Samuels hails skills-specific camp forward of World Cup

Assistant West Indies Ladies’s coach, Robert Samuels, believes the embattled regional facet is “transferring in the fitting route”, following the profitable completion of an almost two-week camp right here Thursday.

Samuels defined that coaches had been capable of drill down on the “specifics” of all of the related disciplines, and mentioned gamers responded favorably all through the camp.

“This camp was about engaged on abilities. We’ve got been working with the gamers on particular abilities – batting, bowling, and fielding – particular abilities. We’re focusing on particular issues,” mentioned the previous West Indies opener.

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“Principally, for instance, the place you discipline – are you some extent fielder, a boundary rider. We’re doing it a bit of bit extra. We’ve got completed it previously however we try to place folks within the place and making an attempt to get them to be the very best that they are often in that place.

“Whether or not they’re a batter – opening batter, center order, quick bowler, spinner … principally this camp was a abilities camp [catering] particularly to the abilities of the women that we had been working with.”

West Indies Ladies have struggled in latest instances, each within the One-Day Worldwide and Twenty20 codecs.

Earlier this month, they suffered a 4-1 hammering by the hands of touring New Zealand Ladies in a five-match T20I sequence, following on from their 2-1 defeat to the identical opponents earlier in September.

They’ve received solely two of their final 10 ODI sequence and three of their final 10 T20 sequence, leaving them ranked sixth in ODIs and seventh in T20s.

Subsequent 12 months, West Indies Ladies journey to South Africa for the T20 World Cup from February 10-26, and Samuels believes the camp has served a key position within the preparation for this international showpiece.

“From what I’m seeing we’re transferring in the fitting route,” Samuels famous.

“I assumed we acquired so much out of the camp, much more understanding, and the gamers recognize the work that was completed.”

-CMC