Star skipper returns to lead Aussies into battle
AUSTRALIA has released its squad for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan, with the teams set to do battle in mid-January. The biggest inclusion to the Australian squad is none other than skipper Meg Lanning, who returns to the side after taking a break from the game after the Commonwealth Games in July/August. There are […]
WBBL08 Player Focus: Annabel Sutherland (Melbourne Stars)
IT was certainly a day for batters at the Junction Oval on Sunday, as plenty of big scores were made. It was also a day for teams getting rescued by individual acts of brilliance after shaky starts. One of those rescuers was Stars gun Annabel Sutherland, who rescued her team after said shaky start and […]
WBBL08 Player Focus: Tess Flintoff (Stars)
THE past week of WBBL action saw some big scores across the league, and some players in a hurry to make the runs. One of those was Melbourne Stars young Tess Flintoff, who broke the WBBL record last week for the fastest half century. Normally better known for her bowling, her 51 not out off […]
WBBL08 Weekly Wrap: Edition 4
IN our weekly wrap-up of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), let us catch up on all that happened in the WBBL in the past week, which this week includes a couple of east coasters in a hurry to make half a century. Melbourne Stars (5/186) defeated Adelaide Strikers (8/164) In a high scoring affair, the […]
WBBL08 Weekly Wrap: Edition 2
IN our weekly wrap-up of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), there were several teams who continued to stake their intent on the early part of this season. Brisbane Heat (1/180) defeated Melbourne Renegades (6/159) After Georgia Redmayne belted 98 not out and Grace Harris made 65, it was never going to be easy for […]
2021/22 Women’s Premier Cricket season recap: Ringwood
WE have come to the end of yet another Victorian Women’s Premier Cricket season, full of highs and lows. Now that the season has finished, let us take a look back at how the eight clubs went across the whole season, and how things went since their mid-season report cards. Today we look at Ringwood, […]
Tassie confirms place in WNCL Final after rolling Victoria
TASMANIA has confirmed its place in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) final, after the Tigers steamrolled Victoria to win comfortably by seven wickets. After Maisy Gibson ripped through the Victorian line up, the Tigers reached the target with relative ease. The Victorians actually chose to bat first, and to say their innings was a […]
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 […]
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 […]
