HAYLEY MATTHEWS ON WIN

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After the game, Windies captain Hayley Matthews was pleased with the way her team dismantled Bangladesh and bounced back in the tournament following their opening loss to South Africa.

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00:00The West Indies lead Group B of the Women's T20 World Cup after beating

00:04Bangladesh by eight wickets. It puts the former champions in a good position to

00:08reach the semis with one more group game against England on Tuesday. Captain Hayley

00:12Matthews has commended her girls for reaching this far after a poor start.

00:16Yeah I think after that first defeat we did speak a lot about how we want to

00:20come back and how we want to do it as a team and I think everyone was up for the

00:24challenge from that moment. Obviously in World Cups you lose one game early on it

00:29does put the pressure on but I think the team has been wonderful with the way

00:32they've handled the pressure and just everyone in a good mood everyone in good

00:36spirits and I think everyone's up for the challenge that's been the biggest

00:38thing. I think a lot of the time when you do get into trouble situations

00:42players and a team can sometimes shy from it but I think the way the girls

00:47have stepped up and really tried to put in big performances and taken the attack

00:50to the other teams has been great to see. Stefani Taylor had to retire hurt

00:54because of a knee issue with her score on 27. Matthews has lauded the Jamaican

00:59for doing her part which contributed towards the win and also saw Taylor

01:02going past 1,000 T20 World Cup runs. Yeah I think the doctors and the physios have

01:07been managing it along with her of course and yeah I think there was a

01:10conversation at halftime more around her and what she wanted to do and if she was

01:15comfortable going out to bat and I think she's been fantastic with that the

01:18entire tournament really wanting to get out on the park and do the job even

01:22though she's struggling a bit with an injury so it's great to see and she's

01:25obviously very very important to the team and what we do as a group so yeah

01:30it's just great to have her out there and obviously doing the calculations at

01:33the halftime mark figuring we were in a pretty good position just noticing it

01:37was probably a good time for her then to come off after we felt that we had the

01:40game under control. Player of the match Karishma Ramharak also could not be

01:44left out who fought for 17 from four overs resulted in the West Indies having

01:49to chase a small target of 104. Yeah I think she's obviously someone like you

01:53said who's been around for a little while now but she's been able to really

01:56come into her own I think in the last two years making the team in the

02:00tournament last year and then being able to have performances like these I think

02:03she's improved all around but I think her control and I guess her attitude

02:07towards bowling has definitely been something that I've seen shift so yeah I

02:10think it's been great to have her and not just playing in the lineup but going

02:15out there and really wanting to play a massive role within the team and she's

02:19done that today. Matthews is pleased that the last game in group B is the one

02:23between West Indies and England since the ladies in maroon will know exactly

02:27how to approach it having said that she's taking nothing for granted and

02:31plans to go all out for a win. Vinod Nawani, T6 Sport

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