Cricket: The Women's Cricket Thread

[stefan9]

Squad for tour to India.

 

[stefan9]

First ODI today 10:00.
We lost the toss, India bat first.
Game on as grandstand

 

[Dan C]

South Africa Women
Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Annerie Dercksen, Nondumiso Shangase, Sinalo Jafta(w), Masabata Klaas, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayabonga Khaka

India Women
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh

India Women have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

[stefan9]

Kapp won't bowl, managing a back injury. Playing as a batter.

 

[sand_man]

Shame man, she's almost always managing some or other injury or niggle. Our most valuable player? Good enough to play as a batter or a bowler only...

 

[stefan9]

Shame man, she's almost always managing some or other injury or niggle. Our most valuable player? Good enough to play as a batter or a bowler only...

Defenitely our most valuable player. Basically the female version of Kallis.

India 15/1. Klaas gets the first one. Good catch jafta

 

[stefan9]

Lol Klaas got a whack on the nose during the celebration

 

[sand_man]

Great catch!! Big wicket!

Over zealous celebration left the bowler with a broken nose!!! Almost.....

 

[Dan C]

1 down and the bowler just got a bloody nose from her team mates

 

[sand_man]

Dane when asked who did it.... 'One of the blondes'....

 

[sand_man]

On a side, Dane is awesome on comms, great insights!

 

[Dan C]

Dercksen looks good.... so far at least

 

[stefan9]

32/2. Mlaba wicket with her first ball.

 

[stefan9]

Dercksen gets hermanpreet. 55/3 after 11.2

 

[sand_man]

Dercksen looks good.... so far at least

Decent scalp to make your debut, Harmanpreet...

 

[Dan C]

Good catch by Kapp !

 

[sand_man]

Khaka you biscuit?! Big wicket...

 

[sand_man]

Classy 50 from Mandhana...

 

[Dan C]

Khaka you biscuit?! Big wicket...

cookie

 

[sand_man]

Does Sune not bowl at all any longer? Eish, marra why?