*Official* Women's Cricket discussion thread

[Molehill]

Good win today too. Almost made a meal of it in the final over though.

Not for the first time. Orla Prendergast looks a real talent, I see she's been signed up for the Big Bash. Will be interesting to see how she goes there.

 

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Nasty-looking collision between Gardner and Wareham in the warm-ups tonight.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1836692075472998557

 

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Already I have a familiar sinking feeling about this batting innings.

 

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We actually did okay through the middle stages, but fell away again towards the end.

 

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Australia too good in the end. Outstanding innings from Litchfield.

But a few positives for us. That's easily the best I've seen Penfold bowl in NZ colours.

 

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That's easily the best I've seen Penfold bowl in NZ colours.

Unfortunately her first over tonight was a step backwards from that - 15 runs including three wides.

 

[Spark]

Slightly farcical dismissal for Perry there, she had absolutely no idea where the ball had gone yet wandered off into the sunset anyway.

 

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Drops like that really, really don't help.

EDIT: At least it didn't cost us too much.

 

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Great bowling from us in the back half of this innings. Very winnable game for us if we can back it up with the bat.

 

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Very winnable game for us if we can back it up with the bat.

This is not what ended up happening.

 

[Spark]

The NZ women's team is in a much more parlous state than even I thought if they couldn't really get close in that game, Australia played frankly terribly and should have been easily run down.

 

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Bates: 34 (34)

Plimmer, Kerr, Devine and Halliday combined: 30 (50)

 

[kevinw]

And....Heather Knight does a historic racism...

 

[Burgey]

Questions to answer.
What is it with England and Wales captains being racist?

 

[honestbharani]

....

Looks like there is a method to how England chose their captains...

 

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First 50 for Plimmer, good to see.

This is a more solid batting effort, albeit still likely to be well short of defendable against Australia.

 

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...and 118-1 turns into 132-6.

 

[ashley bach]

...and 118-1 turns into 132-6.

lol I tuned in and saw 1-111 @SillyCowCorner1 only to see the wheels fall off from there.
Apart from that straight hit down the ground from Maddy Green that was a real tough watch.

 

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Again, this bowling effort keeps giving me just enough to keep watching and remain slightly hopeful...

But then that hope is crushed by a shocking drop.

 

[RMBolton]

It's terrible that our expectations as NZ fans have been lowered so much that being swept 3-0 in the format our lot are supposedly good at is taken happily because it wasn't a total bloodbath like in England.

I maintain that this isn't our best team by a long way, & though it's too late for this T20WC, I can think of at least 5 players who need to be dropped & their ideal replacements. Tsukigawa needs to lay down the law as the new selector, seriously. If this is the same team that plays against India after the T20WC, then I will have no hope for the WFs to even try to turn around anytime soon.