West Indies Women: Potential overload

Wins by 8 wickets against Ireland and 25 runs against Pakistan demonstrated a level of professionalism that has, to a degree, eluded them in the past. Across the two games, two drops and a few misfields were rare blemishes on an otherwise dominant performance, leaving observers full of hope for the future.

West Indies head coach Shane Deitz had stated before the tri-series that he wanted to focus on maximising the powerplay and getting beyond the 45-run mark; his thinking clearly being that West Indies trust themselves to go strong if the platform is set at the top. 

Against both Ireland (37/2) and Pakistan (61/1), there were signs of that intent. And as the chase against Ireland was a meagre 104, you could argue that 37/2 laid the foundation before Matthews went into overdrive beyond the powerplay to win the game inside 11 overs.