WI v Aus, Women's World T20 2016 final, Kolkata April 2, 2016

Can Taylor live up to her 'champion' promise?

West Indies have been enterprising, but there is that tentativeness of first-timers in their ranks as they gear up to face three-time champions Australia

A team looking for a four-peat and another looking to score with their first attempt. Australia versus West Indies on Sunday, for the 2016 Women's World Twenty20, feels different to previous finals.

Perhaps because previous showdowns have felt like two of the world's very best slugging it out. Australia arrive like locals: they know what they want to order and have nabbed the winner's booth on the last three occasions. West Indies have never been here before and, between cycling through their options and seeing what's good, there is that tentativeness of first-timers.

Stafanie Taylor, the West Indies captain, says it will allow them to be fearless. But nothing highlights the difference in mindset and sense of deserving quite like the two dances that are associated with both teams.

This tournament's ear worm and corresponding celebration has, yet again, been brought to us by the West Indies men. Champion, a Dwayne Bravo ditty, has become the soundtrack in their run to the final. And yet, the women have come just as far without so much of a double fist-pump.

With both West Indies teams sharing semi-final and final venues, the players have spent a lot of time together. As well as exchanging tips on how to approach batting against a disciplined Australian attack, Bravo had one complaint for Taylor. They weren't "Champion"-ing enough.

They are a separate team with their own moves. Each wicket against New Zealand was greeted with various two-steps and skips. Shamila Connell took out Rachel Priest' off-stump and broke it down. It's certainly no Champion. In fact, it's almost as if they've been trying to avoid it. West Indies men have co-opted Champion, and Champion seems to have co-opted the women, whether they like it or not.

There's an element of convincing themselves that they deserve to be here. It's not so much in their performances, which have warranted a final berth, but in Taylor's word's. She was bullish - "we're not intimidated at all" - and also coy: "we've never been to any final before so, for us, to get this one would be like a dream come true". In between, her admiration for the opposition came through too.

Stafanie Taylor has promised to emulate the men's team and bring out the 'champion' dance should they stop Australia from winning their fourth Women's World T20 title © IDI/Getty Images

As for Australia, they have taken the opportunity to embrace a craze that speaks of their dominance. The dab.

Hailing from the Atlanta hip hop scene, the dab is a dance move which, basically, involves sneezing to the beat. It's a simple maneuver, which involves leaning into the crux of your elbow with a sharp twitch. It moved from the street corners to the screens and, now, has started to come into professional sport.

It's an expression of confidence. A nod to your own brilliance: almost as if that things are going so good right now that you just can't keep it in. The phrase is "dab on 'em folks". Essentially, show them why you're the best. Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton dabs. LeBron James has been known to dab. Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba is football's lead dabber.

When Australia thumped Ireland by seven wickets in the group stages, Megan Schutt dabbed. She hadn't enjoyed the best of starts, going for three consecutive fours in her first over. Isobel Joyce, the Ireland captain, decided to try and walk across her stumps to inflict a bit more grief. But Schutt saw what was happening, fired one in straight and trapped Joyce lbw. She appealed, then roared in celebration. Then she dabbed.

It seems fitting that Australia, and Schutt, would bring it to cricket. The 23-year-old is one of the game's brightest stars at the moment, with an ability to move the ball both ways and a strong nerve.

Against England in the semi-final, she was entrusted to bowl the penultimate over. Wih 21 to defended, she was hit for four off the first ball by Katherine Brunt. Off the next ball, she cramped her for room and knocked out the middle stump. The ball after, she chased an overthrow to the non-striker and affected a direct hit at the other end to get rid of Jenny Gunn. The word you are looking for is "clutch".

While Schutt will be key to Australia's bowling fortunes again, there's no talk of dreams coming true in Australia's camp. Meg Lanning is leading a group of players who are on the cusp of becoming the first Australian cricket team to win four global events in a row. "We love winning as a side," she said. "We're a very competitive side and anything we do we want to win."

So far, West Indies have been helped by the form of a select few in Taylor and Deandra Dottin. Australia can point to the fact that almost everyone is pulling their weight.

Australia will look to put a dab on. As for West Indies, well Taylor has made a Champion promise: "If we do win, we're going to be doing it. A lot."

Vithushan Ehantharajah is a sportswriter for ESPNcricinfo, the Guardian, All Out Cricket and Yahoo Sport

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