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Cricket analyst Fazeer Mohammed believes the West Indies are going to face quite a challenge at next month's Women's T20 World Cup to be held in the UAE.



Mohammed says the ladies in maroon have a tendency to rely heavily on the likes of skipper Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor.
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00:00The West Indies are making preparations for the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup in the United
00:05Arab Emirates, with the tournament starting next month.
00:08The Caribbean ladies won the title eight years ago when they beat Australia in the final
00:12in Kolkata.
00:13The side that has been selected for this tournament includes Captain Hayley Matthews, Stefani
00:17Taylor and Deandra Dotton, who recently came out of retirement.
00:21Cricket analyst Fazir Mohamed says the players chosen for the World Cup have to be more consistent
00:25instead of relying on the mentioned trio.
00:28I don't think the West Indies or any team can expect to go far in any global tournament
00:33on the backs of three players only.
00:35You really need some of the more experienced players to step up.
00:38Chanel Henry, Shadeen Nation, they are players who have tremendous experience as well.
00:45I think they need to step up a lot more consistently to aid those star players.
00:51Because yes, the West Indies will rely on the captain first and foremost, the former
00:55captain, Dotton as well, because they are world class performers.
00:59But you need to have the other players, the bits and pieces players, the support cast
01:04who have a lot of experience in their own right to really step up.
01:08West Indies are in Group B alongside Bangladesh, England, Scotland and South Africa, whom they
01:12play in their opener on October 4th.
01:15So can the Caribbean side get out of that stage to reach the last four?
01:19It's going to be very difficult from where I sit to see the West Indies making the semi-finals
01:24because when you look at it, England will obviously be the favourites.
01:27They are led by Heather Knight.
01:29They are players with a tremendous amount of experience.
01:31They play a lot of white ball cricket.
01:34Certainly England would be the favourites to top that group.
01:36Then you've got South Africa, who were the beaten finalists at the last Women's T20 in
01:41South Africa in early 2023.
01:44They are missing Shabnim Ismail, who is arguably the fastest women's bowler in the game.
01:49She's retired.
01:50She's focused on the franchise format.
01:53But still, they've got a lot of talent, a lot of experience and they're very, very competitive.
01:58Group A consists of Australia, India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Asia Cup champions, Sri Lanka.
02:03Looking at the overall situation, Mohammed sees the defending champs as having the best
02:08chance.
02:09You can't look past Australia because they are so experienced.
02:13They are so well-drilled.
02:14They are so well-prepared.
02:15They have that automatic Australian tendency of ultra-competitiveness to the point of being
02:20abrasive, to the point of being obnoxious.
02:23But that's the way they play their sport.
02:24You've got England with their vast experience as well.
02:27You've got India, who have really been dominating the game on the men's side and increasingly
02:33now on the women's side.
02:35You are seeing them growing to be a force to reckon with.
02:37You've got South Africa, who, as I said, never mind the loss of some key players, will be
02:42a factor as well.
02:43The T20 World Cup was supposed to be held in Bangladesh.
02:46But due to political turmoil in that country, the ICC event was shifted to the UAE.
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