Breezy to join West Indies camp

Saint Lucia’s Nerissa Crafton is poised to make her mark in regional cricket. Less than a week away from her 26th birthday, the former Windward Islands Under-19 captain received an invitation to join the West Indies Women in Antigua & Barbuda for a training camp from 8-18 August. Crafton, a batting all-rounder, has been impressive for the Windward Islands and Saint Lucia over the years. And she is understandably over the moon to have fielded the call, vowing that she intends to take full advantage. With the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup to be played later this year, Crafton is eyeing a spot on the team to Bangladesh. “Anybody who knows me, knows how much I have been wanting this for a very long time now,” she told St Lucia TIMES. “So I am pretty happy about it, and really looking forward to it. Now that I know I have to work harder than I usually do, now that I have finally got the opportunity to participate in the camp,. right now my goal is to become a regular pick on the West Indies team, actually making the team. World Cup is around the corner, so that is the goal...