Aussie pair’s match-winning knocks deal England first Ashes blow
IN THE first Ashes fixture, it was Australian captain Alyssa Healy, along with the all-rounder Ash Gardner that were crucial to the win against England at North Sydney Oval on Sunday. Winning by four wickets, Australia elected to bowl first, sending England in on what seemed like a solid batting pitch in sunny conditions. The […]
Aussies annihilate Kiwis again to come home with chocolates
AUSTRALIA has whitewashed its ODI series with New Zealand, after winning the third and final match by 75 runs to claim the Rose Bowl Trophy. Following being bowled out for 290 with one over left in their innings, Australia then bowled their hosts out for 215 halfway through the 44th over. The result also means […]
Sutherland creates more history as Australia takes Rose Bowl Trophy lead
IN THE game against New Zealand on Saturday, Annabel Sutherland‘s star continued to rise as she made history to take the Australians closer to a Rose Bowl Trophy series win. Sutherland’s recent form has been sublime, but yesterday’s effort culminated in her becoming the first woman to hit two consecutive ODI centuries batting at number […]
Sutherland posts ODI century as Australia completes the sweep
DESPITE a brilliant century from Smriti Mandhana and a tight economical spell from Arundhati Reddy, Australia prevailed at the WACA by 83 runs on Wednesday night. The Australian Women’s Cricket Team took a clean sweep of their series against India after another comprehensive win in game three. Their big win set-up by all-rounder Annabel Sutherland‘s […]
Ellyse Perry’s historic performance sets up win against India
THERE was a sense of déjà vu for Australia in its second ODI against India with another masterful performance from youngster Georgia Voll, which was paired another experienced star’s career-best figures in Ellyse Perry. This Australian women’s series against India, has been one to remember for a few reasons. It started with Voll’s two first […]
Schutt and Voll lead Australia to crushing win against India
IT was Australia’s young talent and their more experienced core that took hold at Allan Border Field in Brisbane, taking the win by five wickets in the first game of the series. In her first game, all-rounder Georgia Voll (46 off 42 balls) was instrumental in the run chase, while at the other end of […]
Stats Zone: WBBL10 Wrap
NOW THAT the WBBL season has finished for another year, let us take a look at who topped the stats sheets for WBBL10. BATTING The interesting thing about the way the batting stats looked at the conclusion of WBBL10 is that the most runs list looks very different to the highest strike rates list. Firstly, […]
Renegades book finals as Scorchers and Sixers can’t be split
IT WAS back to a double header of action yesterday in the Women’s Big Bash League yesterday, and the two matches produced very different results. SIXERS AND SCORCHERS UNABLE TO BE SPLIT In the first draw of the season, the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers could not be split. Perth was bowled out for 126, […]
Young gun stuns, as her Heat best the Stars
In a tournament that has seen some of the best up-and-coming young talent, it’s Brisbane Heat bowler Lucy Hamilton that was the headlining act in Sunday’s action. She claimed 5/8 against the Melbourne Stars, a spell which included the wickets of Yastika Bhatia, Annabel Sutherland, Meg Lanning, Tess Flintoff and Deepti Sharma. Taking five of […]
Heat defy odds to come away with desired result
THE BRISBANE Heat have pulled off an unlikely win, defending a low total to beat the Sydney Sixers by 12 runs in yesterday’s Women’s Big Bash League action. Brisbane only made 9/139, but it proved to be enough as the Sixers could only make 8/127. The Heat actually got off to a really good start, […]
