Stats Central: 2025 Women’s Under 19 World Cup
LAST weekend saw the second ever Women’s Under 19 World Cup finish up, with India emerging champions once again. Now that the tournament is over, it is time to take a look at the final statistics and recognise the best individual efforts of the tournament. Batting Unsurprisngly, Indians dominated the batting stats. Player of both […]
Queensland puts one foot in final, but can’t rest yet
QUEENSLAND has further cemented its place at the top of the WNCL ladder after another win over South Australia, this time by 40 runs. After posting 7/327, Queensland then restricted its opponent to just 287 before bowling South Australia out. Much of Queensland’s success with the bat can be credited to Grace Harris and Charli […]
Tassie repeats history to shake up standings
TASMANIA has made it two wins from as many WNCL games against the ACT, this time downing the Meteors by eight wickets at Bellerive Oval yesterday. After the Meteors were bowled out for just 53, the Tigers then reached that target with more than 20 overs to spare. In the hindsight of post-match, the fact […]
Young gun, loveable larrikin take out top gongs
LAST night was the night of nights of Australian cricket, with the Australian Cricket Awards night being held in Melbourne. The two big awards on the night were the Belinda Clark Award and the Allan Border Medal, with both the eventual winners of those awards hardly a surprise to those in the room or to […]
India claims back-to-back U19 World Cups
INDIA is the back-to-back Under 19 Women’s World Cup champion, after defeating South Africa by nine wickets to win the 2025 edition. A stellar bowling display form the Indians saw them restrict South Africa to all out for 82, before reaching the target themselves in the 12th over. Player of the Match honours went to […]
Tigers pounce to keep season faintly alive
TASMANIA has picked up an important win to stay alive in the race for the WNCL Final, after defeating the ACT by 103 runs. Tasmania made 6/284 from its 50 overs, before bowling the ACT out for just 181. Tasmania did not have the most convincing of starts to its innings, but a 114 run […]
Aussies rewrite history and spin their way to a clean sweep
AUSTRALIA has recorded the first clean sweep of the Women’s Ashes series after winning the test match by an innings and 122 runs. After Beth Mooney etched her name into the history books in the morning, more stellar bowling from Alana King and Ash Gardner helped the Aussies quickly rip through the English batting line-up. […]
Aussies out as South Africa and India reach U19 final
YESTERDAY saw the semi-finals of the 2025 Under 19 World Cup take place, and although some teams saw déjà vu, it was not always for positive reasons. South Africa vs Australia Australia has crashed out of the Under 19 World Cup at the semi-final stage for the second edition in a row, this time losing […]
Scintillating Sutherland solidifies Australia’s superiority
IT WAS Annabel Sutherland who stole the show on day two of the 2025 Women’s Ashes Test, as the young star became the first women’s test centurion at the MCG and the Aussies further cemented their control of the match. Day two of action began with some spin, as Sophie Ecclestone was given first responsibilities […]
Slow and steady doesn’t get England far as Aussies on top early
DAY one of the historic 2025 Women’s Ashes test saw Australia in a pretty comfortable position for just about the entire day. Australia won the toss and decided to have a bowl, and was rewarded almost instantly when Maia Bouchier nicked one behind to Beth Mooney, and she was back in the pavilion and […]
Deja vu as Vics win another thriller
VICTORIA has pulled off a second narrow WNCL win over Western Australia in three days, this time saluting by one wicket. Western Australia first made 8/275 from its 50 overs, before Victoria then reached that target with merely two balls to spare in its innings. Mikayla Hinkley was the leader with the bat for WA, […]
Aussies conquered as Super Sixes wrap up
IN A contrast to the previous day’s action, yesterday’s matches at the Under 19 World Cup produced a pair of narrow results as the Super Sixes stage came to a conclusion. Australia vs Sri Lanka The seemingly unconquerable Australians have been conquered, with Sri Lanka pulling off a shock 12-run win to end its tournament […]
