Nickname(s) | Windies | |||||||||
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Association | Cricket West Indies | |||||||||
Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Hayley Matthews | |||||||||
Coach | Courtney Walsh [1] | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Full member (1926) | |||||||||
ICC region | Americas | |||||||||
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Women's Tests | ||||||||||
First WTest | v Australia at Jarrett Park, Montego Bay; 7–9 May 1976 | |||||||||
Last WTest | v Pakistan at the National Stadium, Karachi; 15–18 March 2004 | |||||||||
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Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
First WODI | v England at Lensbury Sports Ground, London; 6 June 1979 | |||||||||
Last WODI | v Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi; 23 April 2024 | |||||||||
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Women's World Cup appearances | 6 (first in 1993 ) | |||||||||
Best result | Runners-up (2013) | |||||||||
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances | 2 (first in 2003 ) | |||||||||
Best result | Champions (2011) | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v Ireland at Kenure, Dublin; 27 June 2008 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi; 3 May 2024 | |||||||||
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Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2009 ) | |||||||||
Best result | Champions (2016) | |||||||||
As of 2 May 2024 |
The West Indies women's cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a combined team of players from various countries in the Caribbean that competes in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which represents fifteen countries and territories.
At the inaugural edition of the World Cup, in 1973, two teams that now compete as part of the West Indies, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, competed separately. A combined West Indian team made its Test debut in 1976 (almost 50 years after its male counterpart), and its One Day International (ODI) in 1979.
The West Indies currently competes in the ICC Women's Championship, the highest level of the sport, and has participated in five of the ten editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup held to date. At the 2013 World Cup, the team made the tournament's final for the first time, but lost to Australia. The Windies Women later reached the semifinals of the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup.
At the ICC World Twenty20, the side only got to the semi-finals in the 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 editions of the competition. As well the Windies Women eventually won their first ever title at the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
The first Test series played by the West Indies was at home to Australia in 1975–76, [9] when both the three-day matches were drawn. In 1976–77 the same team then played a six Test series away to India. They lost the fourth and then won the sixth Test by over an innings to level the series. The remaining games were drawn.
1979 then saw the Windies play their third Test series, this time away to England. However, they fared poorly, losing the first and third Tests and drawing the second to go down 2–0.
Finally, in 2003–04, after a 24-year wait, the West Indies resumed Test cricket with a one-off match away to Pakistan, this time played over 4 days. The result was a draw.
When the first World Cup was played in 1973, the West Indies did not compete as an individual unit. Instead a separate team represented Jamaica, and another side represented Trinidad and Tobago. Additionally, three West Indian players participated in an International XI side that also competed in the 1973 World Cup. None of the teams fared well, however, with the International XI finishing in fourth place out of seven with a record of won three, lost two and one no result; Trinidad and Tobago finishing fifth with two wins and four losses; and Jamaica finishing sixth with one win, four losses and one match abandoned.
The first one-day internationals (ODIs) played by a combined West Indian side were two games away to England during their 1979 tour. Three ODIs were planned, but the second ODI was washed out without a ball being bowled. In the first ODI, England won comfortably by eight wickets, and in the third ODI saw the West Indies level the series with a two wicket win.
1993 saw West Indian players compete in a World Cup for the second time, this time as part of a combined team. They finished seventh, with only Denmark and the Netherlands below them, after winning only two and losing five of their seven matches. Their next games were in the 1997–98 World Cup, where they finished in ninth place, above only Denmark and Pakistan. The only match they won was the 9th place play-off game against the Danes.
2002–03 saw the Sri Lankan women's cricket team tour the West Indies and play a six-match ODI series, which the Sri Lankan's won six-nil. The closest match was the fourth, where the Windies went down by only 9 runs. 2003 saw the Windies greatest cricketing success, when they finished second in the International Women's Cricket Council Trophy, after winning four and losing one of their five games. The Trophy was competed for by the weaker ODI sides – Ireland, Windies, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Scotland and Japan.
2003–04 saw the Windies play five ODIs in India followed by a seven ODI and one Test tour to Pakistan. All five games against India were lost comfortably. As expected, the tour to Pakistan was more successful and the ODI series was won five-two.
They finished fifth in the 2004–05 World Cup, ahead of Sri Lanka, South Africa and Ireland, but behind Australia, India, New Zealand and India. They won two and lost three games, with one no result and one abandoned match. After being eliminated from the World Cup, the team stayed on to play three ODIs against South Africa and won the series two-nil.
This lists all the active players who have either played for West Indies in the past 12 months, was named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad, or is Centrally contracted by Cricket West Indies. [10]
Uncapped players are listed in italics.
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Contract | Forms | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
Chedean Nation | 37 | Right-handed | - | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Djenaba Joseph | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ODI, T20I | ||
Mandy Mangru | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Developmental | ||
All-rounders | ||||||
Hayley Matthews | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Retainer | ODI, T20I | Captain |
Chinelle Henry | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Aaliyah Alleyne | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Stafanie Taylor | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Shabika Gajnabi | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Zaida James | 19 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | ODI, T20I | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Rashada Williams | 27 | Right-handed | Developmental | ODI, T20I | ||
Shemaine Campbelle | 31 | Right-handed | - | Retainer | ODI, T20I | Vice-captain |
Kycia Knight | 32 | Left-handed | - | ODI | ||
Shunelle Sawh | 19 | Right-handed | - | ODI | ||
Spin Bowlers | ||||||
Afy Fletcher | 37 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Karishma Ramharack | 29 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Anisa Mohammed | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Retainer | ||
Kaysia Schultz | 27 | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Developmental | ||
Qiana Joseph | 23 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | ODI, T20I | ||
Ashmini Munisar | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ODI, T20I | ||
Pace Bowlers | ||||||
Shamilia Connell | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Retainer | ODI, T20I | |
Shakera Selman | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Retainer | ODI | |
Cherry-Ann Fraser | 24 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Developmental | ODI, T20I | |
Jannillea Glasgow | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Developmental |
Updated as on 8 July 2023
Note - Deandra Dottin was also awarded a central contract but has since retired from international cricket.
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