BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Two new players have been included in an 18-member training squad to prepare for a seven-match series against South Africa and next year’s Cricket World Cup.

Shemilia Connell, a six-foot tall, right-arm pacer and fellow Barbadian Kyshonna Knight, a top order batsman, will join an experienced unit in a camp already under way in Barbados and which runs until December 15.
West Indies Women are set to play South Africa in a seven-match series in January before heading to the World Cup in India in late January.
Head coach Sherwin Campbell said the camp would be a great opportunity to streamline plans for both tournaments.
“It is great that we have the players assembled in one place so we can work on their skills and plan strategy,” Campbell explained.
“We did well in Sri Lanka (in the T20 World Cup), so we want to use that as momentum to take us forward. This camp will be vital and should help with the development of our team. We will stress a lot on teamwork.
“In this camp we will be working on several aspects of the game. The main areas will be to improve the skills of the players and their fitness levels. We have the series against South Africa coming up, and that should get us off and running in the first week of the year.
“After that, we will be off to India for the World Cup and that is a ‘big’ tournament for us. We need to make sure that we are in tip-top shape when we face the best in the world.”
The squad includes most of the players who represented the West Indies at the T20 World Cup, when the side reached the semi-finals.
Regular captain Merissa Aguilleira heads the list which also includes World-rated opener Stafanie Taylor and the big-hitting middle-order batsman Deandra Dottin.
West Indies will play South Africa in five One-Day Internationals and two T20 Internationals.
The Women’s World Cup will, meanwhile, run from January 31 to February 17 in India.
The tournament will feature the top eight One-Day women’s sides in the world – Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.

SQUAD – Merissa Aguilleira, Shemaine Campbelle, Shemilia Connell, Britney Cooper, Shanel Daley, Deandra Dottin, Kycia Knight, Kyshonna Knight, Natasha McLean, Anisa Mohammed, Subrina Munroe, Juliana Nero, June Ogle, Amanda Samaroo, Shakera Selman, Tremayne Smartt, Shaquana Quintyne, Stafanie Taylor.