00:00The West Indies are in Group B for the Women's T20 World Cup alongside Bangladesh, England,
00:05Scotland and Friday's opponents, South Africa.
00:08Despite losing both their warm-ups, Windies coach Shane Deeds says the girls have done
00:13their homework and are raring to go.
00:15I think it's an exciting opportunity, we've been here for a few weeks training hard so
00:19we really want the games to hurry up because we've had enough training and enough practice
00:23matches so we're just keen to get the games underway and great opportunity against a really
00:27good side South Africa to hopefully put a good show on for the spectators and fans
00:31following back home.
00:33It's no secret that the West Indies depend too heavily on captain Hayley Matthews.
00:37Instead of feeling more pressure, Deeds says that actually brings out the best in the 26-year-old
00:42all-rounder.
00:43I think she relishes being that person in the team, she loves taking all the responsibilities,
00:48she wants to do everything so I can't really stop her doing anything or the conversations
00:53and she's pretty level-headed for her age, she's been around a long time obviously, played
00:57a lot of cricket.
00:58Nothing really stresses her out, she seems so relaxed all the time and enjoys the game.
01:05We try to keep a real relaxed atmosphere so she has to worry about the next ball and that's
01:09pretty much what she does, ball by ball and then leads the captaincy and obviously bowling,
01:13she bowls big overs too which she wants to do.
01:16She wants to be the girl under pressure all the time, that's when she's had her best I
01:19think.
01:20Deandra Dotton is also back with the side, having come out of retirement recently.
01:25The 33-year-old, whose sobriquet is World Boss, was a member of the 2016 T20 World Cup
01:31winning team.
01:33Deeds says her presence in the side is a huge plus.
01:36Yeah, unbelievable to have Deandra back, she's fitted in brilliantly.
01:41Just working with her first hand, see the power she's got when she's batting and her
01:45fielding is unbelievable.
01:48She brings a great dynamic to our team and also for the fans watching, she's an entertainer
01:52so it's great to have her around and obviously her experience playing cricket around the
01:55world for the younger girls like Munasar and James who are just starting their careers
02:01to have another great senior player in the team is brilliant.
02:05One team that has a lot of respect for the Westernies is South Africa and their captain
02:10Laura Woolford is leaving nothing to chance going into the game.
02:14We had some good chats this morning about the opposition, it's definitely not a team
02:17that we can take lightly, I think you never really know what you're going to get with
02:20the West Indies, they can either chase down 215 at T20 when Hayley Matthews and Deandra
02:26Dotton are on song.
02:29So yeah, I think we're definitely going to have to play our best cricket and we've had
02:32a lot of good chats about their players.
02:34The other group comprises defending champs Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and
02:39Sri Lanka.
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