PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Six regional franchises will be joined by USA Cricket Women for the inaugural Cricket West Indies Women Under-19s Rising Stars T20 Championship which bowls off Tuesday.Hosts Trinidad and Tobago along with Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands and the USA will do battle from July 5-13, with the tournament scheduled for the Brian Lara Stadium and the Diego Martin Sporting Complex.The tournament is being staged in anticipation of the inaugural ICC Women’s Under-19 World Cup in South Africa next January, and CWI’s chief women’s selector, Ann Browne-John, said it provided the ideal opportunity for players to impress.“The inaugural ICC Under-19 Women’s World Cup in South Africa 2023 is a significant global event in the continued pathway development of women’s cricket,” Browne-John said.
