Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Double after 30 overs - 120
They can't even go at 1s right now.60/5 after 29 overs.
Even if they somehow go at 6s for the last 22 overs (which looks incredibly unlikely) they'll only get 186.
Go at 4s, which is possible, they'll only get 144.
Not looking so likelyIf WI win their next two games against Bangers and Pak they will have 8 points and will most likely go through.
I don't, but I do have a sneaking suspicionAny one know the lowest number of runs at the Women's World Cup or World Cup of either gender for an individual batter after 100+ balls?
Agree with all of this, and obviously the batting collapses should be ringing plenty of alarm bells. Weirdly, I think part of that problem comes from Amelia Kerr developing into such a fantastic all-rounder at number three. It means top-order players like Green and Halliday are batting out of position further down the other, and they don't seem to have the ability to come in and play the finishing role.The most disappointing thing is with a very quiet summer in the men's program, it was set up really well for the White Ferns to gain a bit of following. The cricket has been enjoyable but if they miss the semis, which is a very real chance, obviously a fickle public isn't going to have a lot of interest in paying attention in the future.
It just doesn't look like they back their skills when the pressure is on - not sure whether that's a lack of big matches or what it is. The Windies game obviously they couldn't execute at the death, they folded to Australia after the 300-1 game in the warm-up, then yesterday they had it for the winning again but tactically and skills-wise couldn't shut down Kapp. Was quite telling that Tahuhu didn't bowl out and Devine chose to bowl herself, and the inability to get Kapp off strike with the field set was what cost them.