Aussies secure T20 series
Batting sensation Hayley Matthews again starred for the West Indies but this time it wasn’t enough to get the better of Australia.
Batting sensation Hayley Matthews again starred for the West Indies but this time it wasn’t enough to get the better of Australia.
Cricket’s best female ODI batter is heading for the Scorchers after CA green lit her late addition to the competition outside the overseas player draft.
Batting phenom Phoebe Litchfield has been hitting the gym and it paid off big-time with a world record batting effort.
A sensational close to Australia’s innings by Phoebe Litchfield looked to have put the Aussies in an unloseable position, then out walked Hayley Matthews to the crease for the visitors.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic started sport across the world has been faced with havoc, but none more so than women’s sport which has been pushed to the margins.
Ellyse Perry opened the bowling for Australia in most matches in the series against India, but eyebrows were raised when she didn’t get the ball at all in the final T20.
Australia had already secured the series win over India but skipper Meg Lanning had a moment she’d rather forget in the final match.
They were schoolmates and played NSW Premier Cricket together. Now this Sydney teenager is heading to the WBBL as a replacement for her bestie.
Australia may have claimed the series win against India but the major talking point was a delivery many are calling the ball of the century.
Tahlia McGrath has guided Australia to victory in the second women’s T20 against India. But everyone is talking about that ball. See it here, plus a full report and scores.
The radar gun may have been off, but even if the recorded 145km/h was a little over the top, there’s no doubt returning Aussie star Tayla Vlaeminck is seriously quick.
Weather intervened in the first T20I just as India was on the way to a monster score against Australia, but was it a case of too many cooks for Meg Lanning’s side?
India is on a roll after dominating the Test against Australia, and three T20s could decide who is the best team in the world.
Afghanistan is preparing to play at the T20 World Cup, but after a ban on women playing cricket from the Taliban, boycott talk continues to bubble.
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