West Indies Women spinner Anisa Mohammed admits the team would love some measure of revenge against hosts Australia, who defeated them on Caribbean soil before going on to claim the Women’s T20 World Cup title two years ago.
The Windies and Aussies have become fierce competitors over the last two editions of the tournament. The regional team made international headlines after stunning the heavily favoured Australians at the 2016 edition in India, to claim their first world title.
The Australians, however, returned the favour by beating the West Indies in the semifinals of the tournament, in the Caribbean in 2018, before going on to claim a fourth title. In five days’ time, the Australians will begin a campaign they hope will culminate in them claiming a fifth on their home soil. Mohammed believes it is the perfect opportunity for the Windies to play spoilers.
"We've come to win this World Cup and take it back from Australia," Mohammed, whose 118 wickets makes her the most successful T20I bowler of all time, told ICC Cricket.
"It would be nice to spoil the party. They spoiled ours, so it would be nice to return the favour,” she added.
"Australia have been doing really well. They recently played in the tri-series and came out on top, but we've been working hard ourselves.”
The Windies will begin the tournament against Thailand on Saturday, with defending champions Australia bowling things off on the previous day.