A Meteor shower puts out Queensland’s Fire
THE ACT Meteors are back on the winners list, comfortably defeating the Queensland Fire in yesterday’s Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) clash. The Meteors got sent into bat, and that proved a fruitful decision for Queensland when they nabbed their first wicket in the fourth over to leave the Meteors at 1/7. Only two runs […]
Tigers take out Scorpions’ sting
TASMANIA’S great run in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) continued yesterday, defeating South Australia by five wickets and further entrenching its hold on second place on the WNCL ladder. The South Australians chose to bat first, but it proved to be not a fruitful one early when they lost their first wicket with only […]
NSW Breaks WA to remain undefeated
THE NSW Breakers’ season just keeps marching on, this time defeating Western Australia to the tune of eight wickets. The West Australians batted first, and without Amy Edgar they would have been in a lot of trouble. She was a linchpin of the innings, and without her 85 not out they would have been nowhere […]
Vic reignites Spirit to put out Queensland’s Fire
VICTORIA is finally on the board in the 2021/22 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season, after defeating Queensland to register its first win by 64 runs yesterday thanks to a Sam Bates five-fa. Batting first, they made an okay start to their innings, before losing a few quick wickets to find themselves at 3/53. It […]
Priest and Villani to the rescue as the Tigers roar again
TASMANIA continued its strong run in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL), defeating the ACT Meteors by 19 runs on Wednesday. The Tigers batted first in Canberra, and after her game high knock against the Western Australians, Emma Manix-Geeves wasn’t able to repeat her performance this time around and fell cheaply. Things then steadied as […]
Demons to face Blues in Women’s Premier 1sts decider
THE semi-finals of the 2021/22 Women’s Premier 1sts competition produced quite different results, but we still have our two Grand Finalists for this season. Melbourne beat Box Hill in a very comfortable fashion, and they will face Grand Final debutants Carlton next weekend in the decider, after bad weather played in their favour. Melbourne vs […]
Need an innings linchpin? Ask Manix-Geeves
A PIVOTING innings from Tasmanian opener Emma Manix-Geeves has guided Tasmania to a five-wicket win over Western Australia on Sunday. Meeting on neutral territory at Kippax Oval in Canberra, the Tigers sent WA in to bat before chasing down the 188-run target with five overs to spare. Manix-Geeves’ game-high knock of 68 (125) proved the […]
Clobbering Coyte helps Tigers tame Vics
A BARNSTORMING rear-guard knock from Sarah Coyte has helped Tasmania defeat Victoria by 47 runs on Wednesday. In an all-round performance worthy of player of the match honours, the former Australian international hit 69no and snared 3-39 to guide the Tigers’ assault on Junction Oval. Batting first, the visitors were rattled early and fell to […]
de Broughe bash brings Scorpions two-peat
A PERSONAL best Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) knock from South Australia young gun Emma de Broughe has guided the Scorpions to an 86-run win over Western Australia on Tuesday. The result means SA has gone two from two in three days against its Western adversary. Batting first at Karen Rolton Oval, the 21-year-old top […]
Scorpions sting Warriors in WNCL opener
AFTER border closures meant that both sides had to wait a while for their first match this season, it was South Australia who got their season off to an ideal start with a win over Western Australia. The Scorpions didn’t take long to get the first wicket on the board, when Chloe Piparo was caught […]
