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"There are 15 players (who are under contract). It's only

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a small amount of money but if you ask all the 15 girls, they don't play for the money, they play for the love of the game," Fields added. The 28-year old said after a disappointing campaign in 2009, the team believed they could win the coveted trophy before coming into the tournament. "I honestly believed we could win it. When we came into the tournament, our goal was to be number one and win the trophy. I felt if we didn't do that, we would have underperformed," she said. On a track which had earlier registered all three wins for the side batting first for a day-night game, Fields said it was important to win the toss after losing it on multiple occasions. "It was important. I think I was two from six coming into the tie so there was little bit of pressure on me to win one and it was great to do that and get out there and bat 259 which was a great score to get. One of the best innings we have had and to take that confidence into our bowling to put the West Indies under pressure," she said. Fields heaped praises on pace spearhead Ellyse Perry who hadn't fully recovered from her ankle injury and said, "I was nervous for a moment there and I thought hopefully it's a glitch and she will get through it (when she found it difficult to get her run up). "It just shows what a star she is. She forgot about the pain and kept bowling for us and took three wickets. That is why she is one of the leading wicket takers in the world." Australian women now have a one-match Ashes game in England and Fields said it would be nice to have other nations also playing Test Cricket. "It will be good to see other nations involved. We will get to see West Indies play or India play Test matches. But I guess that is upto their boards. To see more Test cricket being played in women's cricket would be exciting," she said.

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First Published: Feb 19 2013 | 1:25 PM IST

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