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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 […]

Blues shine, Bombers rise in Team of the Week

THE penultimate round of the 2021/22 Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts season saw some amazing individual performances, and lots of wickets taken. Carlton, EMP and Prahran all have two players in the Team of the Week this week. 1. Bhavisha Devchand (Ringwood) Devchand continued her stellar season, making plenty of runs again on the weekend. In […]

Penultimate round sets up enthralling final week of Women’s 1sts

IT was a good round to host in the Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s 1sts competition, with all four home sides winning their respective matches. The exciting and shocking results from this past weekend mean that we have one hell of a final round coming up next weekend, with six sides still in finals contention. Box […]

Centurion Ram, five-fa Blue bowling star lead Team of the Week

IN a weekend full of shock and crucial results, there were a number of stellar performances across the four Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts Round 12 games. This included a century from a Ram, and a Blue who bowled a whopping five maidens. 1. Makinley Blows (EMP) EMP managed what was previously unthinkable and actually managed […]

Finals contenders shrink as EMP do unthinkable

ROUND 12 of the Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts competition saw some big results that have big implications on who potentially makes finals. Melbourne vs Essendon Maribyrnong Park In one of the absolute upsets of the season, Essendon Maribyrnong Park did what no other side has been able to do all season – defeat the previously […]

Victorian Premier Cricket: Women’s 1sts wrap

AS we get further and further into the back half of the 2021/22 Victorian Premier Cricket Women’s Premier 1sts season, the ladder finally gets more settled and we are starting to get a better picture of where each team really sits. Let’s take a look and what took place last weekend in the Women’s 1sts […]

Even spread across competition for Team of the Week

FOUR sides had two representatives in our Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket Firsts Team of the Week for Round 9. Ringwood Rams, Box Hill Mustangs, Dandenong Panthers and Melbourne Demons all managed two players apiece, with Prahran True Blues, EMP Bombers and Carlton Blues registering the one. 1. Bhavisha Devchand (Ringwood) The Ringwood opener continued her […]

True Blue thriller sees Panthers escape with win

DANDENONG has survived a thriller against a determined Prahran to remain in contention for a top two Victorian Women’s Premier First spot. The Panthers sit third just one point adrift of Carlton after the Blues fell to the undefeated Melbourne in a top of the table match. In other results, a Ringwood opener steered the […]

Stellar performances earn Team of the Week honours

LAST weekend in the Victorian Women’s Premier Firsts competition, there were some stellar performances right across the competition. From a Ringwood centurion to a five-wicket haul for Dandenong, take a look at who the best players were from Round 8 of the competition. 1. Paris Bowdler (Prahran) (Wicketkeeper) Bowdler was a star with the bat […]

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