Mixed day for the two sides of Sydney’s WBBL divide
YESTERDAY’s action in the WBBL brought very different results for the two Sydney sides, with the Thunder making it two consecutive wins, while the Stars their first victory of the campaign. Thunder make it two on the trot with huge score The Sydney Thunder have made it two wins in as many days after defeating […]
Carey catapults ‘Canes to first up win
IN WHAT was the first WBBL|10 game for the Hobart Hurricanes and the Sydney Thunder last night, it was the former that won in front of a home crowd at Ninja Stadium. Batting first, the Hurricanes set a total of 141 off their 20 overs with seven wickets in the shed. In the batting innings, […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: Day Seven
IN THE last day of regular matches before the semi-finals on Saturday, the two Sydney teams played their final match, while the Stars took the final spot in T20 Spring Challenge deciders. Sydney Thunder 2-116 (16.2) defeated Sydney Sixers 9-114 (20.0) The Thunder were in control of the contest throughout the entirety of the match, […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: Day Three
ONLY two teams played in day three action in the T20 Spring Challenge and the Sydney Thunder were bested by the Melbourne Stars in a comprehensive victory. Sydney Thunder 9-103 defeated by Melbourne Stars 3-104 The Sydney Thunder were troubled by the bowling attack of the Melbourne Stars. Batting first, Thunder captain Tahlia Wilson (16 […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: Day One
ON DAY one of Cricket Australia’s inaugural T20 Spring Challenge, it was Laura Harris‘ maiden T20 century scored for the Brisbane Heat that was the standout. Sydney Thunder 8-151 (20.0) defeated by Brisbane Heat 1-157 (12.2) It was the Brisbane Heat that got the first ever T20 Spring Challenge victory with their massive nine-wicket win […]
PREVIEW | 2024 T20 Spring Challenge
THE first instalment of Cricket Australia’s newest women’s cricket competition, the T20 Spring Challenge will get underway this week, with nine teams set to compete in Adelaide and Sydney. With the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup taking place meaning that the Cricket Australia contracted players are unavailable largely, the squads consist of some of the […]
Queensland do the double to repeat history
QUEENSLAND picked up its second win over Western Australia in three days, this time downing the Warriors by 46 runs. Queensland made a whopping 4/331 from its 50 overs, before then restricting their visitors to only 9/285 from their 20 overs. It was a sign of things to come when Queensland’s opening pair of Georgias […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]