Caribbean legend Courtney Walsh has been removed as head coach of the national Women’s team Head Coach, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Tuesday (11).
“Cricket West Indies (CWI) will shortly be starting the process to recruit a new West Indies Women’s team Head Coach after taking the decision not to renew the contract of Women’s Head Coach Courtney Walsh and Technical Assistant Coaches Robert Samuels and Corey Collymore. This follows a review of the senior Women’s team performances and programme.” CWI said in an official release.
He took the top job in October of 2020 and led the West Indies team to the semi-finals of the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup.
But the Caribbean side failled to qualify for the knockout stages of the recent T20 World Cup in South Africa.
“We are very grateful for the contribution of Courtney and his technical team over the past two and a half years and we wish them all the best going forward.” CWI Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams said.
“CWI remains committed to our international women’s programme and will now be focusing on recruiting a new Head Coach and technical support team. An interim technical support team will be put in place during the recruitment period.”
