West Indies Women head coach Courtney Walsh insists he has been satisfied with the team’s overall performance at the ICC World Cup so far but admits they are yet to put together the perfect game.
The Windies Women have started their campaign in New Zealand in spectacular fashion with a narrow win over the hosts, followed up by a similar triumph against defending champions England.
The performances have, however, been far from spotless. The Windies are arguably yet to see the best of stars Stafanie Taylor or Deandra Dottin with the bat and their performances in the field have vacillated between exceptional and middling. Ahead of the team’s encounter against India at 8:00 pm, tomorrow Walsh admits a bigger margin of victory would be welcome, but it’s the team’s fighting spirit that has in his mind been the positive feature so far.
“It’s good to be winning these close games but I think the fighting spirit the ladies have been showing is what has been the most encouraging,” Walsh told members of the media on Wednesday.
“In two close games, you have to be proud of how the ladies have performed. The beauty about it is that everyone has chipped in so far in the two games,” he added.
After two matches the Windies Women are in third position behind Australia and New Zealand, with only the top four teams advancing to the semi-finals.
“I’m very happy that we’ve had the results that we want in the first two games. I’m hoping that it can continue for the rest of the tournament. So, I’m really happy with how the ladies are playing, everybody has played a part in the team process, good batting, good bowling, good catching. It’s not the perfect game as yet we still have areas to improve upon.”