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Women’s Premier League 2023 Preview: Delhi Capitals

The inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) competition kicks off on the weekend, which is the women’s equivalent of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and 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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Incredible India secures World Cup history

INDIA has created history in South Africa, by defeating England by seven wickets to become the inaugural Under 19 Women’s World Champion. It was a dominant display with the ball from the Indian bowlers, which left the batting line up with a pretty easy task at hand. The Indians chose to bowl first and it […]

U19 World Cup Final Preview: Who will create history?

HISTORY will be made tonight in South Africa, with the inaugural Under 19 Women’s Cricket World Champion to be decided. It will be either India or England that creates history, with the pair set to square off in the final. Both have had similarly dominant tournaments, so it is unclear who goes into tonight’s final […]

U19 World Cup Day 3 Wrap: Surprises dry up but ladders settle

DAY 3 at the 2023 Under 19 World Cup saw less surprise results than the first two, but with Group A and D playing their second games, their respective ladders are starting to settle and pecking order being determined. Group A Bangladesh win second game to remain top In what is proving to be the […]

U19 World Cup Day 1 wrap: Bangladesh stuns Australia

THE Under 19 Women’s World Cup got off to a spectacular start overnight, with not all results going as many would have expected. Groups A and D both got their campaigns underway, while Groups B and C start their campaigns tonight. Group A Bangladesh make statement, stun Aussies Bangladesh proved it has come to prove […]

2023 Under 19 Women’s World Cup Preview: India

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 […]

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 […]

WBBL08 Preview: Melbourne Stars to Sydney Thunder

THE EIGHTH Edition of the WBBL starts this week, and to celebrate and count down to the tournament, we will be previewing all the teams in a two part series. In this second part of the preview series we are going to take a look at the final four teams alphabetically – Melbourne Stars, Perth […]

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