Windies Women face South Africa in first of three T20s

…Head coach Walsh wants more consistency from more players
(Sportsmax) COMING off a successful series against Pakistan, West Indies
Women Head Coach Courtney Walsh is expecting greater levels of consistency
from his players when they take on South Africa in the first of three T20
Internationals in Antigua today.
During the series that the West Indies won 3-2 over Pakistan, the Caribbean
women benefitted from players like Kyshona Knight and Britney Cooper stepped
up with the bat to support Captain Stafanie Taylor and Hayley Matthews,
especially in light of Deandra Dottin’s poor form.
On the eve of the series against South Africa, Walsh says he expects even better
performances from his players against a tough South African contingent.
“We are looking to execute a lot better than we did against Pakistan. Obviously,
South Africa being ranked above us we have to be a lot more consistent than we
were against Pakistan, so we will be looking to execute a lot better and improve.
We know that they are a decent team and we have to be ready for that,” said
Walsh.
He said it was a good sign to see players other than the ‘big three’ step up and
wants to see more of that against South Africa.
“That’s the only way we are going to get the team where I think we can compete
against the top teams and give ourselves a chance of winning major
competitions.
“We have to move away from one or two players consistently getting us out of
trouble so it was very good to see all the other players who performed well in the
last series and we want that to continue and to try to extend that consistency
from them, and once we can complement it with both departments, batting and
bowling it will be good for us.
“And then, if we can complete the whole thing when we are in the field it would be
excellent. So we just need to keep improving, raising the bar in those areas that
we have to. It’s good to see other players putting their hands up and we want to
see more of that,”.