00:03Hi, Hayley. Hard luck today. I'm sure you're very disappointed.
00:07It seemed as though things went wrong almost from the beginning with what happened with D'Andra,
00:10and I heard a bit of what you said. Do you know any more that you can tell us about
00:14that,
00:14and how do you think that affected you?
00:16Yeah, I don't actually know any more information.
00:18I just know she had a medical emergency at the moment, at the time.
00:23I think what's really important is the way she was able to come back and come out.
00:27And she showed a lot of heart and fight by playing the way she did after that happened.
00:32And it was obviously a bit worrying for us at the time,
00:35but at the same time tried to put that behind us and go there and get the job done.
00:39And I suppose it's a bit unfair maybe to ask this now,
00:42but it hasn't been a campaign where things have clicked throughout.
00:46What do you think specifically went wrong today, or is it just a culmination of everything?
00:52We just, for the entire tournament, I feel like we haven't had too many individual stand-up performances.
01:00I think we had Shemaine in that first game alongside Aaliyah.
01:05We had Chanel score 50 in that match against England.
01:09But I think when we look overall as a group,
01:12we haven't had enough players really put their hands up and take control of a game.
01:18And in T20 cricket, you always need someone stepping up and putting down good performances.
01:24And I think that's probably what we lack not only today, but the entire tournament.
01:31Hayley, what will be your message to the team when you go back and get to actually speak to them
01:36as a group?
01:38I think firstly, head up.
01:41We're obviously all disappointed.
01:45But I keep reiterating all the time.
01:47I think the fact that we've made it to this stage of the competition,
01:52with lack of performances from a lot of our big players,
01:55speaks volumes to the supporting cast that we have in the team.
01:59It speaks volumes to those like Aaliyah Alleen and maybe a Josiah Claxton and a Janelia Glasgow.
02:06And things used to look a lot different once upon a time.
02:09And I certainly feel like last World Cup or the one before that,
02:14if I had the form that I did with the bat and DeAndre Dalton did,
02:19we would not be in the semifinal right now.
02:21So I think we can take a lot of pride from that.
02:25Knowing that obviously myself and DeAndre and Steph, we are part of the team
02:30and we are a bit let down.
02:32But at the same time, you can be so proud of the way that as a unit,
02:36we were still able to get over the line in a lot of games.
02:41And just at what point in the batting innings,
02:44were you able to know that DeAndre would be able to go out there?
02:47And were you able to say anything, you know, about that?
02:51I think probably about five minutes before she actually went out.
02:55Yeah, she was up there pacing back and forth, trying to catch herself a bit.
03:01But if you know DeAndre, you knew that her leg literally has to be falling off
03:06for her not to come out on bat.
03:09So I think it was her just about catching herself properly,
03:13getting her head in fully,
03:14and then she wanted to be out there as soon as possible.
03:23Hayley, Australia clearly did a good job in those middle overs
03:27of your batting innings in slowing down the run rate,
03:30some defensive bowling, defensive fields.
03:32Did you single out or say anything in particular they did
03:35to really slow down the run rate?
03:46I think they just bowled really good areas.
03:49They set their fields, and they bowled to their fields, I think.
03:53That's something that they did really well to Keanu Joseph.
03:56They cramped her for room, and they didn't give her any space at all.
04:01And I certainly feel like they used a lot of change of pace as well
04:06on that wicket to, I guess, try to keep us a bit quiet.
04:15Hayley, does it get tiring being the player and captain
04:20that everyone looks to to dig your team out of a hole?
04:25I would say that it's pressure, but at the same time,
04:32I feel like the players look up to me.
04:35I'm going to expect a lot from me because of the player that I am.
04:40And I think probably a tournament like this,
04:46a lot of other players were able to play a role,
04:49and I think that's all I can ask for, to see improvements.
04:52I certainly feel like a lot of our girls come to a stage
04:58to play for West Indies, and they have a lot of learning to do on the job,
05:02so much learning to do on the job.
05:04I think when our players come from our regional competition,
05:07they're not nearly ready for international cricket ever.
05:12And that's why players like myself and Stefani Taylor and DeAndre Dotton
05:16are so, I guess, integral in helping them grow.
05:19And yes, it could be a bit tiring and a lot of pressure sometimes,
05:24but at the same time, I don't think it's necessarily as much fault
05:30of the players coming up.
05:31I think every single person within the dressing room,
05:34they try really hard and they train really hard,
05:38and they want to learn and get better.
05:43A lot of the time tends to be competing against teams like Australia
05:46who realistically, based on systems and opportunities,
05:51we're not supposed to beat them.
05:53But we still come here and I think we show up
05:55and we put out some magical performances sometimes.
06:00But I do think if we want to stop seeing a dependence
06:05on players like myself,
06:08it starts from the ground up,
06:11from us having programs in place for young girls
06:15to learn to play cricket and develop from a young age
06:19and not just be the anomaly like myself or DeAndre
06:23who decided to play with boys when we were 10, 11, 12, 13
06:28to be able to turn out the way that we are now.
