Cricket West Indies (CWI), on Tuesday, introduced their Ladies’s squad for the impending ODI sequence towards New Zealand, beginning on September 16.

The 3-match ODI sequence will witness celebrity all-rounder Hayley Matthews take the captaincy position from Stafanie Taylor for the primary time.

It’ll be the primary sequence for the Windies girls with out Deandra Dottin, who introduced her surprise retirement in August. In a similar fashion, the skilled duo of Anisa Mohammed and Kycia Knight can even leave out the ODIs.

In the meantime, wicketkeeper-batter Natasha McLean and off-spinner Sheneta Grimmond were drafted into the squad, together with the left-arm tempo bowler Jannillea Glasgow. Significantly, Grimmond’s final world event used to be an ODI towards Pakistan in November 2021, whilst McLean hasn’t performed for the West Indies since September 2020.

“The New Zealand sequence is essential at the girls’s cricket panorama no longer most effective as it begins a brand new cycle, but additionally as it is a part of the preparation main in opposition to the T20 Global Cup in South Africa,” mentioned lead selector for girls’s cricket Ann Browne-John.

“With a couple of senior gamers unavailable right now, for various causes, just like the skilled Anisa Mohammed, Kycia Knight and not too long ago retired Deandra Dottin, the selectors had been nonetheless ready to get a mix of senior and growing gamers, together with Beneath-19 participant Jannillea Glasgow and returning gamers Natasha McLean and Sheneta Grimmond. In the end, we consider that captain Hayley Matthews, in her first sequence, could have a promising squad of gamers to start out construction with,” she added.

West Indies ODI squad:

Hayley Matthews (captain), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Sheneta Grimmond, Chinelle Henry, Kyshona Knight, Natasha McLean, Chedean Country, Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams