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We have enough quality players to do well – Chinelle Henry – WI Women and India Women clash in 4th T20I tomorrow at Providence
By Zaheer Mohamed
The West Indies Women will be looking to prove that they are better than results suggested in the previous game when they take on India Women in the fourth T20 International tomorrow at the Providence Stadium.
Chinelle Henry © International Cricket Council
The home side went down to India Women by seven wickets in the 3rd game of the five-match series on Thursday night, and in spite of having already lost the series, West Indies Women all-rounder Chinelle Henry believes that despite the absence of two keys players, Deandra Dottin and Stefanie Taylor, they have enough quality players in the side to do better. “We are missing two key players yes, but we have enough key players in this squad to go out there and put up a fight and dominate this cricket,” she said following the 3rd T20 International.
The West Indies Women batting was way below par on a slow pitch and the batters will need to put a price on their wicket if they are to show fight against an opponent who will not be taking anything for granted, despite their dominance so far in the series.
“I think we took too long as a batting unit to assess the pitch and then just going out there and giving away our hands pretty easily, I think that we need to look back and think deep. India have already won the series, but the next two games is a chance for us to come back and play the cricket that we know we can play,” stated Henry.
“The spinners were not really getting up, so it was just about getting the basics right, hitting through the line of the ball and applying ourselves.”
There is always room for improvement and Henry added that they need to reflect and prove their worth. “A lot
Smriti Mandhana (Getty Images)
of learning took place from the ODI series and the players need to reflect. The bigger picture here is the World Cup in Australia next year, so we need to continue to work hard, and definitely we have to go out there and play better cricket,” she posited.
India will be looking to continue their dominance and opener Smriti Mandhana told the media on Thursday night that despite them winning the series they will not be relaxed heading into the last two games. “We are preparing for the World Cup and any match we get is a practice for us, and what ever we will be playing in the next six moths we will have the World Cup in mind so definitely for the next two matches we wouldn’t be relaxed,” she said.
She added that they are happy to clinch the series. “It was our first game here so it was really important for us to start well because the wicket is different from what we got in St. Lucia, so we are really happy to go over the line.”
Mandhana was pleased with the innings of Jemimah Rodrigues who top scored for India Women in the 3rd game with an unbeaten 40 of 51 balls. “She batted well; she knew what had to be done on this wicket and it was a really mature innings from her.”
West Indies Women spinner Hayley Matthews had put the visitors on the back foot early in the chase with two quick wickets, but Mandhana said this is one area they will be looking to improve in. “We are doing really well in all Departments at the moment, but our batters could have applied themselves a bit more up front and this one area we will try to focus on and win the remaining games rather then trying to do anything extraordinary. The game commences at 13:30hrs.
Teams: West Indies Women – Anisa Mohammad (C), Shemaine Campbell, Cherry Ann Fraser, Aaliyah Alleyne, Afy Fletcher, Shakera Selman, Hayley Matthews, Chedean Nation, Chinelle Henry, Stacy-Ann King, Kyshona Knight, Natasha McLean, Shabika Gajnabi and Sheneta Grimmond.
Indian Women’s ODI squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Punam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Veda Krishnamurthy, Anjua Patil, Shika Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Mansi Joshi, Arundhati Reddy and Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper).
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