West Indies award central contracts to 18 women for 2021-22 season

Qiana Joseph, Kaysia Schultz and Shawnisha Hector are added to the 15 from the previous cycle

Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell, Roston Chase lose out on West Indies central contracts

West Indies have offered 18 central contracts to women players for the 2021-22 cycle.

Qiana Joseph, Kaysia Schultz and Shawnisha Hector are added to the 15 from the previous international season.

Due to the limited number of fixtures fulfilled during the most recent period, the decision was to honour all deals from last term.

Windies only played a five-match T20 series against England in September 2020 as the calendar was torpedoed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lead selector for women's and girls cricket Ann Brown-John said of the deals, which run from July 1, 2021: "The last contract period did not see many international matches as we only played five T20I matches against England. 

"Despite this, the contracted players were able to keep themselves fit and match ready. It was, therefore, the fairest decision to return all fifteen to contract."

Director of cricket Jimmy Adams added: "I am delighted for all the players who have been awarded central contracts, especially those who are new to the contract list. We saw fit to expand the list of retained players by awarding additional development contracts to three young players who the selectors strongly recommended for inclusion."

West Indies central contracts: Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser, Shabika Gajnabi, Sheneta Grimmond, Shawnisha Hector, Chinelle Henry, Qiana Joseph, Hayley Matthews, Anisa Mohammed, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Kaysia Schultz, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor

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