Winners go bang but not all were expected
DAY TWO of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup saw contrasting fortunes for the favourites of the two matches. South Africa wallops Windies South Africa got its campaign off to the perfect start, absolutely destroying the West Indies to the tune of a 10-wicket win. After restricting their opponents to 6/118 off its 20 overs, […]
Queensland thumps WA to secure first win of the WNCL season
QUEENSLAND have secured its first win of the Women’s National Cricket League season with an emphatic win against Western Australia. Taking the bonus points as a result of the eight-wicket win, Queensland’s bowlers were ruthless, bowling out WA for just 81 runs. Nicola Hancock got the first WA wicket of the day, taking out Chloe […]
Opening day smiles go to neighbouring nations
THE 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup got underway overnight, with Pakistan and Bangladesh coming away with the wins on day one of competition. Bangladesh skittles Scotland Bangladesh was the first side to pick up a win this tournament, beating Scotland by 16 runs in the tournament opener. Setting the Scots 120 for the win, the […]
Australia make it two from two in World Cup warm-ups
AUSTRALIA will start its campaign for a fourth consecutive ICC T20 Women’s World Cup title on Saturday night against Sri Lanka. After facing both England and the West Indies in warm-up games on Monday and Tuesday (Dubai time), Australia will be confident in their ability to make decent headway at the tournament after strong performances. […]
PREVIEW | 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup
IT IS the eve of yet another World Cup, with the Women’s T20 tournament set to kick off tomorrow, Australian time. It was originally supposed to be happening in Bangladesh, but due to security concerns has been transferred to first-time hose, UAE. In a case of history repeating once again, Australia comes into this tournament […]
NSW Breaks Queensland to put out the Fire again
FOR THE second time in three days New South Wales has defeated Queensland, this time by two wickets. After bowling Queensland out for 216, the Breakers cut it fine but reached the target with 21 balls to spare in their innings. There were some sizeable partnerships in the Queensland partnership, but nothing that really stood […]
New SA recruit stars in run chase against ACT
IN the second fixture in three days between these sides, it was the South Australian Women who chased down the ACT Meteors’ total with 7.3 overs spare. Player of the Match, Ellie Johnston (65 not out) played a terrific innings, taking her new side to the top of the WNCL ladder at the conclusion of […]
Lower-order batting duo’s stand brings up SA Women’s opening win
IN what was both sides’ opening Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) match, it was South Australia that was victorious in front of a home crowd at Karen Rolton Oval. It defeated the ACT Meteors by 97 runs, due to the lower order batting of Jemma Barsby and Eleanor Larosa. Batting first, SA put 284 runs […]
NSW put out the Fire to cause upset
NEW South Wales has made a perfect start to its 2024/25 WNCL campaign with a four-wicket win over Queensland yesterday. Queensland made 9/266 off its 50 overs, before NSW reached the target with exactly two overs to spare. The Fire had a rough start to their innings, falling to 2/34 inside the first seven and […]
Tassie topple Western Australia again to repeat history
TASMANIA has made it a clean sweep against Western Australia to start its 2024/25 WNCL campaign after winning by a sole wicket yesterday. Western Australia was bowled out for 215, and although Tasmania cut it very fine, the reigning champions ultimately won with nine balls to spare. After a pretty cheap start to its innings, […]
