West Indies Women have looked out-of-sorts in the recently concluded T20 series in England, where they lost all five of their matches.
Their batting has been the poorest of the three departments. Deandra Dottin has been exceptional in scoring 185 runs in five matches. The next highest run-getter was Stafanie Taylor, who scored only 78 runs in five innings.

Appearing on the recent Mason and Guest radio show, legendary former West Indies captain Sir Clive Lloyd has opined that Caribbean women cricketers MUST know the rudiments of the game.

“Who is coaching these…? You have to know! I think if you are a cricketer you MUST know the rudiments of the game,” Sir Clive said, after highlighting similarities in the way the West Indies Women batters were dismissed.

The core players in the West Indies Women’s squad have remained the same since 2016, although in recent series a few young players have been added to the squad. Familiar faces continue appearing, and Sir Clive is calling for an overhaul of the situation in order to get more women cricketers from different islands involved. The intention is to push these regular faces in the current squad to improve their performances.

“Nobody is there to push them. We are just playing a small (cadre) of players. Once Dottin is out, or the captain, Stafanie Taylor; that’s it!” Lloyd added. Sir Clive, who continues to follow all cricket, has said the West Indies Women are trying to hit the ball out of the ground, and not along the ground.

He is calling on the CWI to take this situation seriously and get the Women’s team the right coaches; and he is advocating that these women cricketers should attend an academy, where they can have the right people teach them. Further, Sir Clive is calling on all cricketers in the Caribbean to improve their fitness levels. (Brandon Corlette)