Random Women's Cricket Thread

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Sutherland is so good! Would say she's arguably Australia most important bowler these days...always takes wickets always keeps things tight and is always threatening! Australia pulling things back here

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No slip! Knight edges would have gone straight to slip!

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85-1 and Alana king into the attack! The danger weapon into the attack

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Knight goes plumb lbw to molineux! Not sure how the onfield umpire didn't give that?! Literally plumb and looked instantly out! 90-2

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All falling apart quickly.... 112/3 with both the main bats out now and the scoring strangled. Be lucky to post 230 from here and won't be nearly enough. Lost my coverage for a while there so missed the crucial period but seems that King has simply killed the scoring at one end.

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Alfie why haven't they got a slip for king? She's had the ball on a string and batters can't get the ball off the square! Ball starting to really grip and turn

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I wonder if Australia could have left out Garth or schutt and got Wareham in the side....quicker the bowling today further it's gone...spin is dominating....and if they wanted a seamer they could go with Perry or McGrath who just don't bowl......

As I say that...dunkley not scoring puts pressure on Beaumont and she's holed out on the boundary for 78! 147-4

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Lambs gone! Sutherland goes straight through her! 160-5 after 37 overs

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Dunkleys horror show innings over! Stumped by Mooney! Surely she misses out in the next game...time for Wyatt to be brought back in ..dunkley has had a horror show in this tournament

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Mcgrath is quite a defensive captain....at no stage has she had a slip in...the amount of balls that have gone through slip particularly off the spinners and no one there....just feel if Healy had been playing England may have struggled to make 150...plenty of chances for catchers just letting England slightly off the hook....Australia still miles ahead but could be so much better for them....

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England post 244-9

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More than I thought at one stage. Capsey and Dean did well. But Dunkley and Lamb showing again they are in the side only because England apparently don't trust Wyatt to do better. Beats me

King found spin and bounce. Maybe England's spinners can make a fight of this ? Think I will watch on replay tomorrow though...

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I feel a bit for.emma lamb....bats in the top 3 for her county and now batting 6 it's a completly different ketlle of fish...starting against spin out of the poerrplay etc she's effectively learning on the job...dunkley is having a horror show though and has been for a while....lamb up to 5, Wyatt in at 6.....that's what they should do in the next game.....

This is a competitive score but Australia will surely chase it down

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23-2! Both openers gone, bell with an absolute beauty to get Litchfield, voll dismissed playing a horrendous shot to Linsey smith, Healy looked fuming on the sidelines at the shot!

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Perry went early too! 46-3 after 10 overs