Captain Stafanie feels like a ‘superstar’

Stafanie Taylor, the West Indies Women cricket team captain, sits on the ‘throne’ during a welcome-home reception inside the Pineapple Lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport on Wednesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Stafanie Taylor, the Jamaican who led the regional women’s cricket team to its first ICC World T20 title, was treated to a welcome-home ceremony fit for a heroine inside the Pineapple Lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport on Wednesday.

In attendance at the event were Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, who also represents the Spanish Town constituency from whence the cricketer hails; and Wilford ‘Billy’ Heaven, president of the Jamaica Cricket Association, who praised the Jamaican for having “team spirit that we have never seen before”.

It was Taylor’s third time at the World Cup and first in the leadership role, having been