PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – Beating Australia at any form of cricket is always a major triumph and West Indies’ women conquered that particular challenge wonderfully well in the International Cricket Council’s Women’s World Cup semifinal to earn a berth in Sunday’s final. In praising her team for the success during the Super 6 matches, captain Merissa Aguillera identified the team effort made by the women as being of signal importance: this was no one-woman show, but rather the result of consistency amongst the players and the understanding that everyone has to make an effort. That spirit and effort were comprehensively displayed in the game against New Zealand, when leading run-getter Stephanie Taylor, who is the ICC 2012 ODI Cricketer of the Year, was short of runs. Into the gap flowed Shanel Daley and Anisa Mohammed, to give the team the impetus for victory.
