For this year’s Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL), the international duo of Rashada Williams and Trishan Holder has been drafted back into the lineup of the reigning champion Barbados Royals.
Holder, a 20-year-old rising Barbadian hitter who participated in her final nine Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies Women in February of last year, and Williams, the Jamaican wicketkeeper-batsman for the West Indies Women, were selected in the WCPL Draft on Tuesday.
The Barbados all-rounder Naijanni Cumberbatch was also selected by the Royals, as was the international trio of Shabika Gajnabi, Cherry Ann Fraser, and Djenaba Joseph, who were a part of the Guyana Amazon Warriors the previous season.
To complete their roster, the Amazon Warriors have selected five Guyanese draft picks, staying close to home.
In addition to Jamaican pacer Kate Wilmott, they are Ashmini Munisar, Sheneta Grimmond, Realeanna Grimmond, Kaysia Schultz, and Nyia Latchmann.
The Trinbago Knight Riders made five selections during the Draft to round up their roster. They had already signed Australians Meg Lanning and Jess Jonnasen and Indians Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey earlier this month.
They also acquired all-rounder Cheaden Nation, Shunelle Sawh and Jannillea Glasgow, and retired internationals Kyshona Knight, an off-spinner, and Kyshona Knight.
August 21–29 is when the three-team competition takes place at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago.
Squads:
BARBADOS ROYALS: Trishan Holder, Amanda Jade Wellington, Laura Harris, Georgia Redmayne, Hayley Matthews, Chinelle Henry, Afy Fletcher, Aaliyah Alleyne, Rashada Williams, Shabika Gajnabi, Cherry Ann Fraser, Qiana Joseph, Djenaba Joseph, Naijanni Cumberbatch, Chamari Athapaththu, and Amanda Jade Wellington
GUYANA AMAZON WARRIORS: Kate Wilmott, Kaysia Schultz, Nyia Latchman, Realeanna Grimmond, Shabnim Ismail, Erin Burns, Chloe Tryon, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Sheneta Grimmond, Shakera Selman, Natasha McLean, Karishma Ramharack, and Ashmini Munisar
Deandra Dottin, Chedean Nation, Kycia Knight, Shamilia Connell, Kyshona Knight, Jahzara Claxton, Zaida James, Jannillea Glasgow, Anisa Mohammed, Shunelle Sawh, Samara Ramnath, Meg Lanning, Jess Jonassen, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Shikha Pandey are the members of the Trinidad Knight Riders.