T&T's Meris­sa Aguilleira will lead the West In­dies women's crick­et team at the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil (ICC) Chal­lenge in Potchef­stroom, South Africa next month. The West In­dies Crick­et Board (WICB) re­leased the names of the 14 play­ers yes­ter­day and al­so in­clud­ed are T&T play­ers Anisa Mo­hammed and Sta­cy-Ann King.

Chair­man of the se­lec­tion pan­el Clyde Butts says that the team is a very good one and is ex­pect­ed to do well in South Africa. "We have picked a very good team for the up­com­ing tour­na­ment and I ex­pect them to do very well. We have the nu­cle­us of the team which has been play­ing to­geth­er for the last cou­ple of years, most of the play­ers who have done well at the in­ter­na­tion­al lev­el. There is a good bal­ance and we have a lot of all-rounders.

"The play­ers are grow­ing in ex­pe­ri­ence and this se­ries is be­ing seen as part of the ul­ti­mate build-up to the next ICC Women's World Cup. It is a young team, with a num­ber of play­ers in their teens and ear­ly 20s, and we are look­ing to build with the fu­ture in mind."

There are two new­com­ers to the team in Sub­ri­na Munroe and Pearl Eti­enne.