“Thankful to Deandra for everything she’s done for West Indies cricket,” Matthews mentioned when requested about her response to Dottin’s resolution. “She’s obviously been a wonderful player for us over the last couple of years, and it’s sad to see her go, but at the same time if it’s something that she’s ready for, then supporting her 100%.”
Matthews mentioned she hadn’t spoken to Dottin earlier than the announcement and that she had “no interpretation” of Dottin’s feedback in regards to the crew tradition and atmosphere.
“There have been many obstacles during my cricket career that I have had to overcome, however, the current climate and team environment has been non-conducive to my ability to thrive and reignite my passion,” Dottin wrote in her announcement. “With much sadness but without regret, I realise that I am no longer able to adhere to team culture and team environment as it has undermined my ability to perform excellently.”
While Matthews mentioned she was “a bit disappointed with the result” towards India, she was happy with what her crew had achieved with a mixture of seven West Indies-capped gamers amongst a clutch of gamers with out prior worldwide skilled.
“I think we put up a really good fight,” Matthews mentioned. “The highlight was our first game against Pakistan and winning one out of three I think is better than a lot of people expected us to do. So although we didn’t have the result we wanted today, I still think we had a great tournament, and the girls were able to learn a lot for sure.
“Hopefully spurs West Indies and the complete Caribbean to wish to put extra into girls’s cricket inside the Caribbean. I believe they’re doing an amazing job now. We simply had our regional event, and if over the following couple of years we will proceed to develop our home set-up, hopefully, we will see some youthful gamers that we had right now having the ability to compete on the highest degree.”
Having had her first taste of international captaincy with Barbados, who secured a place at the Commonwealth Games on the strength of being T20 Blaze champions in 2019, Matthews was keen to carry on with West Indies.
“I’d have discovered rather a lot simply all through these three video games, taking accountability and dealing with plenty of the youthful gamers who weren’t as skilled at this degree,” she said. “The help I’ve gotten from the crew has been wonderful.
“You probably think that the pinnacle of the career is if you can lead out your nation or your country, so I think [it was] definitely something I eyed up. But [I’m] just grateful that I’ve been given the opportunity to lead not only Barbados but the region as well and really humbled by it.”
