00:00Having completed their women's T20 Tri Series in Ireland, the West Indies are getting ready for the prestigious ICC tournament
00:06being jointly hosted by England and Wales.
00:09According to cricket analyst Fazir Mohamed, there are concerns for the West Indies ahead of the women's T20 World Cup
00:15since the team relies too heavily on one player in particular.
00:18We have seen some improvement from the support players but once again the West Indies remain too reliant, heavily reliant
00:26on their captain and star performer Hayley Matthews going into this T20 Women's World Cup.
00:32You look at the challenge facing the West Indies immediately against the defending champions in New Zealand.
00:38Besides New Zealand, there are other teams Mohamed is not taking lightly including Ireland and Scotland.
00:44In fact, he thinks the West Indies' chances are slim in the 10th edition of the women's T20 World Cup.
00:49It's going to be an enormous challenge for the West Indies to make the semi-files, to reach the top
00:55two of a grouping that includes, as I said, the defending champions in New Zealand, former winners in England and
01:02a real dark horse team in Sri Lanka.
01:05The West Indies recently won the rain-affected women's T20 Tri Series, also involving home side Ireland and Pakistan.
01:12Even though Mohamed says it's refreshing to win something, he's not placing too much emphasis on that series.
01:19Yes, good for the West Indies to win that tournament but by no stretch of the imagination can they put
01:25too much store behind it.
01:27It will be a motivational factor to prevail but again it will be something that they've got to look back
01:33on and see where can they improve.
01:35Despite everything said, Mohamed has a strong message for the team. Try turning the impossible into possible.
01:42Every single player has prepared to step up, to rise above their numbers, to give the West Indies a chance
01:50of making it to the semi-finals and who knows, actually going all the way to the title.
01:54It looks very unlikely but they've really got to play above themselves.
01:58Should it materialize for the Wendy's, that would be title number two to add to their first which was achieved
02:04in 2016 in India.
02:06We know now, I need to export.
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