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. […]
Two big wins for different reasons in WBBL
YESTERDAY’S action in the WBBL saw the Stars get back on the winners list and Adelaide make a massive statement. Stars back on winners list with win over Perth In the first match of the day the Melbourne Stars returned to the winners list with a seven run win over the Perth Scorchers. The Stars […]
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 […]
WNCL Wrap: January 4 to January 7
THE FIRST games of the WNCL season after Christmas really had it all, but it was the batters who dominated proceedings. Let us go around the country and catch up on all the action. Queensland vs Tasmania Game 1 It was a bowler’s wicket in game one between the Fire and Tigers, but ultimately it […]
Stats Update: 2022/23 WNCL
WITH the WNCL set to return this weekend, let us see who topped the stats charts in the first half of the season before the WBBL break. Runs Annabel Sutherland – Victoria Matches: 4Runs: 319Highest Score: 111Average: 159.5 Beth Mooney – WA Matches: 4Runs: 237Highest Score: 151 not outAverage: 79 Sophie Molineux – Victoria Matches: […]
WBBL08 Stats Wrap
LAST Sunday saw an entertaining WBBL08 come to a fitting conclusion, with Adelaide defeating the Sydney Sixers by 10 runs. Now that the tournament has ended, let us take a look back and recognise the stellar individual achievements from across the competition. MOST RUNS Beth Mooney (Perth Scorchers) Runs: 434High Score: 99*Average: 43.4 Ellyse Perry […]
Player Thoughts: WBBL’s return to Melbourne
THE Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) returns to Melbourne’s Junction Oval for the first time in about two years this weekend, as the Sydney Sixers, Perth Scorchers and both the Melbourne Stars and Renegades are set to battle it out over the weekend in four tantalising clashes. Ahead of the monster weekend of clashes, we […]
WBBL08 Preview: Melbourne Stars to Sydney Thunder
THE EIGHTH Edition of the WBBL starts this week, and to celebrate and count down to the tournament, we will be previewing all the teams in a two part series. In this second part of the preview series we are going to take a look at the final four teams alphabetically – Melbourne Stars, Perth […]
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 […]