00:00On the eve of the WCPL tournament bowling off,
00:03Guyana Amazon Warriors pace bowler Shakira Selmon
00:06is ready and excited for the tournament to begin.
00:23Selmon is hoping that she can be part of a big achievement
00:26for the Amazon Warriors franchise.
00:30As Royals have won WCPL once already,
00:34TKR have done that already as well.
00:36So Guyana Amazon Warriors is the only team
00:38that has not won to date.
00:40I really hope that this could be our year
00:42where we take the trophy.
00:44But I think we have a very balanced team.
00:45She knows though that it won't be an easy task
00:48and is wary of the quality of her opponents.
00:51Both of the other teams are really strong.
00:53Of course with Royals they have Hayley Matthews
00:56and we know the type of form that Hayley Matthews is in.
00:59We also know that she's a player who can take the game
01:01away from you and she did that last year
01:03alongside Amanda Jade Wellington.
01:06But when you look at the trend, that team, the TKR team,
01:09it's a very exciting team.
01:11They are supposed to have Meg Landon joining them
01:13and she was one of the best captains in the world.
01:16There were a number of cups under her.
01:18But Deandra Daughtry of course is leading that team
01:21and she's just come out of retirement.
01:23So she was just in the West Indies camp.
01:25She may be coming into this tournament with a lot of form.
01:27There are lots of exciting players on all the teams
01:29and we have to be wary of them.
01:30In terms of personal goals for the tournament,
01:32Selman is simply hoping to contribute to the team
01:35in whatever way she can.
01:37Doing whatever the captain requires of me,
01:39whatever they need me to do to help the team
01:42to finally cross the line.
01:44I pride myself on my fielding.
01:46Hopefully I can still field as well as I used to
01:48when I was playing for West Indies.
01:50Hopefully I can take a few wickets for Guyana
01:53and the Zone Warriors as well,
01:56Selman and her Guyana-Amazon Warriors teammates
01:59take the field in their first game
02:01on Wednesday, August 21st
02:03at the Briar-Lara Cricket Academy
02:05in the WCPL's opening game
02:07against the reigning champions Barbados Royals.
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