England possesses an impressive record at a home ICC Women's World Cup, winning the competition on both the previous occasions in 1973 and 1993, as well as in Sydney in 2009 with eyes on Heather Knight and her team, bidding for a fourth crown. "Our last global (women's) event was won by the West Indies", International Cricket Council chief executive David Richardson told AFP during a conference call earlier this week. Sana's side is in a similar position, qualifying through the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in February, and now ranked seventh in the world.
"I know that it's easier to be more competitive in the Twenty20 format than it is in the 50-over one, but I think this tournament will show the talent that is available out there", the former South Africa wicket-keeper added.
"Our fans are the best in the world and we can't wait to get out there and perform in front of them". Meanwhile West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor accepted her team needed a different approach compared to the one that served them so well in Twenty20 cricket.
"It was something that was needed for the country, we're such a sports loving country and we have been looking for a big win for a long time now so it's fantastic and the people are very happy". They will next face hosts England at the same venue on Tuesday before the big clash against India on July 2 in Derbyshire.
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Their Antipodean rivals are chasing an unprecedented seventh title but England come into this tournament on the back of encouraging warm-up wins over Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
India: Mithali Raj (captain), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Mansi Joshi, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Mona Meshram, Nuzhat Parween, Shikha Pandey, Punam Raut, Deepti Sharma, Sushma Verma and Poonam.
The women's game, has evolved so much since then, that full-time contracts, players travelling around the world and the new women's t20 competiton, started a year ago, have all made the game as good as the men's format.
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