Stars stun Sixers in season opening thriller
THE Melbourne Stars have pulled off the first upset of the WBBL09 season, defeating the much fancied Sydney Sixers by two runs in an absolute thriller in the season opener. After the Stars put a strong total of 8/165 on the board, it ultimately went down to the wire but some composed bowling from Alice […]
2023/24 WNCL Weekly Watch: Edition 4
WEEK 4 of the WNCL season saw only two matches, but as the first half of the season came to a close and players head off to their WBBL clubs, the competition sits in a very interesting position. Queensland vs Victoria Queensland and Victoria faced off for the second match of their double header, with […]
WBBL09 Season Preview: Melbourne Stars
THE ninth Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) season us almost upon us, with the competition set to kick off next week. In the lead up to the opening day, Rookie Me Central will countdown by previewing each of the teams set to be contesting the tournament this season. To begin the second half of this […]
2023/24 WNCL Weekly Watch: Edition Three
WEEK three of the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season saw reigning champions Tasmania finally get its season underway among four big matches across the week. ACT vs Tasmania Game One Tasmania really picked up where the reigning champions left off last season in game one of their season, with an emphatic 120 run win […]
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. […]
WNCL Catch Up: Regular Season Wrap Up
`IN amongst all the excitement and action of both the Under 19 and Senior T20 World Cups going on in South Africa, there has still been plenty of women’s cricket happening much closer to home. If you have been too engrossed with what has been happening at the World Cups, catch up on what has […]
U19 World Cup Day 8 Wrap – Super 6s get underway
DAY 8 at the Under 19 World Cup saw the opening matches of the Super 6s stage of the Under 19 World Cup, with a few sides coming up short for the first time. Group 1 Australia consigns India to first tournament loss with solid win After losing their opening game of the tournament the […]
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 […]
Recap | Victorian Premier Cricket – Women’s 1sts
THE final weekend of the Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket regular season did not disappoint, with enthralling clashes seeing some teams step up with their seasons on the line. We go around the grounds to recap what was an exciting weekend of action. Carlton vs Ringwood Ringwood stepped up when it counted, and in defeating Carlton […]
Blues shine, Bombers rise in Team of the Week
THE penultimate round of the 2021/22 Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts season saw some amazing individual performances, and lots of wickets taken. Carlton, EMP and Prahran all have two players in the Team of the Week this week. 1. Bhavisha Devchand (Ringwood) Devchand continued her stellar season, making plenty of runs again on the weekend. In […]
