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Legendary West Indian bowler Courtney Walsh has been suspended as head coach of the women’s national cricket team after the Caribbean team recently failed to qualify for the T20 World Cup playoffs in South Africa. Cricket West Indies (CWI) said it would soon begin the process of hiring a successor to Walsh and his support staff, whose contract was also not renewed following the team’s poor performance at the T20 Women’s World Cup.
The West Indies lost to England and India in their first two matches and finished third in their group despite wins over Ireland and Pakistan.
During Walsh’s tenure, which began in October 2020, he managed a streak of home and away wins against Pakistan and secured a spot in the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 50-man semi-finals where they lost to eventual winners Australia .
In addition to ICC Hall of Famer Walsh, CWI also decided not to renew the contracts of technical assistant coaches Robert Samuels and Corey Collymore after review.
“West Indies Cricket (CWI) will soon begin the recruitment process for a new West Indies Women’s Head Coach following the decision not to renew the contract of Women’s Head Coach Courtney Walsh,” CWI said in a statement.
This was Walsh’s first serious coaching assignment internationally, although the 60-year-old had previously worked with Bangladesh as their bowling coach and as a talent scout and IPL speed bowling coach with Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings).
In his playing days, the tall right quick took 519 wickets in 132 Tests and another 227 scalps in 205 ODIs.
“We are very grateful for the contributions of Courtney and his technical team over the past two and a half years and wish them all the best for the future. CWI remains committed to our international women’s program and will now focus on recruiting a new leader. Trainer and technical support team. A temporary technical support team will be set up while recruiting,” said CWI Cricket Director Jimmy Adams.
“More information on the hiring process will be provided in the coming weeks as the role of a coach is critical to the development of women’s cricket in the West Indies,” Adams added.
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