while Barbados welcomes the return of their veteran Shakera Selman.
Resident Barbados captain Hayley Matthews will once again miss the regional campaign, which coincides with the ongoing Women’s Premier League in India. Other West Indians featuring in the WPL are fellow Barbadian Deandra Dottin and Jamaica’s Chinelle Henry.
Both the T20 Blaze and the Super50, which will be contested in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, will be streamed live on the Windies Cricket YouTube channel. This is a step back for the 50-over competition after its 2025 season marked the first time the tournament was broadcast live in its entirety on ESPN Caribbean.
The West Indies senior team has been out of action since their 2-1 T20I series win over South Africa in June, and CWI Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe says the regional campaign must be considered a “critical starting point” ahead of an “extremely demanding” international season in a World Cup year.