West Indies Female cricketer Cherry-Ann Fraser has described her T20 World Cup experience with the Caribbean team as priceless.
Although not given opportunity to play, the 20-year-old Fraser has said she enjoyed the valuable experience Down Under, in Australia, and believes the onus is on her to be the best version of herself and improve in her game.
“Australia was great! (There were) lots of long hours travelling; nice scenery, and friendly people. However, I took a while to adjust to the different time zones and the atmosphere (hot temperatures, oxygen is much different there). To be exposed to real pressure situations and to even have a first-hand look at what international cricket is, moreso a World Cup, from a personal perspective was just fascinating,” Fraser explained.
Fraser acted as a replacement player when India toured the Caribbean last year, hence this World Cup call-up was very significant. “With the World Cup being my first official call-up to the team, along with exposure to the calibre of players at the highest stage, I think that the bar has already been set high. Therefore, the onus is on me to keep improving to be the best player I can be,” Fraser posited.
Prior to that outing, Fraser had featured in West Indies Women’s training camps, where she had taken her game to a higher level. This seasoned Guyana player, who will be celebrating her 21st birthday in July, has dominated the U-19 level and has been showing great potential at the senior level.
Despite not playing a match, she was still in high spirits to be a part of the team at such a renowned event, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. In that tournament, which saw West Indies playing their first match on February 22, and their last on March 3 (match abandoned), the Caribbean team recorded one win, which came against Thailand; and two losses, against Pakistan and England respectively.
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