 Yes, so cricket is where we shift focus to on the sports mat zone West Indies women are gearing up to travel to Australia for a six-match white ball tour starting the first of October with the first T20 international the tour will be the first assignment for the new head coach the Australian Shane Deets Deets who has coached Bangladesh women stepped down as the Netherlands women's coach to take up the West Indies job And he says he's focused on enhancing the natural style of Windows women's cricket Cricket I really want to play is definitely the traditional West Indian Calypso style of play Attacking taking it to the opposition and getting on the front foot It's why I've always coached cricket around the world and that's not going to change here. It's a style of play I think that's effective So the players will be definitely getting the message that we're here to win And we're going to try to win by playing attacking free-flowing crickets That's going to take a little bit of time to maybe adjust to or A few skill sets upgrades in players, etc. But we'll work towards that So they've got the ability to be able to play that style of cricket Yeah, that was Deets talking at the first press conference today Here's a look at the full squad to tour Australia these are Windows women Haley Matthews captain Shameen Campbell vice-captain Alia Aline, Shamila McConnell, Shameelia Connell, Afifletcher, Charihan Fraser, Shabika Ghaznabi, Janila Glasgow, Chanel Hendry, Janabi Joseph, Ashmini Munisar, Karishmaram Harak, Stephanie Taylor, Rashida Williams And Zeda James, that's the West Indies squad that will tour Australia for the six white ball matches and You were monitoring very closely Mara the new coach and what he had to say in the press conference today There were several questions hurled at him. How did you think he did and what are your thoughts of him as a new coach? Okay, so as the new coach, I think one we can't judge him very very hard because he's new one to the Caribbean You know, he he still hasn't gotten the opportunity to meet all the women because I spoke to a couple of the players To find out if they've met coaches yet So I think coach is of course speaking from a standpoint of looking on at the ladies the couple of matches He would have seen during the CPL So for now Coach gets a free pass for me because I will not be, you know, saying anything that You know, I can't judge him right now We have to give him the opportunity to go to that tour of Australia With the Windy's woman and see what he has listening from today's press conference He spoke a lot about a program that he has to offer the woman He kept saying, you know, he hopes that the program that he's brought to the Caribbean will suit them and of course benefit them So for me, I'm looking forward to see How that program works and of course I will be chatting with the ladies one on one to hear if you know One they agree with what he has to say to them One if they feel comfortable if they feel as if they're improving all these different things So I know the ladies are excited. Um, it's a new experience for them It's a new thing that they're getting involved in but it's too early to make a decision on coach Ricardo your thoughts on his comments about uh, he wants the women to play the natural west Indy style and calypso cricket Because I'm not sure if they Well The west Indy steam or the 70s and 80s were calypso cricketers based on how they were seen because of how flashy and flamboyant they were But I'm not sure if that's the culture of the women's game from the west Indies I mean, there are a few players like deandre dotting and so on who will not the ball all over the place, but Generally speaking, I'm not sure if west Indies women's cricketers could be Um, accurately described as calypso cricketers Well, I think there are a few players in the team when you look at the butting side Hailey matthews is clearly genuinely a world-class player Yes, and she does have the ability to play that calypso style like cricket There is chenelle henry who the coach pointed to as well who has shown signs of becoming a genuine all-rounder And they are youngsters coming through the system. But for me, I think it's about finding a balance I sort of understood what the coach was saying because I think the type of cricket that he wants to see is positive cricket and I think he wants to get that Into the the the girls as as early as possible in the process and and I say process Because I think that is exactly what it is There is a world cup that comes up in october november next year the 2024 t20 world cup And for me, it's about gradually building up to that tournament. Remember the the west indies women didn't get All to the first round of the last two t20 world cups We got to the semifinal of the last 50 over world cup, but Um, we were suddenly beaten in that semifinal against australia So it's about improving on the small things and gradually building up to the next t20 world cup So we can be extremely competitive when we get there I don't expect miracles and for the west indies women to turn up and win next year's t20 world cup I think this process is going to take much longer than One year or even two years to get us where we want to be but at this stage It's about building blocks It's about improving on the small things lancen mariah the fielding that I thought was poor at the last t20 world cup The running between the wicket which I thought was poor again during the last t20 world cup and those small things We have to improve and I think those things alone if we improve on them Will make this team more competitive And then you can look for the bigger improvements over a longer period of time What I like about coaches is that he's not familiar to the ladies in the sense that you know sometimes as players or as people We know who we can push to what limits. So let's just say You know lance is my coach and I'm really good with him I'm excited for lance to come to be my coach For a team because I know what to expect. I know lance really well So I know what I can get away with and what I can't what I think she indeed brings into this setup is a bit of uncertainty It's as if you now have to prove yourself again to coach I think he comes across based and I've been speaking to players that has worked with him You know, there were a couple of ladies that were in the cpl setup I asked about coach they worked with him in the big bash league and whatnot And they said that he's a no-nonsense person and I think that's exactly what our ladies need You know coach has been involved at the highest level when I speak about Coaching in Australia. I think that's what our ladies need Yeah, and I asked him a question today at the press conference about gaining the trust and the respect of the players because I think that Is important so you can be no nonsense But if the respect is not there then the ladies may not respond to that And it's important that whatever he brings to the table that the ladies are responding to it because that's all You're going to get the improvement over time because if for any reason You're not getting that positive response from the ladies Then chances are it is likely to go downhill And so it's important that you will gain that respect and the trust of the players as quickly as possible Because I think that will help the process going forward I hear you at this stage mariah I'm not sure I like anything about him, but he has a clean slate From which to work and make this was still this woman's team better Yeah, and he's coming from a situation where he has worked with the teams that are not elite internationally The netherlands and and bang a dish and he was actually CEO of the van wato cricket association, which is a country in the south pacific ocean Underdeveloped as far as cricket is concerned. So he was CEO of the entire cricket thing. So he his administrative background Says something about, you know, his ability to organize and and to build And I think that is the the key word building because the western is women's cricket team need to rebuild They were a much stronger team five years ago than they are now And a lot of the players are there the same players. So He has he has work to do But I think he has the tools and I think the players I would hope that they would respond to his coaching style and play play Cricket to their highest potential because there are players who are underperforming. Yeah, yeah Well, what I will say is from what we saw from the cpl I was really happy to see stafani. Taylor back, you know, she has been Dealing with her injury issues Previously, of course, hailey matthews was really good. 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