chennai deandra dottin is hard to miss during a west indies womens team practice session she strikes the ball cleanly packs immense power in each of her shots and when it comes to the fielding drills deandra hits the stumps with regularity and its no surprise that the 24yearold from barbados is the trump card of the sidei like calling myself the female chris gayle said deandra who has scored the only century in womens t20s so far and that too in 38 balls gayle had hit a century in a t20 in 50odd deliveries while i did so in lesser number of balls he congratulated me after that which was sweet says deandra incidentally gayle too scored the first t20 century back in the 2007 world cupbut deandra idolizes sir viv richards when i was very young i had a chance to see his video clippings more than the runs he scored the way he would walk to the crease and take the attack to the opposition was just truly inspirational he took charge from the word go and that was the game for me she points outwhile deandra doesnt copy anyone she believes her own style has been to make every ball count i would like to be in command from the very first ball if the ball is meant to be hit i will ensure i give it a go she mentions the defining feature of deandras batting is the way she brings those broad shoulders into play i had participated in the u17 carifta caribbean free trade association games winning silver in javelin throw back in 2005 i also won gold in shot put javelin and discus throw in the tournament two years laterbut once the cricket bug bit me there was no looking back deandra reveals the secret of her shouldersdeandra cousin of former west indies cricketer and current england team bowling coach ottis gibson doesnt mind seeking inputs from him whenever they meet up he knows my game well and has seen me closely she says with countries like australia and england kicking off womens t20 leagues deandra believes it has given womens cricket a big push