Women's cricket now under WICB

The West Indies Cricket Board has accepted a recommendation for their members to integrate women's cricket into their operations by June 30 next year. The recommendations were made by the board's Integration Steering Committee (ISC) which met for the first time on June 22 and presented their report to the board at the Directors meeting in St Maarten earlier this month.

As a result of the WICB's move, all future women's tournaments will be held under the auspices of the WICB. The ISC was established by the Board and the West Indies Women's Cricket Federation to guide the integration of the two organisations, in keeping with a decision taken two years ago by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) for merging the cricket organisations.

Women's international cricket became officially integrated with the men's game under the auspices of the ICC after the Women's World Cup in South Africa earlier this year. The board has accepted another recommendation that will see the establishment of a Cricket Committee for women's cricket to oversee women's cricket under the auspices of the WICB.

This committee will make recommendations to the WICB Development Committee for future women's cricket initiatives.