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Originally Posted by Warfaze
Thank you again. But I just don't want to be over confident and over react. The way we are celebrating, seems we won against main team. You are right that it may boost up our team morality but as we are very emotional in nature we need to calm down and should wait for a win against any main team. If we start to perform like previous, our cricket will be in trouble.
You are looking all the things from a very optimistic point of view. But judging our previous record I don't want to be over optimistic. We perform good previously but we failed to keep that performance. That's why I want to keep my foot on ground.
Have a Nice Time. 
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No worries mate, I hear where you're coming from. But you may be underestimating how important winning is to a sportsman's psyche. Think back to when you played sport, in the under-10s, in high school, at uni or socially after uni - which nights were you most psyched, where you felt you could beat anyone and anything seemed possible? After a win I reckon. Winning is infectious, and does wonders for one's mental state. So what if the team was substandard? It's still a win, achieved under conditions similar to that which the other team faced. If winning was so easy the other team should've done it too.
I hear you about the WI team being underpowered, but you can only play who's in front of you, and your goal is to beat them. So far your team has done all expected of it. As long as they keep their feet on the ground and keep wanting to improve on their performances, and have management staff holding them accountable for their performances, that's all you can ask of them.
Cricket is as much mental as physical. I will go so far as to say that if your team can sweep its Caribbean adventure, that will be a huge benefit from a mental point of view and will help you in the future, no matter who they played against. You can only play - and beat - who is in front of you.