Women's Twenty20 World Cup

[Dydl]

Yeah likewise, finishing up on 134 is pretty disappointing, but still it's fairly decent.

Sthalekar is one great cricketer, seems to always do well. Haven't seen a big score from Rolton in a while, perhaps this could be her day.

Had similar thoughts re. Rolton. She's just one of those players that you expect a big score from. Got a 90-odd and 50 in the WC in March, but has been fairly quiet since then, so definitely expect her to cash in soon. She'll probably be feeling the pressure as well, this being her last tournament as captain.

Meanwhile, we've made a fairly solid start to the chase. Nitschke very important to how it goes.

Looking back over Sthalekar's performances in the T20 warm-ups, and she has been very consistent bowling-wise. Figures of 3-12 (with one maiden), 3-11, and 2-25 speak for themselves. And she can bat a bit too.

EDIT: Nitschke looking very good here.

 

[Dydl]

Not too upset Poulton's gone; gives Sthalekar a chance to shine. Nitschke seems to be playing a similar innings to Dottin, really deserves a 50.

Would say we're on top at the halfway stage.

EDIT: Haha, wow. I blinked and now we only need 22. Much better batting performance this time round.

 

[superkingdave]

Sri Lanka putting up an excellent fight so far...have England 55/3 after almost 10

 

[superkingdave]

Well putting the England score in to perspective, SL are 14/3 after 6.1 overs. Tough pitch

 

[superkingdave]

47/6 after 14.1 now, looks like England are in the semis

Looks like England vs Australia & NZ vs India. Should be good games for the tv cameras. Aussie will be pretty confident after their performance against us in the warmups

 

[superkingdave]

Just saw the highlights of the game, seems like some awesome fielding from England. Charlotte Edwards for one could give Stuart Broad a few lessons in throwing at the stumps.

 

[Dydl]

47/6 after 14.1 now, looks like England are in the semis

Looks like England vs Australia & NZ vs India. Should be good games for the tv cameras. Aussie will be pretty confident after their performance against us in the warmups

Yeah, definitely. England haven't beaten us for a bit, which is interesting considering our losing to New Zealand and India. So should be a very good match.

 

[James]

Good to see the semi-finals as predicated.

Tough to pick who the final is going to be between!

I'll stick my neck out and say NZ v Australia.

 

[Dydl]

SA putting up a reasonable total here. Very impressive batting by Brits and Benade. It's always good to see the 'minnow' teams put in a good effort.

 

[four_or_six]

Definitely.

How come SA have been so bad in women's cricket, anyway? I thought sport was quite big over there for women as well as men, but they don't perform anything like as well as teams like New Zealand for example.

 

[Dydl]

Definitely.

How come SA have been so bad in women's cricket, anyway? I thought sport was quite big over there for women as well as men, but they don't perform anything like as well as teams like New Zealand for example.

Yeah, it's interesting how competitive teams in the men's form, such as West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa, are all minor teams in the women's. Not quite sure why that is.

Our batting is very up-and-down so far this tournament. Have a reasonable run rate this match, and Rolton's already hit a six, so we SHOULD post a pretty competitive total.

EDIT: Very pleased with that batting performance in the end. Rolton and Blackwell played awesomely. Fifth highest total in T20s as well, so can't complain overall.

 

[Dydl]

That was one awesome over by Ellyse Perry. Completely against the momentum of the game. Very impressed.

 

[four_or_six]

Excellent effort from the Saffas there to get so close. Good to see.

 

[superkingdave]

Our batting looks a consideration at the moment, only one of our top 4 getting runs against the Pakistanis, 71/3 after 10.

 

[Jamee999]

5 run-outs in the England innings. lol.

 

[superkingdave]

So NZ into the final comfortably, big game tomorrow to see who'll meet them in the showpiece on sunday.

 

[four_or_six]

We're having a bowl first, which I think is good. It's our strong suit.

I really really want us to win this match.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Sounds like a pretty shocking bowling performance so far.

 

[Dydl]

We're having a bowl first, which I think is good. It's our strong suit.

I really really want us to win this match.

Likewise. Think our batting is our strong suit. Really enjoying this match so far. So good to be able to watch some of it.

Great batting so far by everyone. They've all looked really good.

But as we know, things can change very, VERY quickly in T20.

 

[four_or_six]

Oh dear.

Will need awesome contributions from our big three (Edwards, Taylor and Taylor) to pull this chase off.