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By Azad Ali
West Indies Assistant
Coach, Roddy Estwick
believes there is still much
work to be done if the team is
to become a major force again
in the white-ball formats.
Speaking after the 2-1
defeat in the three-match
Twenty20 series against
Afghanistan recently in India,
Estwick said it was important
the Caribbean side continued
to learn from their mistakes
and improve, especially as
they prepare for next year’s
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Twenty20 World Cup.
“We are building towards
the World Cup next year in
Australia so we’ve got to keep
building blocks and we’ve got
to keep learning, and we’ve
got to keep teaching then
learning will take place and
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we can grow together as a
group and learn from our
mistakes, I’m sure will be a
lot better,” Estwick said.
He said it was important
all players make the best use
of the opportunities given
them to establish themselves
in the squad. The reigning
Twenty20 World Champions,
opened the Twenty20 series
with a 30-run victory but
then suffered back-to-bac k
defeats against the Afghans
in the games following, to
concede the series.
By Azad Ali
West Indies Women cricketers’ bid to
avoid their second straight whitewash in
Twenty20s failed when they were beaten
by India in the final of the five-match
series at the Guyana National Stadium
last week.
The regional female cricketers went
down by 61 runs in yet another dismal
performance, and never once threatened
India’s target of 135 and were held to
73 for 7 off their 20 overs, to suffer yet
another embarrassing clean sweep.
Last September, West Indies were
thrashed 3-0 by Australia in a one-sided
series in Barbados.
Choosing to bat first, India got unbeaten
half centuries from Veda Krishanmurthy
(57 not out) and Jemimah Rodriges
(50) to get up to 114 for 3 off their
20 overs.
Stumbling at 17 for two, India was rescued
by Kirishnamurthy and Rodrigues
who put on 117 for the third wicket.
In reply, the Windies run chase never
took off and wickets tumbled regularly as
they posted 73 for 7 in their overs.
Other West Indies players in the
lineup are Afy Fletcher, Britney
Cooper, Hayley Matthews and Stacy-
Ann King.
Taylor, the number 4 on the batting
list, hopes that the tournament
can invigorate further interest in the
women’s game from players, fans and
sponsors alike.
She commended the T&T Women’s
Cricket Association for the initiative
as well as Cricket West Indies (CWI)
for providing further support.
“We are heading into the Twenty20
World Cup next year in Australia and
this is going to provide some much
needed playing time for the girls who
will eventually make the team” said
Taylor, who will line up for the Southern
Titans in this year’s tournament
which bowls off on Dec. 3 with the
Grand Final carded for Dec. 13.
pect bowling action during the Jaguar’s
game against the United States
recently in the Colonial Medical
Insurance Super50 Cup.
Beaton’s action was cited by match
officials after he bowled eight overs
for 37 runs without taking a wicket
during the game at the Queen’s Park
Oval, in Trinidad which the Jaguars
won by 13 runs.
out basis.
But Jamaica, Grenada, and Suriname,
Curacao, and Martinique are
among the 12 to have qualified for the
2021 Gold Cup.
Nine Caribbean teams have made it
to playoffs among 12 sides for the final
four spots in the 2021 Gold Cup to be
played in June 2020. They are Cuba,
Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Montserrat,
Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines,
Barbados, Bahamas, and Guadeloupe.
Jamaica Observer newspaper reported
Reggae Boyz coach, Theodore ‘Tappa’
Whitmore, flushed with his team’s outstanding
performance, saying, “that is
just one phase of our objective …we
have to move to the next. In phase one,
we had set out to qualify for League A
and qualify for the Gold Cup and we did
just that tonight. We have to now go
back and strategize for what’s ahead.”
“The main focus now is World Cup
qualification and that is something that
is very important to us as a team and as
a nation.”
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West Indies fast bowler, Ronsford
Beaton.
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