http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Women captain admits team lacks consistency – Cricket News Update
Captain of the West Indies Women’s team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Merissa-Ria-Aguilleira-c75634 has admitted that while her side is good enough to defeat any team, their lack of consistency tends to let them down in tournaments.
“On a given day, West Indies will show up and beat any side. It's a mental thing. We have a good team, one that can carry us through and win World Cups,” she said, after the Windies Women were knocked out of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women’s World Twenty20, following
their 28-run defeat in a semi-final against the Australia Women.
“The score that they made was gettable. We must say that we fell short in our batting,” Aguilleira continued, claiming it had been their downfall. “It's an area we need to look at. We have time once we get back home to get ourselves organised and focus on
what we have to do.”
The West Indies Women put up an erratic display in the ongoing tournament. They started their World T20 campaign off on a good note, winning their first match, against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758
Women, saw the Windies conceding a 5-run defeat.
The following match, against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Women on September 30, resulted in another massive win for the Windies Women, by 10 wickets and with 62 balls remaining, and the victory propelled the team to the semi-final against the Australia Women, played
at the R Premadasa Stadium on October 5.
However, the Windies Women were unable to carry their momentum into the semi-final, and followed up their win against the Proteas Women with yet another defeat – a 28-run loss to Australia, which cost them the tournament.
The Aussie Women won the toss and elected to bat first, but the Windies Women appeared to have an upper hand on the low, slow pitch which proved a difficult surface for batters. With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shanel-Francine-Daley-c89696 (4-0-23-2) and Shaquana Quintyne (4-0-23-2) on the prowl,
Australia were reduced to 81 for 5 by the 16th over – however, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jodie-Maree-Fields-c67118 (19*) stepped in and led the team up to a final total of 115.
The Windies Women were unable to follow up their bowling attack with an equally strong performance with the bat, despite having restricted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Juliana-Barbara-Nero-c69633 (31) and Daley (25) remained the only batters who contributed double-digit
individual scores. Stafanie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ellyse-Alexandra-Perry-c55924 (4-0-19-2), eventually cut off, all out, at 87.
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