BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies Women’s bowlers will have to do a better job at containing Australia’s explosive batting lineup if they are to stand a chance of making a comeback against them in the ongoing One Day International series.
The visitors produced a superb batting performance in Friday’s opener at Warner Park on their way to registering a comfortable 103-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.
Six of Australia’s first seven batters scored above 40 to give their side a solid start, and they helped them post a massive total of 341.
Even though Taylor delivered with the bat by scoring an unbeaten 105 – her eighth WODI century – no other batter scored 40 as the Windies reached 238 for eight in their 50 overs.
Speaking after the match, Taylor, who also took two wickets with her part-time off spin, said the bowlers needed to be on target against the top-ranked ODI women’s side in the world.
“With Australia batting first, they are going to come hard at us. We need to bowl well, and I think that’s going to be the key.
“Their batters are in good nick, and they do hustle between the wickets, and they do push you, so I believe that we have to come good with the ball,” Taylor said.
“We’ve won a few games against them and especially at home, so hopefully, if we can get a few wins here at home, it would be really nice.
Despite the result, Taylor admitted it felt good to score a century against Australia, finally. She said that while it would have been even more special if it had resulted in a win, it felt good to spend some time at the crease.
“I literally said to myself,’ long overdue’. I think against Australia, I’ve gotten close to making a 100 but never really crossed the line, so it was nice and nice to spend some time at the wicket.
“We didn’t get the win that we wanted. I’m a big disappointment in that. I wish we had someone in the middle to boost the middle with me batting through, but a 100 is a great feeling,” Taylor said.
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