ATLANTA, USA (CMC) — The world’s leading all-rounder, Jamaican Stafanie Taylor, is the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Women’s Cricket Ambassador at the third annual Atlanta Women’s T20 Tournament this Memorial Day weekend.

Taylor, the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2012 ODI Women’s Cricketer of the Year, is participating in the event through the courtesy of the Atlantis Cricket Club, New York.

The American Cricket Federation (ACF) is the title sponsor of the tournament being staged Saturday and Sunday.

“GWCA is delighted to have Ms Taylor at the tournament,” said tournament organiser Petal Samuels.

“I have no doubt that her participation will be a plus for all the competing teams and the tournament, and it will serve to help develop women’s cricket in the USA.”

The 22-year-old made her ODI debut for the West Indies against Ireland in 2008 at age 17 and has captured 80 ODI and 48 T20 wickets, in 64 and 44 matches, respectively.

Earlier this year she unleashed a remarkable 171 off 137 balls against Sri Lanka women in India, as the West Indies women crushed their Sri Lankan counterparts by a whopping 209-run margin.