West Indies Women get set for ICC World Twenty20 2010

Sherwin Campbell, coach of the West Indies Women's team, has outlined plans, as the players get ready for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament to be played in the Caribbean. Campbell has been with the team for two years and said he is confident his players can lift the trophy when the final is played at Kensington Oval in Barbados on May 16. Before that, the team will be in camp in St Kitts from April 11 to the start of the tournament. During that period, they will play one-day games and T20 matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

On his team's chances in the event, Campbell said: "We expect to do very well. I find we are better at T20 cricket than we are at 50-over cricket, so we go into the ICC WT20 confident of doing well. Our aim is to win. We are playing at home and every team dreams of winning at home."

"We enter the tournament ranked at number five so the first aim will be to get into the top four (semifinals) and move on from there. Last year in St Kitts we beat England, and it is currently number one in the world, so we are confident. Playing the preliminary matches in St Kitts will be to our advantage. Last year, we got great support from the people and we will be expecting the fans to come out again."

"We have some very good players, such as Stafanie Taylor, who is among the top batters in the world, and Deandra Dottin, who can hit the ball with great power at the top of the order. Pam Lavine is our most experienced player and also a good batter and reliable bowler. We also have Cordel Jack, a reliable batter; Stacy King, a good all-rounder who bats in the middle-order and bowls in the middle overs; Anisa Mohammed is a world-class off-spinner; and our captain Merissa Aguilleira is a good leader and her batting has improved. Shemaine Campbelle is small but anyone who can bat, bowl and keep wicket at international level gives us many options. Overall our strength is our belief in the ?team' concept where everyone plays for each other."

Campbell also highlighted that the team needs to improve on its fielding. He said: "Our fielding against England last year was excellent, but I still want to see more improvement in that area. In T20, the more runs you save; you give yourself a better chance of winning. In our team, we have a good bowling unit. What we need to do is identify the players for various situations and that is what we will be doing in the camp and in the warm-up matches. In batting, we have seen signs of great improvement, but again, we need to work harder."

On women's cricket in the West Indies, he added: "I am happy the tournament is being played in the West Indies. It will certainly show people that women's cricket is a game to focus on and that the girls deserve respect. In the past, women's cricket was seen as a bit of a pastime, but not nowadays. It is growing and having been involved in women's cricket for a few years now I have seen the rapid changes. The game is faster now, it's full of energy and life, and players all across the world are very dynamic."

The full squad is as follows: Merissa Aguilleira (Captain), Kirbyina Alexander, Shemaine Campbelle, Britney Cooper, Shanel Daley, Deandra Dottin, Cordel Jack, Stacy-Ann King, Pamela Lavine, Anisa Mohammed, Juliana Nero, Shakera Selman, Tremayne Smartt, Stafanie Taylor

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