WNCL 2023/24 Season Preview: Victoria
THE 2023/24 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season is almost upon us, with games set to get underway later this month. To build up to the season, we here at Rookie Me Central will take a deep dive into each of the teams competing this season. The penultimate team preview of this series is Victoria. […]
2021/22 Women’s Premier Cricket wrap: Essendon Maribyrnong Park
WE have come to the end of yet another Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket season, full of highs and lows. Now that the season has finished, let us take a look back at how the eight clubs went across the whole season, and how things went since their mid-season report cards. In their mid season report […]
Vic reignites Spirit to put out Queensland’s Fire
VICTORIA is finally on the board in the 2021/22 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season, after defeating Queensland to register its first win by 64 runs yesterday thanks to a Sam Bates five-fa. Batting first, they made an okay start to their innings, before losing a few quick wickets to find themselves at 3/53. It […]
Meteors explode to bowl out weary Spirit
The ACT Meteors have caused quite the upset in the WNCL, defeating Victoria to get their first win on the board for the season and resigning Victoria to their third loss of the year. The Meteors sent the Vics into bat, and it proved a fruitful decision. It only took them two and a half […]
Centurion Ram, five-fa Blue bowling star lead Team of the Week
IN a weekend full of shock and crucial results, there were a number of stellar performances across the four Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts Round 12 games. This included a century from a Ram, and a Blue who bowled a whopping five maidens. 1. Makinley Blows (EMP) EMP managed what was previously unthinkable and actually managed […]
Finals contenders shrink as EMP do unthinkable
ROUND 12 of the Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts competition saw some big results that have big implications on who potentially makes finals. Melbourne vs Essendon Maribyrnong Park In one of the absolute upsets of the season, Essendon Maribyrnong Park did what no other side has been able to do all season – defeat the previously […]
Victorian Premier Cricket: Women’s 1sts wrap
AS we get further and further into the back half of the 2021/22 Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s Premier 1sts season, the ladder finally gets more settled and we are starting to get a better picture of where each team really sits. Let’s take a look and what took place last weekend in the Women’s 1sts […]
Rams almost cause upset of the season as EMP do cause the upset of the season
ANOTHER weekend, another round of Women’s Premier Firsts action, and among yesterday’s action we saw Melbourne survive a mighty scare against the Rams, and EMP pull off the upset of the season against Carlton. Ringwood won the toss and batted first, and although openers Bhavisha Devchand and Olivia Henry put on a solid opening stance, […]
Melbourne raises hell on Plenty Valley as Prahran finally get another win
THE Christmas/New Year break is over, and it was back to work in the Victorian Women’s Premier 1sts last weekend. Among last weekend’s action we saw Melbourne continue to be the team to beat this season, and Prahran finally register another win on the board. Carlton won the toss and elected to bat first. It […]
2021/22 WNCL Preview: Nation’s best set to pad up
AFTER some delays due to ever changing border rules around the country, the 2021/22 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season finally gets underway this weekend. Although only four teams are in action this weekend, there are still some enthralling match ups and brilliant cricket to be played. WNCL fans will be excited to know that […]