Pakistan women’s cricket team is confident about putting up a good show against West Indies during their next match in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup in South Africa.
Pakistan will face West Indies in Paarl, tomorrow (Sunday), which is a crucial clash for both sides.
“It is a very important match, it is crucial to stay alive in this tournament and we have had very good preparation for it,” Aiman was quoted as saying by the ICC.
“We are confident after the Ireland victory that if we play with our full potential in this match, we can win the match.
“I think the West Indies team are very good and every player in their team is a striker so we can never take them easy.”
Pakistan, who have two points after two games, could improve their chances of qualification for the final four with a win against West Indies. Their last group stage match is against current table toppers England.
Aiman also feels that Boland Park provides a fair pitch for both batting and bowling.
“Yes, I think the wicket was supportive for both the batters and the bowlers. It's about the execution and who absorbs the pressure best,” she said while recalling Pakistan’s warm-up match against South Africa at the venue.
“We had a match against South Africa there, we did well in the batting but we were unable to stop them in the power play.
“But then we made a strong comeback so we have high beliefs that if we play up to our potential, we can always perform well on any wicket.”
With win over Ireland on Friday, West Indies have a slim chance of progression from Group 2 after defeats against England and India.
But in order to stay in the race for the knockout stages, they must defeat Pakistan, buoyed by their own victory over Ireland after Muneeba Ali’s incredible 102.
West Indies’ Shemaine Campbelle insists that her side will not let the pressure get the better of them.
“Obviously we're not going to think about that much to add any pressure on ourselves,” said Campbelle.
“It's just to go out and play the brand of cricket that we can play and just doing the basic things right.
“Then we can just play the cricket that we know we can play and at the end of the day the results will come.
“They come in with a win, we also have a win so I think both teams have that confidence but it's just for us to go out and apply ourselves and just play the brand of cricket that we know we can play.”