Return of Women’s Cricket Tourney

The best women cricketers in the West Indies will be back in action as Cricket West Indies (CWI) hosts the CG Insurance Super50 Cup and the T20 Blaze Regional Tournament in Guyana next month.

The Super Cup50 matches will be played at three venues — Everest Cricket Club, Enmore Cricket Ground and the Guyana National Stadium from June 7 to 17 while the T20 Blaze will be played from June 19 to 25 with three matches per day starting at 10 a.m., 2.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. under lights at the Guyana National Stadium.

For this year’s CG Insurance Super Cup50 and T20 Blaze several world-class players will be representing their home territories in what promises to be keenly contested three weeks of action. Barbados is the defending champion in both formats.

This will mark a significant return of Women’s tournaments were not played in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

During that period, CWI continued its investment in the development of women’s players and organized several high-performance camps at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua and also hosted international series including an inaugural Women’s “A” Team series, while West Indies Women’s also toured England, Pakistan and South Africa.