Caribbean Beat — November/December 2018 (#154)
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need to know<br />
Photo by Mark Nolan <strong>—</strong>CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images<br />
Merissa Aguilleira on the field<br />
Opposite page The victorious<br />
West Indies team at the 2016<br />
ICC Women’s World Twenty20<br />
tournament<br />
Word of Mouth<br />
“When other teams play<br />
against the West Indies,<br />
they come hard”<br />
Laura Dowrich finds out how the West Indies women’s cricket team is preparing<br />
for the <strong>2018</strong> ICC Women’s T20 Cricket Championship, running for two weeks<br />
across the region in <strong>November</strong><br />
This isn’t the first time the West Indies<br />
have hosted the ICC Women’s T20<br />
Cricket Championship, but in <strong>2018</strong><br />
the tournament is being held as a<br />
standalone <strong>—</strong> that is, not alongside<br />
the men’s championship, but as the<br />
main event. As expected, the West<br />
Indies women are excited, not only to<br />
play before their countrypeople, but<br />
also to keep the trophy in the region.<br />
Batswoman, wicketkeeper, former<br />
team captain, and overall motivator<br />
Merissa Aguilleira tells us how the team<br />
has been preparing, and why fans’<br />
support is so crucial.<br />
How do you feel about the West<br />
Indies hosting the T20 tournament<br />
again?<br />
I am pretty excited. It’s always a good<br />
experience to play in front of your<br />
home crowd, it is more motivational. I<br />
truly believe the preparation over the<br />
past four months will pay off.<br />
You are the reigning champs <strong>—</strong><br />
what would winning the trophy<br />
again mean to you and the other<br />
players?<br />
It would mean that 2016 was not a<br />
fluke. A lot of people were leaning<br />
towards Australia, and we came out<br />
there with one mission, to bring it<br />
home. Winning a second time, in front<br />
of our home crowd, history would be<br />
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