Cricket: The Women's Cricket Thread

Lucky with the runout there. Poor Pakistan.
 
End of the road for Pakistan. Another solid effort by our Ladies. Well done to the team.
 
Nicely done ladies. Yes please. Semi finals beckon! Need to improve in a few areas though. Fielding still flaky.

Lizelle Lee hopefully will find form in the semis.

Think SA need to win the pool to avoid India In semi final play off.
 
South Africa through to the semi finals with a 17 run win! A very good performance with the ball without Marizanne Kapp from South Africa. Ismail, Mlaba and van Niekerk were particularly frugal on a tough surface. There were two unfortunate run outs. One was a horror mix up but Javeria Khan was really unlucky when she was starting to get going.

The difference in the game was Laura Wolvaardt and she is the Player of the Match. "I think this is definitely the most valuable contribution I've made to this team. I'm just really honoured to be here today. No.5 is a new role for me. A lot more freedom with the field out. I really enjoyed it. It was slower and lower than we expected but we were able to adapt."
 
Javeria Khan: "In the last overs of fielding and bowling we lost our way a bit. It was a slow wicket so we should have restricted them under 120 and the game would be different. We were not able to execute our plans well and bowl according to our field. And this was the main reason. Nothing to take away from Wolvaardt. She took her time and played some good shots. I think it was a good effort with our batting. We just have to realise when is the time to take charge. I think we got a bit late in taking charge. We should have started when I got out and then 4-5 overs were not up to the mark. We need to understand what's the score and how many can we chase. As a unit we will sit back and try discover how to do this as a team."

Dane van Niekerk: "I am really happy. I have to give credit to Pakistan. They gave us a massive go throughout the whole game. They kept coming at us and kept coming at us. It was an incredible innings from Laura. It was only her third time batting at No.5. She is only used to batting at the top. For her to display her skill like that and getting us that winning total, the way she went about it, she is mature beyond her years. She is already an incredible cricketer but I think she is going to be one of the legends."
 
Some of the best cover driving you will ever see!! This chick is barely 20 and already a stalwart of the side. She's well on her way to becoming a legend in the sport...
 
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Sri Lanka Women vs Bangladesh Women, 17th Match

BANW 91/8 (20.0)
SLW 92/1 (15.3)

Sri Lanka Women won by 9 wkts



Australia Women vs New Zealand Women, 18th Match

AUSW 155/5 (20.0)
NZW 151/7 (20.0)

Australia Women won by 4 runs
 
So is our match vs WI also going to get rained off? That should put us top of the table.
 
West Indies Women vs South Africa Women, 20th Match

Toss delayed due to rain
Here are the possible scenarios in case rain plays spoilsport:
>> If this game - West Indies v South Africa - gets washed out, both teams will share a point each and that would mean South Africa finish on top in Group B.
>> Assuming a wash-out or a South Africa win, the first semi-final will be India v England followed by the second i.e., South Africa v Australia on Thursday.
>> If South Africa lose to West Indies, England will end up as the group-toppers and it would be an India v South Africa semi-final 1, followed by arch-rivals England v Australia in the next.
>> If both games on the semi-finals day get washed out, India (from Group A) and whosoever finishes on top (between South Africa and England) will lock horns in the finals.
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I'd rather play India in the semi than Aus in front of their home crowd

/update - looking at the weather, this might not be the case. A NR gives us 1 point and AUS ...
 
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- No reserve day for the semi-finals
- Minimum 10 overs per side to constitute a match
- In event of a no-result, the team finishing top of the group will progress to the final
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No result gives us 1 point. We will finish on top of our pool.

It appears certain that the weather will ruin our final pool game. Reports from radar in the area (by the locals) seems to indicate that the rain will not let up in time to get a game on.
 
"On Wednesday and Thursday, a broad low pressure trough and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Esther will move further east and south, causing widespread showers, thunderstorms and areas of heavy rain parts of Queensland, NSW, the ACT and Victoria.
Up to 100mm could fall on Canberra, with potentially 70mm drenching Sydney and solid showers in Melbourne"

Melbourne is looking better for Sunday :)
 
Luke7777 said:
I'd rather play India in the semi than Aus in front of their home crowd
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Only way to avoid playing the best team at a World Cup is to be the best team (or get eliminated in the first round).
 
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