NSW Breaks Fire-y hearts to win WNCL title
NEW SOUTH Wales are Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) champions for the first time in six seasons after an at times dramatic 21-run win over Queensland in yesterday’s final. Chasing 216, Queensland lost two wickets in the first seven overs with Lucy Bourke (five) and Charli Knott (14) both falling cheaply. After a bad start, […]
PREVIEW | WNCL Final 2024/25
TODAY is the day – WNCL Final Day. This year’s final sees a return to the past, as Queensland takes on New South Wales up at Allan Border Field in the Sunshine State. These two states were more dominant through the 2010s, but with the rise of Tasmania in recent years, it has been a […]
NSW Breaks open Final hopes after key win
NEW SOUTH Wales has taken a giant step towards securing a spot in the WNCL Final after picking up an important 44-run win over South Australia yesterday. The Breakers made a total of 229, before they went and bowled out the Scorpions for just 185. This result means NSW is currently in second place on […]
Warriors waltz to first win after dominant bowling display
WESTERN Australia is finally on the board this WNCL season after defeating New South Wales by seven wickets at the WACA Ground yesterday. The home side bowled New South Wales out for just 102, before reaching the target part way through the 27th over. Losing the first wicket on the first ball of the innings […]
NSW repeats history to break Tasmania again
NEW South Wales has made it two from two against Tasmania in the WNCL in the last week, most recently winning by 159 runs. NSW first made 5/288 from its 50 overs, before Tasmania could only muster 129 before being bowled out. The start to NSW’s innings was chaotic, blasting 10 runs off the first […]
Tortoise Breaks Tiger as NSW earns big win
NEW SOUTH Wales has kicked off the second half of its 2024/25 WNCL season in the best way possible, defeating Tasmania by three wickets yesterday. The Breakers bowled the Tigers out for just 172, and although the Breakers cut their chase fine they still reached their target with 16 balls to spare. NSW had their […]
Stats Zone: WBBL10 Wrap
NOW THAT the WBBL season has finished for another year, let us take a look at who topped the stats sheets for WBBL10. BATTING The interesting thing about the way the batting stats looked at the conclusion of WBBL10 is that the most runs list looks very different to the highest strike rates list. Firstly, […]
Thunder rumbles towards another finals campaign
THE SYDNEY Thunder are back in another WBBL finals series, and are gearing up for their second consecutive Knockout final when they host the Hobart Hurricanes tonight. It has been a year with plenty of change at the club, one of which was the appointing of a new captain in Phoebe Litchfield. “I’ve learned a […]
PREVIEW | WBBL10 Finals
AFTER an entertaining home and away portion of this year’s Women’s Big Bash League season, it is now time for the finals. Four teams are left – Melbourne Renegades, Brisbane Heat, Sydney Thunder and the Hobart Hurricanes. Some have harder paths to The Final than others, but they all have a better chance at the […]
Renegades and Hurricanes win, but not all is set in stone
IT WAS a good day yesterday for the Melbourne Renegades and the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women’s Big Bash League, with the former moving to the top of the table and the latter tentatively booking their place in the finals. RENEGADES TOPPLE THUNDER IN TOP OF TABLE CLASH Melbourne Renegades won their top of the […]
