Published: Jul 04, 2017, 11:51 AM (IST)
Edited: Jul 04, 2017, 11:51 AM (IST)
Nothing has gone West Indies’ way in ICC Women’s World Cup 2017. They faced successive defeats, crashed to their second lowest ODI total of 48 against South Africa and now have lost out on two of their crucial players – Shakera Selman and Shamilia Connell. Shakera, who was hit on the helmet while fielding at short leg during the South Africa game, has been replaced by Kycia Knight. Meanwhile, Subrina Munroe has been called in for injured Shamilia, who stepped out of the field after bowling 4 overs following hip injury. The ICC’s event technical committee has approved all the replacements. WIW 48 all out against SAW: How the wickets fell
Kycia will now play along with her twin sister Kyshona and is returning to the squad after Women’s World T20 in 2016. Subrina, on the other hand, was last seen in West Indies colours in May 2015. West Indies are one of the three teams to have lost all the matches so far in the tournament. However, their skipper Stafanie Taylor is hopeful. Stafanie feels that the remaining four games will be time to reflect on their weaknesses and work on them, “I guess when you look back at the game [against South Africa], especially for the batters, we just got out softly and a lot of our batters, especially at the top order, we didn’t apply ourselves properly,” she said to ICC.
“We’ve been in England for a while, it’s not like we’ve come here yesterday where we don’t know what has been happening. I didn’t think that our mindset was right. I don’t think we were focused,” she added.
On asked about her plans for turning around West Indies fortunes, Stafanie herself is waiting for a miracle, “I’ve been asking myself that, to be honest. As a captain, you are thinking, you’ve lost all three games, what do you say to these players now? We’ve lost three games now, we have four more games to go, so we just have to bounce back and keep fighting. As individuals, we really need to look into ourselves and see what we’re doing wrong and just to rise above.”
West Indies next play against New Zealand on July 6 at Taunton.