06:32So I think it's a problem that stems from outside of us
06:38and outside of the team.
06:39And that's why, as a player,
06:40I can't necessarily ever be frustrated with the girls
06:43within the group a lot of the time.
06:44Is that a Cricket West Indies problem
06:47or is it bigger than that?
06:49I mean, you could say it's a Cricket West Indies problem.
06:51You could say it's a money problem.
06:54You need a lot of money to do a lot of these things.
06:59And yeah, I think a lot of people know
07:01within the West Indies,
07:02we don't always have the funds required.
07:05I think a team like Australia is always going to be better off
07:08at being able to put programs in place
07:11and have pathways for young girls.
07:15And there's a lot of different ways
07:17you can look at it, I think.
07:19But I think when you go back to the brunt of it,
07:22if you're struggling for money to do these things,
07:25it's going to show up at levels like this.
07:28And I probably feel like it's a bit unfair sometimes.
07:32But at the same time, that's why it's so important.
07:35And I think that's why you see so much pride
07:36and passion within our group
07:38because our girls have to fight a lot
07:42to even be competing and to be playing at this level.
07:46And it probably is easy to get into the team.
07:48But then when you get to international cricket
07:50and you see the standard of it,
07:52it can be a really tall ladder to claim
07:57to be performing at the standard that you need to.
08:00Do you want to keep doing it?
08:02Because we're getting to the point
08:03where there are opportunities elsewhere, obviously.
08:05Yeah, I want to still play for West Indies.
08:07There's no doubt about that.
08:09I always feel like West Indies has given me
08:12the opportunity to represent myself,
08:14to be a part of franchise cricket.
08:17And it might be the most stressful thing
08:19and probably one of the harder jobs around.
08:23But it's where the passion comes from.
08:25And I certainly feel personally
08:28that I have a real opportunity
08:30to not only represent myself,
08:33but to make a difference.
08:34I've seen so many young girls in the Caribbean already
08:37probably want to play cricket,
08:40so I take a cricket because of me.
08:42And knowing that I have that power
08:43and I guess that influence in a country
08:47and in a region where women's cricket
08:50and women's sports on a whole
08:52probably isn't represented massively.
08:56Hopefully, if I could just inspire a few young ladies
08:59or a few more young ladies to take up the game,
09:04you know, we'll see the passion
09:05and then hopefully get the changes required
09:07to help them become better from a younger age as well.
09:18Thanks for the answer.
09:19It's going to be my question.
09:20Your coach has talked in previous press conferences
09:23about the need to get greater depth,
09:25which is what you've talked about.
09:26But how do you get your message through?
09:31I mean,
09:33I don't think it's on us, the players, as much.
09:38Honestly, I keep going back to the money thing, you know.
09:40It can be very hard sometimes.
09:43I think my shares are a lot different for different teams.
09:50And it makes it really hard for us to compete
09:53when we don't have pathway programs in place.
09:56And then teams like ours have the greatest pathway system
10:00where they're pushing out Phoebe Litchfields from 15 years old
10:03every single year.
10:07But, yeah, I certainly feel like hopefully in the future
10:13we can get more things done,
10:14that we can have more young girls being produced.
10:17And my hope is that we don't have a gap now
10:21where we see it widen even more.
10:25I think the reason that we were so successful back in 2012
10:28and 2013 and 2015 and 2016
10:31is because women's cricket was based off of pure talent at that time.
10:35And when I think it's based off of pure talent,
10:38we're always in the run for it.
10:40But the minute that investment comes into the picture,
10:43I think we've seen the gap widen a lot because of that.
10:47So hopefully just conversations like this
10:53and, yeah, people standing up, able to make a difference.
10:57I don't know what the answer is or what direction we go.
11:02That's probably not even my job,
11:03so I'm not going to worry my head about that too much.
11:05But I guess I will sit here and be honest about how it feels.
11:10Final question.
11:14Hayley, you've mentioned yourself being passionate
11:16about continuing and the need to inspire younger girls.
11:19What about the other senior members of your side?
11:21I mean, do you feel there's a...
11:23Obviously, it's raw now,
11:24but is there a desire for Stefani, Diandra, et cetera,
11:27to continue and do you think that will help?
11:29Yeah, well, I haven't necessarily heard any of them
11:32talking about retirement yet, thankfully.
11:35But I think there's still a lot of passion from them to play.
11:40I think what's most important for them
11:42is just the healthy team environment
11:44and I think right now the passion that we have within the group
11:50has driven a lot of them.
11:52I think the fresh faces that we have within the young girls
11:56and the way that they've come into the team
11:58and have exhibited the want to learn
12:04definitely makes them feel like they can play a massive role
12:07like it has made me.
12:09And hopefully that combination of the young new players
12:13alongside Stef and Diandra and Afi
12:16can keep them driven to understand that
12:19their role is so much bigger than just going out
12:21and batting and bowling as well.
12:24Thanks very much.
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