PREVIEW | WBBL10 – Part 1
THE 10th edition of the Women’s Big Bash League kicks off this weekend, and ahead of the tournament Rookie Me Central will take a look at all the teams, and see what their chances at the tournament may be. In part one of two, we will look at the first four teams alphabetically – Adelaide […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: The Final
THE HOBART Hurricanes emerged as the first ever T20 Spring Challenge champions after a five-wicket win from the last ball. The Player of the Match was the Hurricanes batter Lizelle Lee, who hit 63 runs from 47 deliveries, which included 10 fours and two sixes. In Hobart’s pursuit of the Heat’s 133 total, Lee got […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: Semi-Finals
IT will be the Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes that will play off in Sunday’s maiden T20 Spring Challenge final after qualifying on Saturday. Brisbane Heat 9-160 defeated Adelaide Strikers 9-122 Reversing the result of last season’s WBBL decider, the Brisbane Heat bested the Adelaide Strikers to the tune of 38 runs to move through […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: Day Four
THERE were two matches that were played on day four of the T20 Spring Challenge with thumping wins the order of the day. ACT Meteors 93 (16.1) defeated by Brisbane Heat 3-94 (12.2) The Brisbane Heat took out a seven-wicket win at Allan Border Oval to begin day four proceedings. They ended the Meteors’ winning […]
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 […]
Queensland do the double to repeat history
QUEENSLAND picked up its second win over Western Australia in three days, this time downing the Warriors by 46 runs. Queensland made a whopping 4/331 from its 50 overs, before then restricting their visitors to only 9/285 from their 20 overs. It was a sign of things to come when Queensland’s opening pair of Georgias […]
Queensland thumps WA to secure first win of the WNCL season
QUEENSLAND have secured its first win of the Women’s National Cricket League season with an emphatic win against Western Australia. Taking the bonus points as a result of the eight-wicket win, Queensland’s bowlers were ruthless, bowling out WA for just 81 runs. Nicola Hancock got the first WA wicket of the day, taking out Chloe […]
NSW put out the Fire to cause upset
NEW South Wales has made a perfect start to its 2024/25 WNCL campaign with a four-wicket win over Queensland yesterday. Queensland made 9/266 off its 50 overs, before NSW reached the target with exactly two overs to spare. The Fire had a rough start to their innings, falling to 2/34 inside the first seven and […]
WNCL Player Focus: Nicola Carey (Tasmania)
TASMANIA entered the WNCL history books on the weekend, becoming the second ever state to win a three peat of trophies after they defeated Queensland to take the 2023/24 title. A huge part of that success was Player of the Match Nicola Carey. Contributing with both ball and ball in hand, she deservedly earned the […]
Scorpions flip script to down Fire
SOUTH Australia has picked up a crucial win in the race for the WNCL finals, downing Queensland by four wickets and bouncing back from its loss to the Fire a mere two days prior. Queensland made 9/205 from its 50 overs, before the Scorpions reached the target with just over nine overs spare. The Fire […]
