The West Indies women's under-19 cricket team represents the countries of

Cricket West Indies Cricket West Indies (CWI) is the governing body for cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking Caribbean countries and dependencies that once formed the British West Ind ...

in international under-19

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. The team played their first matches against the

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in August 2022 to prepare for the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, the

2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup The 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup was the first edition of the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, hosted by South Africa in 2023. The tournament was moved from its original slot at the end of 2021 to January 2023 because of the COVID-19 p ...

. The side reached the Super Six stage of the inaugural tournament.

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the

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. The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in

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, in

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. As a Full Member of the ICC, West Indies qualified automatically for the tournament. The West Indies played their first series in August 2022, against the

, losing the series 1–4. They announced their squad for the 2023 World Cup on 8 December 2022. The side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished fifth in their group.

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for West Indies under-19s. This includes their squads for their series against the United States, and for the

Tournament history

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Under-19 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary ''As of 25 January 2023'' Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations ''As of 25 January 2023''

References

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