South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail celebrates the wicket of West Indies’ Hayley Matthews during the Women’s Cricket
World Cup in Leicester, Britain on July 2, 2017. Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith/File
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174 all out from 49.2 overs. Shabnim
Ismail had the best bowling
figures for South Africa, taking
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Williams, 45, entered the history
books when she became the first
woman to stand in an Under-19 World
Cup match in the historic campaign
which got underway last month in
the Caribbean.
Williams featured in the thirdplace
play-off between Afghanistan
and Australia at the Coolidge Cricket
Ground in Antigua, serving as television
umpire.
According to West Indies umpires
coach, Peter Nero, she has garnered
much experience, already standing
in five men’s ODIs, 13 men’s T20s, 17
women’s ODIs and 40 women’s T20s.
President of Cricket West Indies,
Ricky Skerritt. Cricket West Indies
By Azad Ali
Cricket West Indies (CWI)
announced last week that the West
Indies Championship 2022 will start
this week, marking the return of
first-class cricket in the region since
the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
in March 2020.
The West Indies Championship
marks not only a return of the
regional red ball competition but
also the opportunity for West Indian
players to stake their claim for selection
to the West Indies squad for the
upcoming Apex Test Series between
West Indies and England in March
2022.
The first and second rounds will
be played in Barbados and Trinidad
from Feb. 15-18. The teams will again
compete for the Bradley Weekes Trophy
named in honor of West Indies
legends George Bradley and Sir Everton
Weekes.
the Caribbean side struggled from the
outset and never really recovered after
slumping to 82 for seven in the 19th
over.West Indies Captain, Kieron Pollard
missed the last two matches because
of a knee injury. Nicholas Pooran captained
the last two matches.
4/44 from her 10 overs.
South Africa went on to score
175 for four in 39.5 overs.
SWest Indies Women departed
South Africa for New Zealand to
participate in the 2022 International
Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s
Cricket (50) World Cup, which
takes place from March 4 – April
3.
India made a poor start by losing new
captain Rohit Sharma (13) and Virat
Kholi (0) in the fourth over. Kholi poor
form continued with scores of eight, 18
and duck in the three innings in this
series.
But Shreyas Iyer (80) and Rishab
Pant (56) came together for the fourth
wicket adding 110 runs.
Man-of-the-Series Prasidh Krishna
once again spearheaded the attack with three for 27 while fellow fast bowler Mohammed Siraj claimed three for 29.
West Indies’ Odean Smith, right, plays a shot during the third one day international
cricket match between India and West Indies in Ahmedabad,
India, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Associated Press/Ajit Solanki
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WI suffers
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Cricket history
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