Mohammed replaces Hoyte in Windies team

FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD off-spinner Anisa Moham-med has been included in the West Indies women cricket team as a replacement for fellow teenager, 19-year-old Vincentian fast bowler Clea Hoyte.

The 14-member Windies team are currently engaged in a 10-day camp, under the watchful eyes of coach Ann Browne-John and technical adviser Gus Logie, at the Sir Frank Worrell Development Centre, Balmain, Couva, ahead of the International Women’s Cricket Council (IWCC) tournament in Holland from July 19-29. The IWCC competition will see the WI squad facing Ireland, Japan, Pakistan and Scotland and the hosts for two spots to the 2005 Women’s World Cup in South Africa. Hoyte, who was due to leave with the squad for Holland on Friday, sustained a shoulder injury and subsequently failed a fitness test. Mohammed, from Sangre Grande, had the highest wicket aggregate and average at both the West Indies senior championships in Grenada in June and the juniors in St Lucia in April.

Team — Stephanie Power (captain), Felicia Cummings, Envis Williams, Nelly Williams, Shane De Silva, Anisa Mohammed (Trinidad and Tobago); Debbie-Ann Lewis (Grenada); Nadine George, Doris Francis, Phillipa Thomas, Verna Felicien (St Lucia); Candacy Atkins, Indomatie Goordial (Guyana); Juliana Nero (St Vincent); Manager — Cinda Bobb (St Vincent), Coach — Ann Browne-John (TT).