Following a series whitewash (3-0) over Pakistan Women, West Indies Women’s team captain, Stafanie Taylor, is optimistic the momentum can roll over into the One-Day International series which starts tomorrow.
Taylor’s optimism is based on the two-month camp the team participated in prior to the tour in order to get themselves ready for the series.
West Indies Women had not won a series in over two years since they beat Ireland 3-0 back in May 2019.
The Caribbean ladies also suffered a 5-0 whitewash in their previous series against England last September.
“It feels good to be honest. We know we’ve been out of touch, lost in England and it is a good feeling to come back and win and win 3-0, we haven’t done that in a long time and a series win too to top it off. This is a great confidence booster going into the 50-overs and hopefully we can have a 5-0 in that,” a happy Taylor said at the end of the T20I series on Sunday.
The captain’s performance was particularly integral in keeping Pakistan winless. With the ball, the off-spinner bagged her second four-wicket haul, 4-17, including a hat-trick. That performance has also put the Jamaican sixth among leading wicket takers in the format.
Speaking of the hat-trick, the 30-year-old, who is two wickets short of 100 wickets in the format said, “Well honestly I wasn’t thinking wicket to be honest. We knew that runs was more on the forefront and trying to restrict them from getting 150 because I know that wicket coming down will be hard to bat on so as much runs we could keep them down to we would have a good chase.”
Taylor returned with the bat and with West Indies Women in a precarious position at 17-3, the skipper led from the front with 43 not out from 41 balls. Her innings featured four boundaries.
The right-hander who is the second highest run-getter in the format, also shared two crucial partnerships worth 41 with Chedean Nation and 48 not out with Kycia Knight.
“I wouldn’t say panic but I knew today was the day I would have to step up. The first two games didn’t go how I would have liked and I just thought the wicket today was get yourself in and once you got in you could go big and that was my plan today.
