West Indies pace bowler, Shamilia Connell, insists there is no chance of the team underestimating Bangladesh ahead of a crucial ICC Women’s World Cup match-up on Thursday.
The West Indies got off to a strong start to the tournament with wins over hosts New Zealand and England but crushing losses to India and Australia, in subsequent matches, has since halted that momentum.
With three games remaining the team sits just outside of the semi-final slots and, as such, a win against currently 7th place Bangladesh could be crucial to the Caribbean’s team’s chances of advancing to the final four.
“We can see that they are very competitive, so we are just going to go out there and give our best. We are not going to underestimate them. We are just going to go out there and play our game,” Connell told members of the media on Thursday.
“We see that they have been putting on some very good scores and they beat Pakistan. Pakistan was one of the teams we were looking to give them a challenge, but we will be going out there to play our A-Game,” she added.
Bangladesh secured their first win of the tournament after beating Pakistan by 9 runs on Sunday. After today’s encounter, the West Indies will have matches against Pakistan and South Africa who are yet to lose a match.