Semis picture starting to become clearer at World Cup
LAST night’s action at the T20 World Cup saw one contender qualify for the semis, and put one in the box seat to do the same in the other group. England thrashes neighbours, in box seat for semis berth England has put itself in the box seat to qualify out of Group B after comfortably […]
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 […]
Australia hints at potential shift for key all-rounder ahead of World Cup
TAKING the Trans-Tasman series three wins to none, Australia will be happy with its performances against New Zealand ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. After securing a five-wicket win in game three, the Australians continued to rotate their pace bowling stocks, choosing to rest Darcie Brown in favour of Tayla Vlaeminck – the […]
PREVIEW | WNCL – Season 2024/25
AFTER the excitement of the international summer getting underway last week, the women’s domestic season gets underway later today. Once again, the team to beat will be Tasmania. After recording a three peat last season, they will once again be the ones to beat. Once again led by Elyse Villani, the Tigers have kept essentially […]
PREVIEW | Australia vs New Zealand T20 – W
THE senior Australian international cricket summer kicks off today in the sunny skies of Mackay, with Australia and New Zealand kicking off a three match T20 series. This series is crucial preparation for both sides ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup. As such, both countries are sending their World Cup squads to this series, […]
Experimental Aussies maintain winning momentum
AUSTRALIA remains undefeated in its tour of Bangladesh after another white ball victory, this time to the tune of 58 runs in the second T20. After the Australians opted to bat first and posted 8/161, Bangladesh could only muster 9/103. The tourists experimented with their batting order, including promoting Georgia Wareham to number three and […]
PREVIEW | Australia vs. Bangladesh
INTERNATIONAL cricket is back for Australia’s women, who embark on a multi-format white ball tour of Bangladesh, beginning with tomorrow’s ODI. For Australia, it is time for some fact finding before a return to the subcontinent later this year for the World Cup. There has also been very little history between Australia and Bangladesh, so […]
Unpredictable UP seals nail-biting win
THE UP Warriorz’s up and down Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) season has continued, but this time it was a positive after they downed the Delhi Capitals by a single run in a thriller overnight. The Warriorz made 8/138, before a strong bowling performance helped them escape with a win. UP’s opening partnership was quick […]
Harris’ heroics helps Warriorz win again
The UP Warriorz picked up their second win of the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) season after defeating the Gujarat Giants by six wickets overnight. Gujarat was restricted to 5/142, before UP reached the target in the 16th over. Gujarat actually made a fast start to their innings, but as the wickets started to fall […]
