WNCL Top Performers: 1/2 October 2022
LAST weekend saw more WNCL action across the country, with four teams in action – ACT, NSW, Queensland and Western Australia. Across the four games there were plenty of star performances, so let us take a look at those now. Brown breaks Warriors If there was an award for Player of the Weekend, it’d have […]
Around the Grounds: The WNCL is back
AS much of the country was enjoy a long weekend of some description, the summer of cricket got underway with the return of the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL). With all teams except reigning champions Tasmania in action over the weekend, let us catch up on all the action across the six matches. WESTERN AUSTRALIA […]
2022/23 WNCL Preview: Western Australia
THE 2022/23 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season is just around the corner, and in anticipation of the new season we are going to take a look at each of the competing teams and where they sit heading into the campaign. The last team, but certainly not the least in the preview series is Western […]
2022/23 WNCL Preview: Queensland
THE 2022/23 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season is just around the corner, and in anticipation of the new season we are going to take a look at each of the competing teams and where they sit heading into the new season. Next up in our preview series are the Queensland Fire. Queensland finally broke […]
Golden girls create golden history
AUSTRALIA have created history, defeating India by nine runs to claim the inaugural women’s cricket Commonwealth Games gold medal. In what was a repeat matchup of the World Cup final from two years ago, not even Covid controversy pre-match could stop the Aussies from putting in a stellar team performance to claim the gold. In […]
Golden girls of Aus through to another decider
AUSTRALIA is through to yet another decider of a major tournament, this time defeating New Zealand by five wickets to book its spot in the Gold Medal match. After being sent into bat, New Zealand got off to a less than ideal start when Suzie Bates got dismissed on the fifth ball of the innings. […]
PREVIEW | 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Semi-Finals
IT HAS reached the pointy end of the first ever 2022 Commonwealth Games cricket competition, with four teams left in the running to win the inaugural Gold Medal. Australia, England, India and New Zealand are the four teams left in the tournament, and although it is no real surprise they are the four that are […]
Mooney and McGrath get Aussies out of tricky situation
THE Aussies have finished the group stage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games undefeated, after defeating Pakistan by 44 runs. Tahlia McGrath starred with both bat and ball as the Australians look ahead to the semi final stage and who they will meet. After electing to bat first, the Aussies found themselves at 2/19 in the […]
Aussies book semi spot with dominant display
AUSTRALIA have bounced back from what was an at times shaky performance against India to destroy Barbados by nine wickets and book their spot in the semi finals. After being sent into bat, the Barbadians had a pretty ok start, one of those ones that could have been better but also could have worse. Once […]
Rain may have not been their friend but the Aussies still come away with Tri Series gold
THE Tri Series for 2022 finished up in Derry overnight, and although Australia officially won the series, the real winner was the rain. A number of the matches were not able to be completed due to inclement weather, but the Australians still flexed their muscles in preparation for the Commonwealth Games, which start later this […]
