Shakera Selman

Growing up, Shakera Selman played football as well as cricket with the boys in the neighbourhood. Her uncle played cricket at the club level, and attending those matches made her fall in love with the sport. She played school-level cricket seriously, and trained under former West Indies men's assistant coach, Roddy Estwick. There was no looking back.

Selman made her name as a medium pacer who could move the ball both ways. She got a maiden call-up to the West Indies team in 2008 when they toured Europe to play Ireland, Netherlands and England after a three-year hiatus in international cricket. A fan of Dwayne Bravo, she wrote "47" - Bravo's jersey number - on all her training jerseys, and was soon part of the team for the women's ODI World Cup as well as the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2009. Her ODI best - 5 for 15 against New Zealand - came not long after, in 2014.

Selman was named West Indies vice-captain for the T20 World Cup in 2016, but couldn't play in the victorious campaign because of an injury. But she was a regular fixture in all the iterations of the T20 World Cup as well as the ODI World Cups during her time, and retired from international cricket in early 2024.