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Windies Women ‘A’ Squad named for Pakistan tour

Cricket West Indies will be hoping a group of emerging women’s players “grow and improve” when the West Indies Women’s “A” Team tour Pakistan from Oct. 17 to Nov. 8.

Senior team wicketkeeper-batsman Rashada Williams will lead the 15-member squad on the trip with off-spin bowling all-rounder Ashmini Munisar as vice-captain. Lead women’s selector Ann Browne-John said the tour was a “welcomed addition” to the playing calendar.

“It is a perfect opportunity for the developing players to get some international experience,” she said. “The team is qa combination of players who participated in the ICC Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup, and players who have just started to establish themselves in the senior team set-up, some of whom are in Australia for the ongoing series.”

She added, “The captain, Rashada Williams has shown good leadership during the Women’s Super50 Cup and T20 Blaze earlier this year, and she recently had some good performances during the Women’s CPL…“This tour, coming just after the Australia series, is a great opportunity for players to grow and improve.”

This is the first West Indies Women’s “A” tour, and it will feature three One-day, 50 overs-a-side matches against Pakistan “A” at the Lahore Country Club in Muridke, followed by a tri-nation T20 Series with Pakistan “A” and Thailand.

The preliminary matches of the T20 series will be played at the Lahore Country Club with the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

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