00:00It was a tough time for the West Indies, who lost both the ODI and T20 series to Sri Lanka
00:05in the Caribbean.
00:06The ladies in Maroon lost a longer format 2-1 and the abridged version 2-0.
00:11According to Indies coach Shane Dietz, his players have to be more consistent and not throw away good positions.
00:17Every time we put the pressure on the opposition with battle ball, we let it go by throwing a wicket
00:21away or bowling a bat over a bad ball.
00:24It just released that pressure.
00:26Every time we got on top of the game, we just surrendered the positive position we were in.
00:33So we've got to get a bit more ruthless and a bit more, once we get in front, don't let
00:38the opposition come back and kick our foot on the gas for longer.
00:42And that's probably an area we're going to work on getting those wins and developing that winning mentality in the
00:50middle a bit more.
00:51So that's important.
00:53The next assignment for the Windies is a wide ball series at home against Australia later this month, with Dietz
00:59hoping for improvements.
01:00One thing's for sure, Dietz felt his players fought hard on the field throughout the series against the Sri Lankans.
01:07It was one of those slow wickets, slow outfields.
01:10They had to run hard all day, dive at everything and fight for every run and stop every run.
01:15We did that really well, particularly in the ODI series.
01:18So the spirit in the camp is good.
01:20We just didn't execute our skills well enough for long enough.
01:25Glimpses of good moments, but just not enough good moments, not for long enough.
01:29While Dietz was not pleased about many things, there were some plus points.
01:33That included two half-sentries scored by Janelia Glasgow in the ODI series.
01:37I think probably the takeaways have been a couple of the fringe players stepping up.
01:45Glasgow played two great innings in the ODIs.
01:50She's starting to establish herself as an international cricketer, so it was great to see.
01:54But we're looking at those youngsters to get a lot better and develop their games.
02:00But yeah, so not a lot to be pleased about.
02:03I think it's been eight months since we last played our games.
02:07So we look very rusty as a unit.
02:09Our combinations weren't working.
02:12Yeah, we just look like we hadn't played for a while, which is obviously the case.
02:15The Windies have their work cut out for them as the women's T20 World Cup bowls off in June in
02:20England and Wales.
02:22Vinod now on ETV's export.
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