Not wanting to be distracted by Thailand’s fairy tale Stafanie Taylor’s West Indies side are focussed on playing good cricket like they wou...
Not wanting to be distracted by Thailand’s fairy tale Stafanie Taylor’s West Indies side are focussed on playing good cricket like they would want to against any team at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as they kick-start their campaign on Saturday at the WACA Stadium, Perth.
When it comes to competing on the global stage, the two sides couldn’t be much further apart, the West Indies having won the tournament back in 2016 and Thailand making their debut in Australia.
Thailand may have already won hearts in Australia but Taylor insists her side won’t be playing nice in Perth and will instead be treating the debutants like any other opponent.
“We’ll be looking at it exactly like playing Australia or India,” said Taylor. “We’re taking it very seriously, for sure. We can’t think in the back of our minds that they know nothing about cricket because we haven’t played or seen much of them. And we can’t assume we’re just going to hit them all around the park. If we adopted that plan, it would definitely backfire.”
Having been in the game for so long, Taylor knows a thing or two about upsetting the odds.
“The ball is round and anything could happen. We just need to keep...
