TAUNTON, England, CMC – Head coach Vasbert Drakes is optimistic West Indies Women can turn around their slump but believes the senior players must play a key role in the resurgence.
The Caribbean side lost their opening game of the ongoing Women’s Cricket World Cup here Monday when they went down to reigning World champions Australia by eight wickets.
That loss came on the heels of defeats in the two official warm-up matches last week and in three unofficial practice games prior, leaving them win-less on tour.
Drakes said West Indies possessed the ability and the character to turn around their form as they had done several times already in the past.
“Anyone who plays cricket will tell you that you get better the more you play and the constraints that we have is that we didn’t play competitive cricket but at this present moment I’m not going to use that as an excuse,” Drakes said here yestersday.
“We’re going to draw on our natural resources and that is the ability to make smart decisions under pressure situations. We’ve done it before, it can be done again.

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Too many inexperience players on the side at same time.

And someone give Walters a protien shake plz.

When last the ladies perform so badly

In reply to Wasp

There are only two batters on the team Matthews and Taylor. All others are block and bash

113-6 off 38 overs

In reply to Pacy

Add Daley to list of batters

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

The team that played today if they had scored their career average the total would have been 200, not enough as the par score seems to be in excess of 250.

Somebody has to play out of their skins, many of their techniques mirror the men game, inability to use the crease to get the ball into the gaps.

CWI has got to place more emphasis on the shorter forms of the game or be left behind. the teams are not playing enough matches. Strategic it seems given latest fees scales agreed by CWI/WIPA

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
I agree the Taylor & Matthews are the only two pure batters on the team, but Dottin is the x-factor. Dottin has to perform for the team to win. Careful analysis of the team record would show that when DD performs their is a high-probability of the team winning despite how others perform.

The women's team is heading in the same direction as the men's...this is due to the progressive thinking by those incharge....not sure why allyuh acting surprised!

In reply to WestDem

Not due to the womens team members being lazy, not dedicated, uncommitted, unwilling to practice, talentless and wutless?

They now have retainer contracts. They are paid to play cricket. They have access to top facilities and coaches. What's the excuse?