Random Women's Cricket Thread

[andy]

That willow talk podcast is fantastic I love listening to it!


On another point Nicola Carey is definitely worth a place in the Aussie side over the over rated Thalia McGrath!!!

[Durhamfootman]

Carey has done well in all 3 WPL matches she's played in

shocking performance from Gujarat today. First they retired a player out for not scoring fast enough, which I don't agree with. Then with Mumbai needing 80 runs off 40 balls, they dropped 3 skiers offered by Kaur and Carey, allowed umpteen second runs through misfields as well as 2 boundaries from byes that Mooney missed.

England-esque fielding

I'm glad, really, because retiring players out for not scoring quickly enough feels a lot like cheating to me. Fielding sides do their best to keep a struggling player on strike and then they arbitrarily get someone else for their efforts. I don't like it

[GarlicJam]

On another point Nicola Carey is definitely worth a place in the Aussie side over the over rated Thalia McGrath!!!

Carey had a very good BBL season - in the winning side as well.

Trouble is, McGrath is vice-captain. I agree that she has not been up to the standard she set a couple of years back, and I do hope that she is not made captain after Healy retires - a tough choice for the selectors though.

The likes of Perry and Mooney are too old, so maybe Gardner? That will get a few bigots offside, with Gardner not only being indigenous, but wearing it on her sleeve (ok, I think it's a tatt on her arm). That would make a tough choice for our standard middle-aged white male bigot (we do have a few down here) - they will be torn between hating on women's cricket and bagging out aboriginals.

[GarlicJam]

I'm glad, really, because retiring players out for not scoring quickly enough feels a lot like cheating to me. Fielding sides do their best to keep a struggling player on strike and then they arbitrarily get someone else for their efforts. I don't like it

I wholeheartedly disagree. The batting side should have every right - but that player is now retired, cannot come out to bat once they have been dragged.

In the BBL last week, one player self-retired, as he knew he wasn't playing very well, Can't remember who is was. 2 nights ago, Renegades captain Will Sutherland dragged Rizwan as he was scoring too slow (26 off 23) - Sutherland got run out for 1 run off 1 delivery...