8 March - Dunedin - West Indies player Chinelle Henry pre-match press conference

Reporter: There were quite a few moments where West Indies seemed to be struggling with the catching and fielding but it all came - Well in the last moment. Was there any kind of discussion happened about how the fielding was after the match since?

Chinelle: I mean, yes, I mean, during the game, the fall of the wickets - we had discussions about it. It was really just about not panicking. I mean, we know we started off well, we batted well, and the mentality going out there was that we can't lose this game after we started well, so I mean, even after the misfields and the dropped catches, we still got behind each other. We still supported each other. I mean, today in training, we just tweaked a few things. And yeah, let's see how it goes in tomorrow's game.

Reporter: England is one of those teams that West Indies has played in the last couple of years since the pandemic broke out. How helpful do you think would that experience of playing against them in the in 2020 going into this particular match?

Chinelle: I mean, you know, T20 games - they more hectic you know, it's faster.

It was good to get in cricket that time, now it's a longer version, 50 over World Cup and we see how this tournament has been going. And we as a team know that once we go there, whatever we do, whether we bat or bowl first - once we stick to the targets and stuff that we have to do on any day, we could beat any team. It doesn't matter who.

Reporter: I was just wondering, you studied - you get a chance to see the game and you would probably have noted that it's a used wicket. It'll be on its third game. And the White Fins spin ballers sort of turned their game around there - are you expecting it to be as slow service, what are you expecting from the conditions?

Chinelle: As you said, it's a used pitch - 100 overs already - already more than on that pitch. As I said, watching that previous game between Australia, England, the spinners is really who took charge of the game. And in our squad we have really good spinners. We have quality spinners and really, it doesn't matter. Whoever has the ball, whether it is the spin bowler, pace bowler. We know the job we have to do. And I'm pretty sure you know looking back as I said the game - that England Australia game. We saw things that we could take from that game and going out there tomorrow. We are just going to go there and do our best.

Reporter: Okay, do you ever plan I guess to counter the sort of slow bowling you're likely to get in Dunedin tomorrow.

Chinelle: As I said before, England's a team that we've played before - we know every player on the team, know all the bowlers, all the batters. So tomorrow really is about applying ourselves.

Doesn't matter if we know the bowlers, we still have to go there and assess each one like it's the first time we played them. So tomorrow for us really is just about going out there and being brave and doesn't matter the opposition. We're just going out there to play cricket.

Reporter: Just want to know - one of the standouts in that opening game against New Zealand was kind of the bowling groups clarity of plans and you know how you had specific fancy to each of New Zealand batters. I just wanted to ask how you put those plans together. Is it largely player driven or you know, how much is the coaching staff and the analysts - How much are they involved? Do they have a bigger say or is it more the players driving what they want to do?

Chinelle: Everybody plays a part in game plans, whether it is batting plan or bowling plan? And I mean, the coaches and analysts they give us the everything that we need, they show us the videos, they give us plans, but at the end of the day it is up to us as the players to go there and execute those plans on a day and you know, when we're on the field, it's about bowling in partnerships, really, and as I said, probably on the day, we just have to get behind each other and once the coaches and the analysts give us those tools- they can’t really help us once we are over those boundary ropes. It's up to us as players once you're on the field to put those - what they gave us to the test.

Reporter: And just another quick one, how are you feeling personally about your game because you've had - I mean your role with the ball over the last 12 months has really increased and you look a lot more confident with the ball. What do you think has kind of been, I suppose the turning point for you and how are you personally feeling about your game?

Chinelle: I think that comes down to a lot of discussions with the bowling coaches and the ability that they told me that I possess with the ball, so with them it's just been a lot of work behind the scene and getting me to bowl more because as an all-rounder, both with bat and the ball there's a lot I have to contribute to this team. So I guess it came down to the bowling coaches really just helping me figure out, how is it that I'm going to go about putting all these skills together to help the team and I think for me over the past, say 12 months or so, they've helped me a lot and the confidence the captain and staff that actually shows in me on the field and my players backing me - I think that helped. That's what has helped me a lot over the past couple of months.

Reporter: You've got a few players in your side who played in the 100 last year alongside and against England players? How useful is that experience for you and the team going into tomorrow's match?

Chinelle: It really is because you know in our squad we have really a lot of young players who have never really played at this level before and to have those persons, those players in our setup, who could help us on the day - just help each and every one of us to go there and say like okay, they have the experience, they've played against these people before. That knowledge and also with the help of video, the analysts and stuff like that. That's what helped us to go there on the day and execute.

Reporter: My question is what is it like to work with Courtney Walsh as a coach?

Chinelle: I've worked with him I think a couple months back when he was assistant coach with the team. And now to actually have him as the head coach. It's been good - good for all of us, all of us as players we have good communication with him and actually basically all the staff. I mean, he brings to the team different views and he's one of those person that the players input and stuff is really important. And to have that within this setup is really good. And I think that has helped us grow as a team over the past couple of months.

Reporter: Coming off the win versus New Zealand, all eyes have been shifted to West Indies and that performance that we had from you in that first game.

Is there now any added pressure to yourself and the team that you need to keep that winning streak going on or is it game by game?

Chinelle: For us it really is game by game. That first game against New Zealand - Yes, we had discussions with the coaching staff. We had discussions with everybody - but as a team, you know going out there we just had the discussions among ourselves that doesn't matter what happened. We just have - once everybody take up the responsibility that I am going to do it for the team, then collectively we will just - we all will do it for the team. And I think that's the mentality we have brought into this team going into this World Cup - that if every single player put up their hand and be like, okay, today's my day, then when all 11 players come together collectively, we will and can beat anything.