Grande teenager makes Windies team

West Indies newest woman cricket find, Anisa Mohammed started playing cricket at the age of five years.

And at 14 she has been selected for the West Indies Women Under-23 cricket team. Mohammed said yesterday she was surprised and excited by the news of her selection. She said she fell in love with the game at the tender age of five years, while playing windball cricket with her father Bobby and cousins on Maraj Hill, Sangre Grande. However Mohammed only took to the game seriously earlier this year and joined the Explorers Untouchables Cricket Club in Sangre Grande. “I really wanted more out of the game and decided to join Explorers in my village.” There she met coach David Muffet and he helped the third form Mathura High student develop her craft. She always loved off-spin bowling and Muffet taught her the finer points.

Mohammed, whose twin sister Alisa, played for the President’s XI in the regional youth series had a great first local season. In three matches she grabbed 17 wickets and was called to the national team. This gave her tremendous joy and she worked very hard prior to the series. She arrived on the scene a virtual unknown and made a name for herself. She grabbed the most wickets in the series —- 10 and had the shock of her life when she was named on the West Indies Under-23 team. Anisa who was born to Bobby Imitiaz Mohammed and Leela Mohammed in 1989 also has twin brothers and wants to do well to make her family proud.