West Indies and the United States will engage in the first ever Women’s Youth bilateral international cricket series this month.
The West Indies Women’s Under-19 will travel to Florida to take on the USA women’s U-19s in a five match T20 series.
It will be the first time in history that a female youth international between the two teams will be taking place.
With both teams having qualified for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, next January, the series will be the ideal preparation for both sides as they build up for the historic first U-19 World Cup, officials said.
The USA team also have the additional recent benefit of the exposure at the CWI Rising Stars Women Under U-19 T20 Championship, where they were crowned champions having played undefeated throughout the tournament.
President of CWI, Ricky Skerrit said, “Women has been badly in need of a pathway for refreshing the team talent and widening the pool of players. That is why it was so urgent to start a girl’s program.
This historic first West Indies U-19 Women’s tour to Florida is therefore a learning experience and is a crucial step forward West Indies cricket.”
