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*Official* Women's Cricket discussion thread

Molehill

Cricketer Of The Year
Are the men playing on the same pitch? If so, looks like a 200 pitch, so the batting would seem to have been more of an issue in setting a completely undefendable target.
 

Molehill

Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah. Both games on the same drop in. There'll be a rugby game there tomorrow night
Pakistan Men proved that even 200 wasn't remotely par, so the NZ women were miles away in what now looks a pretty bizarre innings.

Meanwhile, in not very surprising news, Jon Lewis is sacked as England coach. Be interesting to see where they go from here, but the concern is there's just not that much talent coming through.
 

RMBolton

U19 Cricketer
I tried looking through the stats for women's T20s at Eden Park. They weren't all that helpful, with such a small number of matches: from my count it was 4 WT20Is (1 washed out, ironically featuring Australia) & I believe 4 domestic T20s, where the highest score was 146.
 

Gremlin

U19 Vice-Captain
And in further unsurprising news Heather Knight sacked as Captain.

The biggest issue is the lack of succession planning. NSB not cut for it, Jones doesn't want it, Ecclestone should be nowhere near it and others not guaranteed a start.
 

Skyliner

International Debutant
A quite woeful performance from the White Ferns. For every Melie Kerr there are several other players who contribute very little. The Aussies score heavily and easily off the pedestrian NZ bowling, then Kerr comes out and is definitely quality with the bat but gets little support. There is a very big gulf in standard between the two sides.
 

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Outclassed again.

Disappointing that we haven't given Bree Illing a chance yet in this series. It's obviously a daunting task for an inexperienced bowler, but we've pretty clearly established that the likes of Mair and Jess Kerr don't really trouble this Australian line-up. I feel like Illing might have a higher ceiling.
 

Molehill

Cricketer Of The Year
And in further unsurprising news Heather Knight sacked as Captain.

The biggest issue is the lack of succession planning. NSB not cut for it, Jones doesn't want it, Ecclestone should be nowhere near it and others not guaranteed a start.
Yeah, I've got no idea where they go. NSB is now well into her 30's and has suffered some mental health issues, I don't see how she can really be an option. The only other name I can think of who is just about a guarantee, seems pretty level headed and is of a decent fitness is Charlie Dean.

But I suspect it'll be NSB and I can't see it going well.
 

Gremlin

U19 Vice-Captain
Yeah, I've got no idea where they go. NSB is now well into her 30's and has suffered some mental health issues, I don't see how she can really be an option. The only other name I can think of who is just about a guarantee, seems pretty level headed and is of a decent fitness is Charlie Dean.

But I suspect it'll be NSB and I can't see it going well.
For me, short term Beaumont in all three formats with a younger VC - Charlie Dean been mentioned of course as has fast tracking Grace Scrivens.
 

Molehill

Cricketer Of The Year
For me, short term Beaumont in all three formats with a younger VC - Charlie Dean been mentioned of course as has fast tracking Grace Scrivens.
Beaumont is basically the same age as Knight though. I quite like the idea of fast tracking Scrivens, similar to a Graeme Smith kind of move. There's enough experience for her to lean on in the team, but she might just provide a breath of fresh air that allows others to blossom.

Much may depend on who they choose as coach.
 

_Ed_

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The wheels are coming off now. So disappointing - the bowling has been pretty good for the most part, but the support just hasn't been there in the field.
 

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