Trinidad & Tobago Women’s
cricket captain Shalini
Samaroo is this WI Wickets
July 2022 Issue’s Female Cover
Personality. Samaroo is joined on
the cover as her honoured male
counterpart by West Indies left-arm
seamer Obed McCoy.
Samaroo starred with both bat
and ball as Trinidad and Tobago
humiliated the Leeward Islands by
138 runs on the Tuesday, July 5
opening day of the Cricket West
Indies (CWI) Women’s Under-19
Rising Stars T20 Championship
played at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba.
The Samaroo-led twin-islanders made 164 runs for two wickets,
and then dismantled the Leewards for a meagre 27. TT, who were
sent in to bat, got an opening stand of 115, off 13.5 overs, between
Samaroo (63 off 49 deliveries with 12 fours) and Shunelle Sawh
(53 not out off 56 deliveries with six fours).
Samaroo, with her off-breaks, then took four wickets without
conceding a run as the Leewards slid from 12 without loss to be
dismissed in 12.1 overs.
West Indies left-arm seamer Obed McCoy earns his Wickets
July Issue Cover Personality award for his outstanding bowling
performance that led the West Indies to T20 victory against the
visiting Indians. The southpaw rattled the Indian bowling lineup in
the second T20I at Warner Park in St Kitts, helping the Caribbean
team bowl India out for 138 in 19.4 overs. McCoy finished with
figures of 4-1-17-6 as West Indies won by five wickets to draw
level in the five-match series. After bagging the Player of the
Match award, the left-armer said that he is trying to be a better
cricketer.
“I want to thank God. I’m doing this for my mom, she is home sick.
This is motivating me to be a better player. Thankful for it,” McCoy was quoted as saying
in the post-match p r e s e n t a t i o n ceremony.
McCoy opened the bowling for the hosts and got rid of Indian
skipper, Rohit Sharma, in his very first delivery. After starting with
a wicket-maiden, McCoy didn’t look back. The speedster said that
Rohit’s dismissal put the visiting team under immense pressure