Shane Deitz appointed as head coach of West Indies Women
“West Indies cricket both men and women have a great history of success whilst playing entertaining cricket and my aim is to continue with that formula,” Deitz mentioned. “The team has a great blend of world-class senior players and some talented younger players which is a good starting point to build from. We have a lot of work to do though as the reality is we are behind the top few sides in the world and we need to bridge that gap and become competitive again to challenge for World Cups in the future.
“I do consider although the nucleus is there to create a world-class aggressive aspect and that’s what I’ll goal to do. The commonplace of ladies’s cricket is at an all-time excessive and we have to attempt to succeed in these heights by way of good planning, a variety of exhausting work after which executing on the pitch.”
Deitz became the full-time coach of the Netherlands women’s team in March 2021, and under him, they regained one-day status. Their ODI ranking peaked at 12 and the T20I ranking at 18. Netherlands are currently preparing for a European qualification tournament for the 2025 ODI World Cup.
“Obviously the choice to go away the Netherlands Women’s group was extraordinarily powerful as I’ve cherished working with this group, they are surely an important bunch of women,” Deitz said. “The group has grown on and off the sphere and they’re in a extremely good place now to maintain pushing to qualify for a World Cup. I actually wish to thank the entire squad for his or her efforts and sacrifice they put in to get the group the place they’re.”
Deitz’s appointment was confirmed on the CWI board of administrators assembly on June 30 on the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua, and made public on July 8.