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The 18 year old right arm pace bowler is soaking up every opportunity while she is on tour and is learning a lot from the senior players. “The girls in the team and the management staff have all been very welcoming, which has made my start a smooth road,” she said. “Our senior players in the camp are gold. They’ve helped me out in all areas of the game both on and off the field. It’s all good learning experience for me.”
The White Ferns play Pakistan tomorrow morning before they progress through to the semi finals. Broadmore said the initial nerves have now turned to excitement in the White Ferns camp, but overall they are optimistic about bringing home the silverware. “As a team we all had a few nerves going into our first pool match but as we proceeded through all the nerves were out of our system,” she said. “It’s an exciting time ahead, and I can’t wait until the game. It will be a very cool experience!”
Broadmore, who is known among her team mates as being quite mellow and relaxed, was full of nerves before their first round match, but as the tournament has gone on she has been able to stay relatively calm. “For me to be nervous isn’t normal!” she laughed. “I’m a pretty cool, calm and relaxed person and take things as they come. But those relaxed feelings could be a little different before the semi and hopefully final game days!”
Down time is so important when it comes to preparation for big games. The White Ferns are currently staying at the Marriott Resort, and Broadmore said the players are taking it easy before they have to focus on big game days. “The feeling in the camp is relaxed, especially staying where we are! But I think there will be a mixture of feelings again when the semi final day comes around.”
The West Indies have been the dark horse of the competition and having the home town advantage has helped. They recently knocked out last year’s winner England and will progress through the ranks. The White Ferns were defeated by the West Indies in the warm up match and Broadmore is keeping an eye on the home town heroes. “As we all know in the back of our minds the West Indies got up and won against us and we know that some of their players can hit the ball big,” Broadmore said. “But we are feeling confident that we have done all the right preparation and that we have down our homework.”
She knows as well, that if the public in New Zealand can get behind them, then they can deliver the goods and bring home the silverware. “Keep watching us and support us and believing in as. We are all a happy camp at the moment and we would like to thank you all for the support!
“Come on the White Ferns!”
Quick questions
You debuted this season, what has been your best cricketing moment to date?
Best cricketing moment for me so far on tour has been my first catch in international cricket. When we were over in Australia earlier this year for the Rose Bowl I never got a catch hit to me in the five Twenty20 games we played. So in our first pool game against India I took my first catch running around in off the boundary. I was a happy camper!
Have you witnessed/experienced anything interesting outside of cricket so far?
There are a few that come straight to mind. First of all, there are no road markings on the road, animals all over the show on the road. When driving around everyone just sits on their horns, tooting at everyone all the time, getting people to move etc. And the type of clothes the women wear. They aren't afraid of showing their body image, compared to New Zealanders we tend to wear baggier clothing! And I must mention that every woman over here all have big bottoms!
Who’s your roomy and how’s that going?
Liz Perry was the lucky team member to be my roomy. When we first arrived at the Marriot and got our rooms Liz and I walk in thinking all the rooms were all the same, but not to be! We have the BEST room of the lot! It’s like a mini flat. It has a huge lounge, extra tv and double ensuite, Lucky us! We are good match, both good sleepers, eaters, etc. no fights so far - touch wood!
