00:00The West Indies have one win and one loss so far in their group at the Women's
00:04T20 World Cup in the UAE. Their next assignment is a crucial one against
00:08Bangladesh and Sharjah on Thursday. Bangladesh have a heavy spin attack but
00:13Windy's assistant coach Ryan Austin is not too worried about that. The team is
00:16pretty prepared you know we we obviously know that Bangladesh is is basically a
00:23spin based unit so we already know all these things but with our philosophy is
00:31now we more focus on what we can control but having said that we still have that
00:37element of power with our batting that you know that could come to the spin as
00:42well. Austin says net run rate can come into the equation with only two per
00:47group getting into the semis as such the aim is to bowl first if they win the
00:51toss and then try to reach the target as quickly as possible but are the
00:55Windy's capable of walking the talk? Well I mean knowing the girls that I have
01:02known for a really long time a lot of them are pretty confident be you have a
01:06Hayley Matthews and a Deandra Doughton and Stephanie Taylor in your side you
01:10know it becomes pretty easy you know because these girls have a lot of
01:13experience they are already having conversations amongst themselves they
01:18are already with the practice session tonight gonna be you know planning for
01:23that you know having said that Hayley hasn't scored any runs as yet so I am
01:29pretty sure she's hungry so Bangladesh and England better watch out.
01:35Having said that it's not just about a big three on the team Austin says the
01:40others in the squad are also quite capable of achieving big things on the
01:44cricket pitch. We also have some some players like like Chanel Henry who is
01:48really hitting the ball really hard and her confidence has grown from the last
01:52game you know after getting my player the match so you know she's been hitting
01:57it pretty well and there's also a Leah Alleyne who can hit it as well and from
02:02the top you can see that Kiana Joseph is coming well so with those
02:07big three that I called the other girls are really stepping up and stepping into
02:11line which is a positive for us. The West Indies won the T20 World Cup once
02:15in 2016 having beaten Australia in the final at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata so
02:21what would it mean to them should they make a title number two? It would do a
02:24lot for you know cricket on the whole back home where you know we would we
02:29always want to obviously you know encourage the younger girls coming up
02:34you know to want to play cricket I want to represent the West Indies so you know
02:40it would mean a really big deal for a lot of the girls obviously and having the
02:45prize money is it would be financially rewarding for some of them as well you
02:49know you know who are probably from a poor background and than some others.
02:54Regarding the team chemistry the Windies assistant coach says it's second to none
02:59which is another plus point.
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