Motorcade for Windies women captain on return

The motorcade began at the Cowen Hamilton Secondary School, Moruga, and concluded at the cricketer’s home in the rural but serene village of Marac. Aguilleira and her team-mates returned to their respective territories in the Caribbean last week after completing a 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka in the One Day International Series as well as a comprehensive 4-1 triumph over their counterparts in a five-match Twenty/20 series.

Speaking at her home in Marac Aguilleira expressed delight with the team’s successes. She was also happy to be back home with her family and friends afer such a lengthy and hectic tour.

According to the West Indies captain, “I am so happy to be back home, we had a really long tour since December where we started with a training camp. Then we had just two weeks and then Christmas. From there we headed straight into the India tour. It was a really hard tour for us but I guess that’s why we were successful and that’s the main thing.”

The 27-year-old all-rounder heaped praises on her regional team-mates for maintaining their winning form against some of the world’s biggest and best women teams. She also commended the squad’s staff and managerial team for their commitment and dedication towards the well-knit team.

“Well it was a really good season and I think we really showed how strong we are as the West Indies women’s team. We had a few falls before but the team held it together and we accomplished what we really wanted to,” Aguilleira added.

Friday’s motorcade saw the WI captain pay special visits to several primary and secondary schools within the Moruga area. Aguilleira was on-hand to meet and greet the youngsters of her community and welcomed the initiative which was set up by her family, fellow villagers and Life Sport representatives.

“We left from Cowen Hamilton and we came down to Marac. We had a really good time and the students are really enthusiastic about seeing me so it was a really good feeling for me to be coming home to my home town and being congratulated by the villagers,” she continued. Asked if she ever dreamt of becoming such a global name throughout the international cricket fraternity, Aguilleira humbly thanked God for blessing her with the talent to play cricket and travel across the world to conquer the world in cricket.

She replied, “To be honest I never really thought about it. I put all my hard work and dedication into representing the region, after all it’s all about committing yourself and making sure that God has his way. I really count on God to establish me and help me do everything I need to do. He has been giving me all His blessings and so I’m really happy about that.”

Up to press time on Friday Aguilleira and her family, friends and villagers were preparing a short programme to be held in her honour.

Villagers came out to relax and meet their home-girl who was previously out on tour representing the entire Caribbean region and their tiny village.

Aguilleira was grateful for the surprised motorcade and thanked members of the organising party who had put it together. She also thanked her main sponsor Atlantic for their support.

“It was a group of people from my community who planned this for me. So it’s more like family members, villagers and friends, good people who just come together. I must say that I’m really proud of this achievement and I’m really happy right now. Very thankful to Atlantic as well, they have done a lot for me and they have always shown their support to me as a player,” she concluded.