MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Girls captain Hayley Matthews believes enchancment for her facet will come via structural enhancements within the Caribbean and a private need for gamers to excel.
The dropping development for the Caribbean facet continued right here final weekend once they went down 2-0 to Australia Girls within the One-Day Worldwide sequence to observe up their 2-1 defeat to the hosts within the previous Twenty20 Worldwide sequence.
“I feel simply working more durable and eager to be higher as gamers, discovering methods and doing extra analysis on our personal recreation and the opposition that we come up towards,” Matthews mentioned.
“There are quite a lot of components that may go into bettering your recreation. Clearly, with our construction again residence, it may be difficult to get excellent match apply.
“[That’s] why tournaments just like the WCPL that we’ve simply been part of are so vital.
“However for positive, I feel it goes hand in hand with the board and gamers to wish to get extra infrastructure and, on the similar time, for the gamers to work more durable on their recreation and enhance.”
West Indies Girls fielded a younger facet throughout the sequence, with youngsters Zaida James and Djenaba Joseph opening the batting within the first ODI.
To additional develop the squad’s youthful members, a West Indies Girls A facet comprising a number of gamers from the Australia sequence will tour Pakistan beginning subsequent week for 3 ODIs and 4 T20s.
Matthews believes the tour shall be a superb studying curve for these gamers already studying their commerce on the worldwide stage.
“I feel it’s going to be nice. I feel we’ve acquired seven ladies from this tour heading down there, and I feel it’s going to be a fantastic stage of cricket for them to go and play,” she defined.
“And never solely study however hopefully get some confidence from the video games.
“Will probably be an actual check for them and an actual inform for them to see the place they’re at personally.
“Australia is kind of powerful opposition, however over in Pakistan, getting the chance to play the A-team stuff, the women are arising towards different girls they will carry out nicely towards.
On the current tour, Matthews was the main participant for the Caribbean facet, taking the Participant-of-the-Match award in each T20 Worldwide earlier than rising with the Participant-of-the-Collection honor after dominating with the bat.
Nevertheless, she missed the opening ODI with a leg harm, and despite the fact that she recovered considerably sufficient to prove within the remaining video games, she conceded the harm wanted to be managed rigorously as she ready for her marketing campaign within the Girls’s Large Bash.
“It was only a Grade One tear, however since that third T20, I’ve been in a reasonably pain-free zone and managing it nicely. Therefore, the rationale for me lacking the primary recreation,” she mentioned.
“However concurrently, I wouldn’t have returned until I felt match.
“Representing West Indies is important and one thing I at all times wish to do and provides my all to.
“I’m glad that I’ve been in a position to come again, and I’ve been managing nicely with it, and I’m able to get going within the WBBL now that that is throughout.”
Matthews will prove for Melbourne Renegades within the October 19 to December 2 match.
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