CAPE TOWN, South Africa– The West Indies Women incurred a 32-run defeat to New Zealand Women in their first warm-up match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, at the West Province Cricket Club yesterday.
Speaking after the match, Shemaine Campbelle said “The batters just didn’t step up for us, it wasn’t a difficult total to get. Personally, I’m happy with my run today as I wanted to get this time in the middle heading into the main competition. The bowlers had a good run today, they hit some good areas, but the backend of our bowling needs some work, but I’m not worried before our first official match on the eleventh.”
The West Indies will play Sri Lanka in their final warm-up match tomorrow at the same venue. First ball is at 2:30pm local time (8:30am Eastern Caribbean/7:30am Jamaica time).
The eighth edition of the marquee event will begin on Friday with hosts South Africa taking on Sri Lanka. West Indies have been drawn in Group 2 alongside England, India, Pakistan and Ireland.
Newlands, Cape Town; Boland Park, Paarl and St. George’s Park, Gqeberha are the host venues for the tournament with both semi-finals and final being played in Cape Town on 26 February.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 West Indies Match schedule
13 February: vs England, Boland Park, Paarl, 3pm (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica)
15 February: vs India, Newlands, Cape Town, 3pm (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica)
17 February: vs Ireland, Newlands, Cape Town,7pm (1pm Eastern Caribbean/12noon Jamaica)
19 February: vs Pakistan, Boland Park, Paarl, 3pm (9am Eastern Caribbean/8am Jamaica)
