JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The West Indies Women will start their four-match One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa Women at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Captain Stafanie Taylor has marshalled her troops to focus on two main areas — consistency and aggression — two elements she believes were missing the last time the teams met in Antigua in September last year, when the Proteas Women won the ODI series 4-1.
Taylor said: “I’m pretty confident. For us it’s consistency — it’s something we’re trying to focus on. We know we’re at a 230 score, so we’re trying to make sure we consistently hit that 230 mark and then more from there.” Her comment comes on the heels of Head Coach Courtney Walsh challenging the team to score consistently around the 230-240 mark. The West Indies Women scored 202 all out in 46.5 overs to defeat a South Africa Women XI by 53 runs in a warm-up match at the same venue.
Taylor added: “I think the team is managing pretty well. We’ve got five games here so that should put us in good stead preparing for the World Cup right after.” The West Indies arrived in South Africa just under two weeks ago and have been acclimatizing and training at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium. This is the first series the team will be playing since the cancellation of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe last November. The series schedule: 1st ODI January 28, 2nd ODI January 31, 3rd ODI February 3, 4th ODI February 6, all at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.