Cherry-Ann Fraser has been growing from match to match

…says CWI Women’s Lead Selector Ann Browne-John

Despite playing only three One-Day matches and one T20I for the West Indies Women, Cherry-Ann Fraser has shown improvement, and the selectors did not hesitate to include her in the squad for the ICC Women’s World Cup tournament.

This is according to CWI Women’s Lead Selector Ann Browne-John, who said:
“Cherry-Ann is one of the medium pacers in the team. She has been there for a while, and we think, just as the other players, she has been quite consistent. She has been improving from game to game, and the selectors had no hesitation to include Cherry-Ann into the squad. She has been growing from match to match.”
The 22-year-old Fraser, who has one international wicket, and Shemaine Campbelle are the Guyanese women in the squad. Despite suffering a 2-1 defeat against South Africa, Browne-John is confident that the West Indies team would reach the final.
“Any team that is sending a squad to the World Cup, their expectations would be for them to do (as) well as they possibly can, and reach right down to the final; and that would be our expectations. It would not be an easy World Cup, we know that we are not ranked as one of the top teams, but having said that, the girls have been training very hard.
“We had a good series against South Africa, although we lost the series 2-1. We were happy with what we saw in South Africa, and therefore we are expecting that the girls will give a good showing at the World Cup. We have some world-class players like Stafanie Taylor, Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews, Shakera Selman, Shamilia Connell, Shemaine Campbelle, so many players who have been on the world stage. Although we have some young players, the bulk of the team has enough international experience to acquit themselves,” the CWI Women’s Lead Selector has said.

West Indies Women are one of eight teams doing battle at the March 4-April 3 World Cup in New Zealand, and would confront cooler temperatures and truer pitches with consistent bounce, generally expected to favour faster bowlers. Given the opportunity, the Guyanese fast-bowler would want to add to her wicket tally. (Brandon Corlette)