Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced the appointment of Shane Deitz as the new Head Coach of the West Indies Women’s team. The appointment was confirmed at the CWI Board of Directors meeting on Friday 30 June 2023 at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. Deitz, 48, is a former first-class player who represented South Australia as a wicket-keeper/batsman in […]
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced that the West Indies vs. Ireland Women’s Series will be the first-ever televised Women’s Series in the Caribbean. Starting in St. Lucia on 26 June, the full six-match Series will be broadcast exclusively live on Flow Sports, FanCode, BT Sport, ESPN, SuperSport, and Sky New Zealand. This groundbreaking broadcast is the result of […]
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging Iran to decriminalize mandatory veiling laws, warning that the harassment of women, including what they do or do not wear, appears to have intensified as street protests have died down. “Women and girls face increasingly stringent legal, social, and economic measures in the authorities’ enforcement of discriminatory compulsory veiling laws,” Volker […]
West Indies 116 for 6 (Williams 30, Dar 2-13) beat Pakistan 113 for 5 (Riaz 29, Matthews 2-14) by three runs. Hayley Matthews again led from the front with her second Player-of-the-Match award in a row as West Indies beat Pakistan in a last-ball thriller. The skipper made 20 at the top of the order and grabbed two crucial wickets […]
Four Kuwaitis, a Pakistani, a Syrian, and an Ethiopian were hanged, despite condemnation from Amnesty International. Kuwait has put seven people to death in a mass execution, the state-run KUNA news agency confirmed, making it the first execution since 2017 despite appeals from human rights organizations for clemency. The inmates who were hanged on Wednesday were four Kuwaitis, a Pakistani, […]
When the U.S. government started formally negotiating with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, in 2019, Tamana Ayazi was concerned the process excluded prevalent fears of Afghan women that a Taliban return to power would deprive them of their basic human rights. A filmmaker, Ayazi, decided to tell the world what was at stake for Afghan women through a documentary centered […]
WEST INDIES women’s head coach Courtney Walsh said there is a possibility his batting line-up for Sunday’s third and final One-Day International series match against New Zealand women will be shuffled to bolster their chances of victory. The maroon slumped to their second straight defeat at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Thursday as the Kiwis snagged a series-win, […]
ISLAMABAD — The Afghan Taliban have turned down renewed calls by the United Nations for the Islamist rulers to reverse restrictions on the human rights of women in Afghanistan, saying they are in line with local religious and cultural values. The hard-line group’s foreign ministry issued a statement Friday rejecting U.N. concerns as “unfounded.” It urged the global community “not to […]
The West Indies are set to play two additional series during the upcoming 2022-25 edition of the ICC ODI Women’s Championship cycle after Bangladesh and Ireland were added to make it a ten-team affair. Bangladesh and Ireland were added based on their ninth and tenth place ODI team rankings. They join the West Indies and the other seven existing teams […]
With the West Indies, Women’s 15-member squad selected for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, Head Coach Courtney Walsh believes they have the best combination possible to compete in the pinnacle women’s cricket event. “We wanted the complete package with regards to batting, bowling, and fielding. The 18 players that we have here is what we as […]
