‘The Hundred’: Trent Rockets Women v Southern Brave Women – at Trent Bridge on 24 July ESPN Cricket commentator Mike Gardner was quick to blame a batting reshuffle that ‘buried any chance of (Rockets) winning the game.’ Expectations for an exciting finish were dashed once ‘Brave’s’ pace bowlers Anya Shrubsole and Lauren Bell picked-up where
Birmingham Phoenix Women v London Spirit W – at Edgbaston on 23 July Opening the batting for Spirit (in Tammy Beaumont’s absence) Naomi Dattani outgunned fellow opener Deandre Dottin, making top score for Spirit of 34 runs (from 19 balls.) Naomi matched Amy Jones earlier innings ball-for-ball. By the mid-way point, Spirit were ahead on
The opening match of The Hundred has become the most watched women’s cricket match (across both international and domestic) in the UK on record. Across BBC Two, Sky Sports Cricket, Main Event and Mix the match drew a peak audience of 1.95m as the exciting clash between Oval Invincibles and Manchester Originals reached its final
I was interested to see how the game would develop and what the reaction would be from seasoned cricket fans and also new spectators. Overall it would seem that the positive comments outweigh the negative. The game started slowly and to begin with was a little overwhelmed by the razzmatazz, the horrible graphics that take
Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals at the Kia Oval on 21 July Before the match, South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp told ‘Metro’ sports reporters about feeling outside her comfort zone. Fellow South African Dane van Niekerk had told the Press that the ‘five-ball-over’ took some getting used to. On the day, 7400 spectators witnessed Marizanne Kapp
The evening the first game of The Hundred will take place at the Kia Oval, featuring the Oval Invincibles v Manchester Originals. It is a stand alone women’s fixture, tomorrow the men’s fixture will take place and thereafter each day both men’s and women’s games will be played at the same venue – women playing
It’s fascinating to see how differently these rankings are assessed. If you place batters, bowlers and all-rounders in a single list, the all-rounders would find themselves in Division three at best. Rather surprisingly ODI bowlers figure highest of all, Jess Jonassen reaching a summit of 808 points, while Mithali Raj manages only 762 points with
India skipper Mithali Raj has reclaimed her spot as the number one batter on the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings. West Indies players Dottin, Mohammed move up; Pakistan’s Omaima Sohail attains career-best 36th position after string of good efforts with the bat Mandhana at a career-best equalling third position among batters in T20I
Former skipper-turned commentator Michael Vaughan once said that the best way to get noticed by England’s selectors was to ‘make three figures.’ A key concern for England’s Women selectors is who’s capable of making centuries in any format of regional contest; and as yet, remains uncapped? As previously pointed out, the overarching aim of regional
India may well look back on the recent series with more pleasure than England. Yes, they lost 10-6 by the reckoning of the points system, but their achievements must be set against a background of daunting challenge. Playing a series abroad is a huge test of character these days. Bubbles, isolation, testing: a string of
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