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Christchurch [New Zealand], February 26 (ANI): New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine is beneath a unique form of strain as she leads her staff at a house World Cup, together with the opening match in opposition to the West Indies on March 4.
Devine and her White Ferns teammates are impressed by the New Zealand groups of the previous as they go in the hunt for silverware.
“We all know if we play a very thrilling model of cricket that we will get the entire nation behind. That is going to go away a legacy. I believe it is one thing that the BLACKCAPS did significantly nicely in 2015. They actually did have the entire nation behind them and we’re hoping we will do one thing comparable in igniting the eagerness that so many Kiwis have for his or her sport and hopefully they’ll get behind us as nicely,” mentioned Devine throughout a digital press convention.
The final time New Zealand hosted a Women’s World Cup they got here away champions, and Devine has fond reminiscences of the 2000 triumph.
“That was most likely one of many first instances I would watched ladies’s cricket on TV and it isn’t a foul one to observe. There’s a lot of us gamers that had been impressed by these gamers who performed in that event and it is fairly unbelievable to suppose now right here we’re, some 20 odd years later, internet hosting our personal World Cup event with the chance to hopefully replicate what they did again in 2000,” mentioned Devine.
The entire of the Bangladesh facet will make their debuts at a one-day World Cup as 2022 marks the nation’s first look. For captain Nigar Sultana and her staff, it’s a likelihood to place their apply to good use.
“I believe this can be a huge alternative for all of us. We have been working so onerous for this and that is our first-ever World Cup. I believe if we might do nicely right here, it will likely be an excellent second in Bangladesh cricket. We got here a bit early simply because we needed to evaluate the wickets and the situations as a result of we’ve by no means performed right here in New Zealand situations,” mentioned Sultana.
“So, we’ve had a variety of high quality apply periods right here, we are attempting to evaluate the wicket and within the situations, I believe our ladies have accomplished very nicely,” she added.
Sultana has additionally been capable of name on the information of the Bangladesh males’s facet, which performed in New Zealand earlier this yr.
“We do have some good relations with among the gamers in order that they shared a variety of expertise in regards to the situation and the way we will the play right here. I believe it’ll assist us within the apply matches and the primary matches as nicely,” mentioned Sultana. (ANI)
