Dubai, May 27 -- A decade after the West Indies lifted the ICC Women's T20 World Cup trophy in Kolkata, captain Hayley Matthews believes the side has the potential to script another memorable chapter.

West Indies head into the upcoming T20 World Cup carrying mixed emotions from recent ICC events. They narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the 2024 edition after a closesemi-final defeat to New Zealand, while also failing to qualify for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup.

"Failing to qualify for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup last year hit us hard. Everyone who was there certainly felt it, and we don't want to go through a feeling like that again," Matthews wrote in her ICC column.

Matthews believes those experiences have stren...