Aussies rewrite history and spin their way to a clean sweep
AUSTRALIA has recorded the first clean sweep of the Women’s Ashes series after winning the test match by an innings and 122 runs. After Beth Mooney etched her name into the history books in the morning, more stellar bowling from Alana King and Ash Gardner helped the Aussies quickly rip through the English batting line-up. […]
Slow and steady doesn’t get England far as Aussies on top early
DAY one of the historic 2025 Women’s Ashes test saw Australia in a pretty comfortable position for just about the entire day. Australia won the toss and decided to have a bowl, and was rewarded almost instantly when Maia Bouchier nicked one behind to Beth Mooney, and she was back in the pavilion and […]
Mooney powers Australia to resounding victory at Adelaide Oval
CARRYING her bat through their innings, Australian batter Beth Mooney was a force to behold on Saturday night at Adelaide Oval taking her team to another thumping win. Although the series is not live, Australia wanted to keep notching up the wins to take it through to the hotly-anticipated test in form. Mooney took player […]
Ashes still Australia’s after dominant T20 win
AUSTRALIA has retained the Women’s Ashes once again, after winning the first T20 of the series last night to take an unassailable lead in the points tally. Australia first posted 7/198 from its 20 overs last night, before then bowling out the English for just 141. Australian openers Beth Mooney and Georgia Voll were not […]
BBL and WBBL pre-listed players finalised
WITH the BBL and WBBL Drafts taking place on Sunday, Rookie Me Central looked at the players that have been pre-signed and those eligible to be retained. In the lead-up to the Big Bash League (BBL) and Women’s Big Bash League’s (WBBL) seasons, the teams allowed one player per club to be pre-signed on multi-year […]
Melbourne remains green after anti-climatic Derby end
IT TOOK a reliance on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method to get the job done, but Melbourne Stars won a rain-delayed second WBBL09 Melbourne Derby yesterday. Although the Stars were defending a small total, two rain delays in the second innings proved to be in their favour as they went on to win by eight runs. […]
Sophie’s Day helps Stars win big
IN one of their best performances of the season, Melbourne Stars defeated Perth Scorchers by 33 runs. After the Stars posted 6/157 from their 20 overs, a strong bowling performance helped them restrict the Scorchers to 9/124. The Stars got off to a pretty quick start but lost their first wicket early, but then things […]
Another mixed day for Melbourne in WBBL
SUNDAY’S action in the WBBL saw a double header at Melbourne’s Junction Oval, but things did not all go to plan for the two home sides. Hurricanes do it easy against Renegades The first half of the double header was not great for home side in the Renegades, who were easily beaten by the Hobart […]
Thunderous big wins for a pair of teams in Hot form
IT was another day of a double header action in the WBBL yesterday, as the Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder both picked up wins. Sydney Thunders topples fellow team in green In the battle of the green teams out at a very green Casey Fields in Melbourne’s outer south east, it was the visiting Sydney […]
Hurricanes help stay in touch with top half of table
THE Hobart Hurricanes picked up a crucial third win of the season, downing the Melbourne Stars by six wickets. Melbourne batted first and made 8/142, before the Hurricanes made the target with four balls to spare. The Stars’ batting innings could not have gotten off to a much worse start, falling to 1/0 and then […]
