00:00Frenadad and Tobago's Red Force Divas have made the necessary preparations for the T20
00:04Blaze and Super 50 Cup taking place in St. Vincent this month. TNT are the Super 50 Cup
00:09champions, but their display in the abridged version last year is one that they would want
00:13to obliterate from their minds. One person who has faith in the side is Brittany Cooper,
00:18who says the Divas are capable of achieving the double.
00:20Well, for us, the expectation is high. As I say, we are defending champions. When you
00:25are defending champions, you have a lot to carry on your shoulder because a lot of teams
00:29will be coming to grab your title. So we are looking forward for the competition,
00:32especially in the 50-over format. And then, you know, we have the T20 Blaze tournament.
00:37Of course, we did not do as well as we wanted to do in 2025, but, you know, it's a new year,
00:44a new opportunity, and we have some nice, young, new faces on the team. So I'm excited
00:49to see, you know, they bring that youth into the team and get the experience and help us
00:54bring the T20 title home.
00:55Currently 36, Cooper is an experienced player who also represented the West Indies. As such,
01:03she is always willing to guide the younger players who seek her help.
01:06But I am, in any leadership position or not, I am still here to help mentor. I, as you said,
01:13I have a lot of experience. You have Anissa Mohammed on the team still as well. So we are at a state
01:19where, you know, eventually we are going to retire, but we want to help mentor the youngsters. We just
01:25don't want to step away and leave it all to them because we know how important it is to play cricket
01:31for Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies. So we want to keep sharing that experience and keep mentoring and also help the current skipper and vice-captain, you know, keep guiding the girls.
01:40Having been the most valuable player many years ago in Guyana, Cooper has the desire to achieve that once again. And for someone who's no spring chicken, she sees it as something special should she cop that award.
01:52I would love to earn on a high note, you know, coming out MVP of the tournament, you know, being one of the main battles in the team, I want to lead the batting department.
02:03I think I owe the team that I haven't been scoring as much runs as I need to, but I think it's my year to start to step up and, you know, lead the batting front.
02:14And we have some excellent, excellent battles on my team. I know they, I'm making my job, going to make my job a lot easier.
02:21Even though Cooper has hinted towards retirement at some point, no specific time has been given. She says she can go on for a long time once her body is able to handle it.
02:31When I would now I need to export.
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