West Indies Women's Cricket Team

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.

On 25 May 1973, the Caribbean Women’s Cricket Federation (CWCF) was founded, with Monica Taylor as the first president and Jean Carmino as General Secretary. Later in the same year, at the inaugural edition of the World Cup, two teams that now compete as part of the West Indies, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, competed separately.

A combined West Indian women's team made its Test debut in 1976 (almost 50 years after its male counterpart), and its One Day International (ODI) in 1979.

In 1998, the CWCF changed its name to the West Indies Women’s Cricket Federation (WIWCF). On 16 January 2004, representatives of the WIWCF met with the president of the West Indies Cricket Board and agreed to a merger between the two organisations.

In 2005, the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC), which had been the global governing body of women's cricket since 1958, merged with the ICC to form one unified body for men's and women's cricket. This saw West Indies women formally become a member of the ICC.

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 title at the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.

History

Test history

The first Test series played by the West Indies was at home to Australia in 1975–76, 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.

The ICC's Women’s Future Tours Programme for 2025-29 revealed that West Indies are set to play Test matches against Australia (in March 2026), England (April 2027) and South Africa (December 2028). These will be the first women's Test matches played by West Indies since the merger of the ICC and IWCC.

One-Day International history

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.

Tournament history

''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within West Indies''

Women's Cricket World Cup

ICC Women's World Twenty20

ICC Women's Cricket Challenge

*2010: 1st place

Honours

* Women's World Cup:
** Runners-up (1): 2013
*Women's T20 World Cup:
** Champions (1): 2016

Squad

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.

Uncapped players are listed in ''italics''.

''Updated as on 8 July 2023''

Note - Deandra Dottin was also awarded a central contract but has since retired from international cricket.

Coaching staff

* Team Manager: Evril Betty Lewis
* Head coach: Shane Deitz
* Assistant coach: Courtney Walsh
* Assistant coach: Rayon Griffith
* Physiotherapist: Marita Marshall
* Strength and conditioning Coach: Shayne Cooper (coach), Shayne Cooper
* Team Psychologist: Olivia Rose Esperance
* Team Analyst: Gary Belle
* Team Media Officer: Nassira Mohammed

Records

Test cricket

*Highest team total: 440 v Pakistan, 15 March 2004 at National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
*Highest individual innings: 118, Nadine George v Pakistan, 15 March 2004 at National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
*Best innings bowling: 5/48, Vivalyn Latty-Scott v Australia, 7 May 1976 at Montego Bay, Jamaica
*Best match bowling: 5/26, Peggy Fairweather v India, 27 November 1976 at Jammu, India

ODI cricket

*Highest team total: 368/8 v Sri Lanka, 3 February 2013 at Mumbai, India
*Highest individual innings: 171, Stafanie Taylor v Sri Lanka, 3 February 2013 at Mumbai, India
*Best innings bowling: 5/36, Cherry-Ann Singh v Ireland, 29 July 1993 at Dorking, England

T20I cricket

*Highest team total: 191/4 v Netherlands, 16 October 2010 at Potchefstroom, South Africa

See also

*Women's cricket
* List of West Indies women Test cricketers
* List of West Indies women ODI cricketers
* List of West Indies women Twenty20 International cricketers
* West Indian men's cricket team

References

External links

Cricket Archive details of West Indies in women's Tests

{{National sports teams of the West Indies

Women's national cricket teams