Fraser, Glasgow earn call-ups to West Indies squad for Bangladesh series

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Fast-bowling allrounder Cherry-Ann Fraser and uncapped quick Jannillea Glasgow have earned call-ups to the 15-member West Indies squad for the six white-ball fixtures against Bangladesh at home. The series will begin with the first of three ODIs on January 19 and conclude with the last of three T20Is on January 30, with St Kitts hosting all the games.

Fast bowler Shamilia Connell and middle-order batter Rashada Williams are the two absentees from West Indies’ last assignment, the tour of India. West Indies will continue to be without veteran allrounder Stafanie Taylor, who is still recovering from a knee injury, a CWI release said.

Fraser has played a total of 12 ODIs, with her last appearance in the format in October 2023 against Australia. Her last international appearance, though, was against Sri Lanka in a T20I in Hambantota in June last year. Glasgow has played four T20Is, the last of them against Pakistan in Karachi in May 2024. Though she has been travelling with the West Indies ODI squad on and off since 2023, Glasgow hasn’t got an opportunity in the format yet.

West Indies are currently ninth in the Women’s Championship table – the top-six teams qualify automatically for the ODI World Cup in India later this year. But, with 14 points from 21 matches at this stage, it’s impossible for West Indies to secure direct qualification even if they finish with a maximum of 20 points with a 3-0 sweep over Bangladesh, with New Zealand at sixth position with 21 points already. However, seventh-placed Bangladesh, with 19 points from 21 matches, have a chance of moving past New Zealand and securing a top-six finish.
“Bangladesh’s visit comes at an ideal time in our preparation cycle,” West Indies head coach Shane Deitz said. “They’re a skilled unit that has shown impressive growth, and this series gives us an excellent opportunity to examine our squad depth and continue to implement our aggressive, flamboyant brand of West Indian cricket.

“We have been focusing on specific areas of improvement in our training and touring, and these matches will help us gauge our progress. The conditions at Warner Park will challenge both teams and make for compelling cricket. I’m looking forward to seeing how some of our younger and less-experienced players respond to the test.”

This will be the first-ever bilateral series between the two sides, as well as Bangladesh’s first bilateral tour of the Caribbean. The teams’ last ODI meeting was three years ago in the 2022 World Cup in New Zealand, when West Indies won the game by four runs.
Overall, the two teams have met five times in international cricket – four times in T20Is and once in an ODI – and West Indies are yet to suffer a defeat.

However, West Indies will be aware that they are coming off two consecutive ODI series defeats, against India and Sri Lanka, and will be keen to end the six-match losing run when they take on Bangladesh.

West Indies ODI and T20I squad

Hayley Matthews (capt), Shemaine Campbelle (vice-capt), Aaliyah Alleyne, Nerissa Crafton, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Cherry Ann Fraser, Jannilea Glasgow

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