Following the retirement of four T20 World Cup-winning West Indies stars yesterday (January 18), former all-rounder Deandra Dottin, who announced her own shock retirement in 2022, has posted a cryptic tweet suggesting something is wrong in West Indies cricket.
What has happened?
On Thursday, Anisa Mohammed, Shakera Selman, Kishia Knight and Kishona Knight announced their retirement from international cricket, shocking the cricket world. All four were part of her 2016 T20 World Cup winning campaign in India.
While Mohammed, who played for 20 years, retires as the team’s leading wicket-taker in both white-ball formats, Selman, who made his debut in 2008, went on to play 100 ODIs and 96 T20Is . Both also served as co-captains of the team for many years.
The Knight twins have also emerged as key members of the West Indies white-ball team over the years, most recently representing the team in the 2022 T20I against England.
What does Deandra Dottin have to say?
Dottin, who retired in 2022 after a 14-year career, left two cryptic messages.
🤔 I said this 1 Year & 6 Months ago and no one adhered to what I said , so here it is . Now tell me doesn’t it look like something is wrong ? https://t.co/RCkCldWryx
– Deandra Dottin (@Dottin_5) 18. 2024 年 1 月
A lot of you talk things about me when I retired on how I did because I wanted captaincy and I didn’t want to play under this and that & what’s not well it is clear now.Things always have there way of showing .DoYouThinkTheyDidThatDueToTheSameReason?#LetGo&LetGod #GodIsInControl
– Deandra Dottin (@Dottin_5) 18. 2024 年 1 月
Dottin surprised captain Hayley Matthews by announcing his retirement from West Indies during the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he was representing Barbados. Dottin cited the team environment as the reason for his decision. “Throughout my cricketing career, there have been many obstacles to overcome, but the current climate and team environment has not helped me grow in ability and reignite my passion,” Dottin wrote. In their announcement. “It is with great regret that I realize that I can no longer follow the team’s culture and environment as they have undermined my ability to excel.”
Thereafter, there were reports that Dottin, who had never captained the West Indies, did not want to play under Matthews’ tutelage.
Since their World T20 victory, West Indies’ fortunes have been in flux. They were disappointing in the 2017 Women’s World Cup and 2020 T20 World Cup, beating only Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the former and Thailand in the latter. However, they exceeded expectations in the 2018 T20 World Cup and the 2022 Women’s World Cup, reaching the semi-finals in each. Matthews, the No. 1 all-rounder in the women’s T20I competition, has emerged as a world-class talent but has little support, while West Indies Stafanie Taylor tops the white-ball and white-ball batting rankings. He is the only player in the top 50.
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