Molineux’s magnificent over helps Bangalore bag title
THE Royal Challengers Bangalore are the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) champions of 2024, after they comprehensively beat the Delhi Capitals to the tune of eight wickets in the final overnight. Delhi was bowled out for 113 before Bangalore took its time but reached the target with three balls to spare. The Capitals actually made a […]
Powerful Perry performance helps Bangalore book finals berth
ROYAL Challengers Bangalore are the third and final team in this year’s Women’s Premier League finals after toppling the Mumbai Indians overnight, thanks largely to a record setting spell from Ellyse Perry. Perry claimed 6-15 – the competition’s new best bowling figures – to see the reigning champions crash from 2-65 to 7-82. All of […]
Delhi’s delight sees Capitals book finals berth
THE Delhi Capitals are the second team into the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) Finals in 2024 after a nail-biting one-run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore. After Delhi posted 5/181, the Royal Challengers fell agonisingly short of reaching the target. After an okay start to its innings, Delhi did not really accelerate until the […]
Gujarat’s Giant win sees season back on track
THE Gujarat Giants are on the board in 2024 after defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gujarat posted 5/199 from its 20 overs, before the Royal Challengers could only make 8/180. The Giants’ success was largely thanks to their opening pair Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney. A 140 run opening partnership between the pair really set […]
Bangalore holds on in season opening nail biter
JUST two runs separated the Royal Challengers from the UP Warriorz in the Women’s Indian Premier League last night, with the former getting up in the competition’s second consecutive nail-biter to open the 2024 season. The Royal Challengers made 6/157 from their 20 overs, before restricting the Warriorz to just 7/155. After a few quick […]
Australians clinch series with dominant performance
AUSTRALIA has won the third T20 against India by seven wickets to take out the T20 portion of the series and finish the tour off on a high. After restricting the Indians to 6/147 from their 20 overs, the Australians took their time to reach the target but still made it with eight balls spare. […]
Perry’s milestone magic puts Aussies back on track
AUSTRALIA has bounced back from the disappointment of the first T20 with India and given Ellyse Perry a milestone game to remember, downing the hosts by six wickets. Although the Australians were only chasing 131 for victory, they certainly took their time to reach the target, doing so with six balls to spare. It did […]
International Player Focus: Annabel Sutherland (Australia)
AFTER a hard fought second ODI that went down to the wire, Australia ultimately prevailed over India to take an unassailable lead in its three-match series. One key cog in turning the match in Australia’s favour was Annabel Sutherland. The young quick helped give the back end of the Australian innings a bit of an […]
Australia claims series after nail-biter
AUSTRALIA has pulled off a thrilling three-run win over India to claim the ODI portion of the multi-format series. After Australia made 8/258, the result went down to the wire but the Indians fell agonisingly short. Much like in the first ODI, it was Ellyse Perry and Phoebe Litchfield who really got the run rate […]
Test match remains firmly in balance at half-time
IT was another tough day for Australia on day two of its test match against India, as the hosts continued to pile on the runs. The home side put on 278 in the day to finish the day 157 runs ahead of the Australians. There were a couple of big partnerships that really propelled the […]
