The West Indies Women started their four-match One Day International (ODI) series against South
Africa Women at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday, January 29. Prior
to the start of the tour Captain Stafanie Taylor had marshaled her troops to focus on two main
areas, consistency and aggression, two elements she believes were missing the last time the teams
met in September last year in Antigua.
The Proteas Women drew the T20 International series 1-1 and won the ODI series 4-1. This time around,
Taylor is more confident the team can perform better in the “Bullring”. She said:
I’m pretty confident, I think for us it’s consistency… it’s something we’re trying to
focus on. (As a team) we know we’re at a 230 score, so we’re trying to make sure we
consistently hit that 230 mark and then more from there.
Her comment comes on the heels of Head Coach Courtney Walsh saying that he’s challenged the team to
score consistently around the 230-240 mark. The West Indies Women scored 202 all out in 46.5 overs to
defeat a South Africa Women XI by 53 runs in a January 25 warm-up match at the same venue.
Taylor added:
“I think the team is managing
pretty well .. we’ve got five games
here so that should put us in good
stead preparing for the World Cup
right after.”
The West Indies arrived in South Africa just
under two weeks before the first official ODI
and had been acclimatizing and training at
the Imperial Wanderers Stadium in the leadup
to the series. This is the first series the
team will be playing since the cancellation
of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
Qualifiers in Zimbabwe last November.
FULL SQUAD
Stafanie Taylor (Captain), Anisa Mohammed
(Vice Captain), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine
Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Deandra
Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Cherry Ann Fraser,
Jannillea Glasgow, Chinelle Henry, Kycia
Knight, Mandy Mangru, Hayley Matthews,
Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack,
Kaysia Schultz, Shakera Selman and
Rashada Williams
CAPTAIN TAYLOR CALLS FOR CONSISTENCY
