MUM­BAI–Coach Sher­win Camp­bell is ap­peal­ing to West In­dies Women to back their abil­i­ty against high­er ranked teams as they stum­ble in­to the Su­per Six, the sec­ond round of the ICC Women's World Cup.

West In­dies are in Cut­tack for their open­ing game in the Su­per Six phase against South Africa, to­day.

Camp­bell has ex­pressed con­cern about his play­ers' men­tal at­ti­tude and be­lieves it is linked to un­pre­dictable bat­ting which near­ly sent them crash­ing out at the group stage.

"They have to be­lieve in them­selves and back them­selves to do well against these high­er ranked teams and I think that's the key go­ing for­ward from here," said Camp­bell.

"We got to be hon­est with our­selves and back our­selves to be able to per­form against these top teams."

West In­dies Women nar­row­ly squeezed in­to the Su­per Six on a su­pe­ri­or net run rate to In­dia af­ter beat­ing Sri Lan­ka and los­ing to the host and Eng­land.

"Our main fo­cus is the teams that are ranked above us," the Windies women coach said.

"I think it's a mat­ter of re­mind­ing the play­ers of their abil­i­ty and that they are good enough to be here."

Seam­ers Anya Shrub­sole and Ar­ran Brindle shared sev­en wick­ets to en­gi­neer a West In­dies bat­ting col­lapse of 101 off 36.4 overs.

Kyshona Knight top scored with 33 and all-rounder Shanel Da­ley was un­beat­en on 30 as West In­dies crashed to 31 for six, be­fore los­ing the last four wick­ets for 12 runs.

"I don't think the pitch is bad. I don't think they bowled that well. Most of the dis­missals were from balls that the oth­er teams would dis­patch," said Camp­bell.

"I think it's more men­tal and we need to back our­selves against these high­er ranked teams and be­lieve in our abil­i­ty that we can beat them as well."

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