Bangalore beats Giants to stay undefeated
THE Royal Challengers Bangalore have made it two from two to start their Women’s Premier League campaign with a comfortable eight-wicket win over the Gujarat Giants. After restricting the Giants to a mere 7/107, Bangalore only needed 12 and a half overs to eclipse the tally. Gujarat found itself a victim of regular wickets falling, […]
International Player Focus: Alyssa Healy (Australia)
IN its most dominant performance of the tour of India so far, Australia defeated the hosts by 190 runs in the third ODI on Tuesday. The win was all set up thanks to a strong start with the bat from the Australians, and a large part of that was skipper Alyssa Healy. She was not […]
Aussies accelerate to record successful chase
AUSTRALIA has pulled off a massive fightback win against India, defeating the hosts by six wickets in the first One Day International between the two women’s sides overnight. After India made the very competitive 8/282 from its 50 overs, some of Australia’s biggest names helped get them over the line to record the second highest […]
PREVIEW | Australia vs India – Womens
IT all begins on Thursday afternoon. The Australian Women’s Cricket Team are about to start their final series for the year, which is against India over in the subcontinent. It has been a few years now since these two met in a series, but that series was in Australia, so the fact this one is […]
Women’s Premier League 2023 Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore
THE INAUGURAL Women’s Premier League (WPL) competition kicks off on the weekend, the women’s equivalent of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which is set to revolutionise the women’s game in much the same way. In the lead up to the tournament, Rookie Me Central will take a deep dive into each of the team’s individually […]
Luck of the Irish did not rub off on DLS as India wins again
IRELAND have ended its T20 World Cup campaign on the losing end of the Duckworth Lewis System, going down to India by five runs. India won the toss and chose to bat first, and made 6/155 from its 20 overs. A 62 run opening stance between Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana really set the tone […]
Fierce rivals stay undefeated in race for semis
DAY 9 at the T20 World Cup saw a pair of fierce rivals win their respective matches to crucially stay undefeated in the race for a birth in the semi finals. England beats India in battle of undefeated Group 2 combatants In the battle of the previously undefeated sides in Group 2, it was England […]
2023 ICC T20 World Cup Preview: India
THE 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is just around the corner, and will see 10 teams from across the world battle it out in South Africa to be crowned World Champions for another three years. In the lead up to the tournament, we here at Rookie Me Central will be previewing the teams one by one, […]
Big hitters to the rescue as Aussies regain series lead
Excellent batting exploits from Ellyse Perry and Grace Harris, combined with great bowling from Darcie Brown and Ash Gardner has seen the Aussies defeat India by 21 runs and regain the lead in their best of five series. Batting first, the Aussies got into a little bit of trouble early, as they found themselves at […]
Golden girls create golden history
AUSTRALIA have created history, defeating India by nine runs to claim the inaugural women’s cricket Commonwealth Games gold medal. In what was a repeat matchup of the World Cup final from two years ago, not even Covid controversy pre-match could stop the Aussies from putting in a stellar team performance to claim the gold. In […]
