PREVIEW | 2024 T20 Spring Challenge
THE first instalment of Cricket Australia’s newest women’s cricket competition, the T20 Spring Challenge will get underway this week, with nine teams set to compete in Adelaide and Sydney. With the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup taking place meaning that the Cricket Australia contracted players are unavailable largely, the squads consist of some of the […]
Vics Break NSW Spirit to take first up win
VICTORIA got its 2024/25 WNCL campaign off to the perfect start, narrowly defeating rival New South Wales by two wickets. NSW made 226 before being bowled out, before Victoria reached the target on the penultimate ball of the innings. NSW made an okay start to its innings, but things really got going in the second […]
Sydney’s Friday in the WBBL
YESTERDAY in the WBBL was a successful one for those from Sydney, with both the Thunder and Sixers picking up wins. Thunder survive nail biter The Sydney Thunder strongly defended a low total to defeat the Melbourne Stars by four runs. After the Thunder were bowled out for 125, the Stars fell agonisingly short but […]
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 Under 19 Women’s World Cup Preview: Australia
THE inaugural Under 19 Women’s World Cup is just around the corner, with 16 countries set to battle it out in South Africa this month for the chance to be crowned the inaugural champion. Ahead of the tournament, we here at Rookie Me Central will be previewing all the countries competing at the tournament, looking […]
NSW Metro reign supreme as inaugural World Cup Squad announced
YESTERDAY saw the conclusion of the Under 19 Female National Championships, with NSW Metro taking out the title. Up against Vic Country in the final, they were set the task of chasing down Vic Country’s target of 10/182 with eight overs spare. Player of the Final Zoya Thakur was the pick of the bowlers for […]
2021/22 Women’s Premier Cricket recap: Prahran
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 fared across the whole season, and how things panned out since their mid-season report cards. Today we look at […]
Tassie confirms place in WNCL Final after rolling Victoria
TASMANIA has confirmed its place in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) final, after the Tigers steamrolled Victoria to win comfortably by seven wickets. After Maisy Gibson ripped through the Victorian line up, the Tigers reached the target with relative ease. The Victorians actually chose to bat first, and to say their innings was a […]
Clobbering Coyte helps Tigers tame Vics
A BARNSTORMING rear-guard knock from Sarah Coyte has helped Tasmania defeat Victoria by 47 runs on Wednesday. In an all-round performance worthy of player of the match honours, the former Australian international hit 69no and snared 3-39 to guide the Tigers’ assault on Junction Oval. Batting first, the visitors were rattled early and fell to […]
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 […]
