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, […]
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 […]
BBL and WBBL pre-listed players finalised
WITH the BBL and WBBL Drafts taking place on Sunday, Rookie Me Central looked at the players that have been pre-signed and those eligible to be retained. In the lead-up to the Big Bash League (BBL) and Women’s Big Bash League’s (WBBL) seasons, the teams allowed one player per club to be pre-signed on multi-year […]
Bangalore’s big upset sees Royal Challengers through to big dance
THE Royal Challengers Bangalore have defeated the Mumbai Indians by five runs to cause a bit of an upset and move through to the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) Final. After the Royal Challengers were restricted to just 6/135, some superb bowling ensured Mumbai could only make 6/130. The win sees Bangalore move through to […]
Kaur’s colossal innings helps Mumbai book finals spot
THE Mumbai Indians are the first team into the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) finals after they pipped the Gujarat Giants in a nail-biter. After the Giants posted 7/190, the Indians reached the target on the penultimate ball of their innings. The Giants made an okay start to their innings, but really got going with […]
Indians win big to keep big dream in sight
THE Mumbai Indians are back on the winners list in the WPL, after the comfortably defeated the UP Warriorz to the tune of 42 runs. The Indians first posted 6/160 before restricting the Warriorz to just 9/118. Despite the Indians finishing with a very competitive score, it was not looking likely early in their innings […]
Mumbai make it two from two to start season strong
MUMBAI has made it two from two in this year’s Women’s Premier League, this time comfortably defeating the Gujarat Giants by five wickets. The Giants were restricted to 9/126, before the Indians reached the target with 11 balls to spare. Gujarat did not start its innings off well, losing two wickets inside the first three […]
History repeats as Mumbai makes positive start to season
THE second edition of the Women’s Indian Premier League got off to a high scoring start this morning, with the Mumbai Indians repeating history to defeat the Delhi Capitals by four wickets in a rematch of last year’s WIPL Final. After the Capitals made 5/171, the Indians reached the target on the last ball of […]
Aussies and Indians balanced heading into final day test
THE one-off Test Match between Australia and India is at an interesting place heading into the final day of the match. After bowling the Indians out for 406, the Australians are 5/233 in their second innings at the end of the day’s play, which gives them a lead of 46 runs. India started the day […]
Melbourne remains green after anti-climatic Derby end
IT TOOK a reliance on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method to get the job done, but Melbourne Stars won a rain-delayed second WBBL09 Melbourne Derby yesterday. Although the Stars were defending a small total, two rain delays in the second innings proved to be in their favour as they went on to win by eight runs. […]
