Nothing to mention. The White Ferns continue to fail, & the dimwits who run the show continue to display symptoms of madness in persisting with players who clearly should not be there while outright ignoring some of the best domestic performers.No mention of the first ODI between NZ and England yesterday? A proper thrashing, hope NZ can improve for the rest of the series.
It's being shown by Sky here, so not like it's not available. I guess the times of matches make it unlikely to get much of an audience.Doesn't help that it's not on TV here.
The previous ECB broadcasting rights deal ran out at the end of last season, & no NZ broadcaster has picked it up. We in NZ have to watch this series on ICC.TV.It's being shown by Sky here, so not like it's not available. I guess the times of matches make it unlikely to get much of an audience.
I presume that includes Men's Cricket too. To be fair, it's not a great Summer of cricket here and you could imagine overseas broadcasters waiting a year before re-signing for India's tour next year.The previous ECB broadcasting rights deal ran out at the end of last season, & no NZ broadcaster has picked it up. We in NZ have to watch this series on ICC.TV.
Someone will definitely snap it up in time for when our boys tour in 2026 (3 Tests), but it's a long wait until then. It's a real shame, as I wanted to watch the Pakistan tour.I presume that includes Men's Cricket too. To be fair, it's not a great Summer of cricket here and you could imagine overseas broadcasters waiting a year before re-signing for India's tour next year.
Mandhana with 145 too in a 292 run opening stand. Doesn't exactly look like the strongest bowling attack for SA, especially with Kapp seemingly playing as a batter only.Meanwhile, Shafali Verma with a 197-ball 205 in the test against South Africa! With 23 fours and no fewer than eight sixes.
I remember a huge amount of hype around her leading into the T20 World Cup in 2020 and I feel like she hasn't fully delivered on that potential, but that sounds like an immense innings.
Whilst this is clearly a decent England side at the moment, to see this level of thrashing going on is pretty disheartening for Women's Cricket as a whole. The gulf between the top 3 and rest seems to be getting bigger.If you wanted to see NZ play a Test, what you got today is about as close as you'll get to one.
Honestly, I'm angry & frustrated. This is just pathetic. Sawyer, the entire backroom, near half the players - purge the lot of them. Deliberately writing off an entire cycle like this is terrible. They probably justified this under a strategy of "short term pain for longterm gain" - THE GAIN AIN'T COMING!
When some of the best batters we've got aren't being selected & the mediocre to terrible are treated as undroppable, no wonder the losses are piling up. I can't see the logic, & frankly, as a NZ fan I've had enough. Seriously, I've had enough. They stink of loser, the stink gets worse, & when they try to do something about it, it only makes things worse.