MUMBAI, India (CMC) — West Indies Women are determined to break their semi-final jinx when they clash with New Zealand Women in the second semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup at Wankhede Stadium here today.

The Caribbean side have never reached a T20 World Cup final, having fallen at the final four at each of the last three events, and Captain Stafanie Taylor believes her side is poised to finally get over this mental hurdle.

“Today in training, I actually said at the meeting that I think this in the fourth time that we will be in the semi-finals, and this time around it’s not actually against Australia, so I think maybe that’s a plus for us,” Taylor told a media conference here yesterday.

In 2012 they went out to Australia Women when the tournament was hosted in Sri Lanka, and were beaten again by the Aussies two years later in Bangladesh.

This time around the Windies Women have a special belief which has been further bolstered by the success of the Under-19 West Indies team at the ICC Youth World Cup in Bangladesh earlier this year.

“We’ve been talking about this since the time the Under-19s won the tournament. It’s more like an inspiration for us,” Taylor noted.

West Indies Women have been impressive, losing just one game en route to the semi-finals. While their batting has been dodgy, it has been their bowling which has been key to their success.

In their opening game against Pakistan Women, they managed to defend 103 and win by four runs and against England Women, they nearly defended 108, losing off the last ball of the game.

Taylor, meanwhile, has been the most consistent batter with scores of 40, 40, 35 and 47 at the top of the order, while those around her have struggled.