The 12th edi­tion of the ICC Women’s World Cup (50 overs) to be staged in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3, 2022, will be the West In­dies' sev­enth ap­pear­ance as the rep­re­sen­ta­tive team for the re­gion.

In the in­au­gur­al Women’s World Cup in 1973, the re­gion was rep­re­sent­ed by Trinidad and To­ba­go (placed fifth) and Ja­maica (placed sixth). The West In­dies de­buted in the fifth edi­tion of the World Cup in 1993, in Eng­land.

Since mak­ing their de­but in 1993, the West In­dies have ap­peared in six World Cups (they did not par­tic­i­pate in the 2000 edi­tion in New Zealand]. They have played 38 match­es, won 13, lost 24, and one no re­sult. Their per­cent­age win is 35.13 and over­all per­for­mances: 1993, sixth; 1997, tenth; 2005, fifth; 2009, sixth; 2013, sec­ond; and 2017, sixth.

Their best per­for­mance is in the 10th World Cup in In­dia, 2013 where they fin­ished run­ners-up to Aus­tralia. In the group stage, the West In­dies edged In­dia on net run rate to fin­ish third be­hind Eng­land and Sri Lan­ka in Group A.

In the Su­per Six­es, the West In­dies topped the group ahead of sec­ond-place Aus­tralia who they met in the fi­nal. When teams played in the Su­per Six­es, West In­dies won com­fort­ably by 48 runs, how­ev­er, in the fi­nal Aus­tralia romped home by 114 runs.

Aus­tralia made 259/7 (50 overs) with Jess Cameron top-scor­ing with 75 and sup­port­ed by Rachael Haynes' 52, Jodie Fields' 36 not out and Meg Lan­ning 31. Shaqua­na Quin­tyne was picked of the bowlers with 3/27 off 10 overs.

Cap­tain Meris­sa Aguilleira led the bat­ting for the WI with 23, fol­lowed by De­an­dra Dot­tin 22 and Kyshona Knight 21 not out as the West In­dies were bowled out for 145 in 43.1 overs. Ell­yse Per­ry grabbed 3/19, with sup­port from Megan Schutt 2/38, Lisa Sthalekar 2/20 and Erin Os­borne 2/26.

The West In­dies en­ter the 12th ICC World Cup rank sev­enth ahead of Pak­istan and be­hind Aus­tralia, South Africa, Eng­land, In­dia, New Zealand and Bangladesh, re­spec­tive­ly.

The bat­ting will rest heav­i­ly up­on the big three, cap­tain Stafanie Tay­lor (ICC rank 12), De­an­dra Dot­tin (ICC rank 16) and Hay­ley Matthews (ICC rank 31). The abil­i­ty to bowl out or re­strict op­po­nents will rest up­on Matthews (ICC rank 14), vice-cap­tain Anisa Mo­hammed (ICC rank 24), Shak­era Sel­man (ICC rank 27), Shamil­ia Con­nell (ICC rank 29) and Tay­lor (ICC rank 39).

West In­dies group stage match­es of the 2022 World Cup are:

March 4 vs New Zealand

March 9 vs Eng­land

March 12 vs In­dia

March 15 vs Aus­tralia

March 18 vs Bangladesh

March 21 vs Pak­istan

March 24 vs South Africa