Canada U19 Women Win First-Ever International Series; BothSaturday T20Is Washed Out

Inaugural T&T tour ends with a historic 2-1 series victory; seven wins in nine completed matches set the platform for August’s home ICC qualifiers.

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago —

Cricket Canada’s U19 Women’s team has won its first-ever international series. The five-match T20I rubber against Trinidad & Tobago U19 ended at 2-1 in Canada’s favour on Saturday, May 23, after rain washed out both of the day’s two scheduled matches without a ball bowled. With the Canadians holding a 2-1 lead going into Saturday — built on a historic first international victory on May 16 and a 45-run win in the third T20I on May 19 — the abandonment confirmed an outcome that will mark the program’s history.

It is the most consequential moment in Cricket Canada’s women’s U19 program to date. Eight days ago, the team had never played an international match. Eight days later, having won seven of the nine fixtures it completed across both international and club opposition, it returns home as series winners and as the first Canadian U19 Women’s team to claim an overseas T20I series.

Several individuals set the tone across the campaign. Opener Harper Chalmers produced a career-best 97 not out (May 18) and a fluent 50 from 32 balls (May 21) at the top of the order. Captain Rabbjyot Rajput led with the bat in three consecutive fixtures — 48 in the third T20I, 42 against UWI Women’s, and 43 against Hibiscus CC — anchoring four substantial partnerships. Seamer Snigdha Malhotra was the leading wicket-taker on tour, including career-best figures of 4/20 against Without Limits, and all-rounder Vritti Dahiya contributed runs and wickets in nearly every match. Wicketkeeper Khadeeja Fatima was named MVP of one fixture for three run-outs and 20 with the bat.

The Trinidad tour is the most concrete output yet of a multi-year investment in the program: two consecutive U19 Women’s National Championships (2024, 2025) created the participation base on which the ICC formally awarded Cricket Canada women’s U19 national team status. The Trinidad campaign is the first time that team has competed internationally — and it has now produced the team’s first overseas series victory.

This is a powerful reflection of our girls’ courage, talent, and belief — they are
shaping the future of the game and inspiring the next generation to dream
bigger and aim higher.

— Habeeba Bader, Women’s Director, Cricket Canada, on tour with the team in Trinidad & Tobago

The squad returns home with the series win in hand and a clear runway into August’s home tournament: the ICC U19 Girls’ Americas Region World Cup Qualifiers, which Cricket Canada hosts from August 7 to 17, 2026.

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