ODI Australia women vs West Indies women, (World Cup 1st semi final) @ Wellington, Wed 30 March @ 11am local (9am Syd/Mel)

[Toe Poke]

Australia women vs West Indies women
(World Cup 1st semi final)
Wellington
Wed 30 March @ 11am local (9am Syd/Mel)

Scorecard here:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...men-1st-semi-final-1243936/live-cricket-score

Twitter accounts for team announcements:

https://twitter.com/AusWomenCricket
https://twitter.com/

Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Rachael Haynes, Meg Lanning (c), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner,
Annabel Sutherland, Jessica Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

West Indies XI: Deandra Dottin, Rashada Williams, Hayley Matthews, Stafanie Taylor (c), Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Chedean Nation,
Anisa Mohammed, Kycia Knight, Chinelle Henry, Karishma Ramharack, Shamilia Connell


For Australia:

Perry is out injured
Wellington, Carey on the fringe
Harris hasn't played yet during the tournament, and the selectors seem to pick Sutherland and/and Carey when one of the usual top 7 is unavailable.

 

[Toe Poke]

Match delayed by rain

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...men-1st-semi-final-1243936/live-cricket-score

Probable Australia team:

Healy, Haynes, Lanning, Mooney, McGrath, Gardner
Sutherland, Jonassen, King, Schutt, Brown

Perry is out injured
Wellington, Carey on the fringe
Harris hasn't played yet during the tournament, and the selectors seem to pick Sutherland and/and Carey when one of the usual top 7 is unavailable.

If the rain delay reduces the match to a much shorter game (eg. 30 overs or fewer), then the match more closely resembles a T20 fixture rather than an ODI. In which case, bowling depth becomes less important, because the maximum number of overs for each bowler reduces. In that situation, a stronger argument can be made for Grace Harris to be selected at number 7, and to leave Sutherland out. However this is just daydreaming - it's unlikely the selectors would pick Harris for her first match in a knockout semi-final.

 

[corbies]

Match delayed by rain

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...men-1st-semi-final-1243936/live-cricket-score



If the rain delay reduces the match to a much shorter game (eg. 30 overs or fewer), then the match more closely resembles a T20 fixture rather than an ODI. In which case, bowling depth becomes less important, because the maximum number of overs for each bowler reduces. In that situation, a stronger argument can be made for Grace Harris to be selected at number 7, and to leave Sutherland out. However this is just daydreaming - it's unlikely the selectors would pick Harris for her first match in a knockout semi-final.

Doesn't batting depth also become less important though? As the number of balls each batter is likely to face reduces.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Toe Poke]

Doesn't batting depth also become less important though? As the number of balls each batter is likely to face reduces.

You are correct that the number of balls each batter is likely to face reduces, however, unlike with bowlers, there is no maximum imposed by the rules.
So in a T20, a team could lose 5 wickets in the first 5 overs, and the number 7 batter could still face (15*6 / 2 =) 45 balls or more, whereas all bowlers are limited to 24 deliveries.

 

[cats_09]

With a reserve day in place for the semi-finals - is it better for a reduced over match or call the day off & come back on the reserve day & hope for better weather?

What if it rains?

Fortunately, there are reserve days for both semi-finals and the final, so England hopefully need not fear a repeat of their 2020 T20 World Cup semi-final exit. If, however, a match cannot be completed on the reserve day, the top-ranked qualifier (Australia or South Africa) will progress.

The rules of this ICC tournament require 20 overs per side for a completed match.

 

[cats_09]

And we have an update for todays match

 

[corbies]

West Indies win toss and bowl. 45 overs a side.

 

[cats_09]

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Solid start from both openers Haynes is in some form

 

[Taylor]

Some loose bowling from the WI so far.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Healy is so annoying but in finals and big games she’s unbelievable

 

[Moonwatcher]

Two drops

 

[Moonwatcher]

WI might be wishing India won last week.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

And that looks like an ACL, horrible luck

 

[cats_09]

And now an injury for WI

 

[LukeParkerno1]

WI might be wishing India won last week.

We don't! That would be a brutal semi.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

And now an injury for WI

When it rains it pours so to speak.

Hope for the best but this looks really bad, non contact and goes down usually means an ACL

 

[cats_09]

And that looks like an ACL, horrible luck

Thought it looked more like a hamstring as per the commentators - grabbed the back of her leg, rather than her knee and you could see her pull up prior to collapsing on the ground

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Thought it looked more like a hamstring as per the commentators - grabbed the back of her leg, rather than her knee and you could see her pull up prior to collapsing on the ground

Hope you are correct, hamstring is better than a knee. Hate seeing injuries.

 

[Toe Poke]

0/153 after 26.5 overs, so with 18.1 overs remaining, Australia's batters can treat the batting innings as if it's a T20 match now.
Australia is well on track to score at least 270, which is 6 an over.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

0/153 after 26.5 overs, so with 18.1 overs remaining, Australia's batters can treat the batting innings as if it's a T20 match now.
Australia is well on track to score at least 270, which is 6 an over.

They’ll be aiming way more than that! 10 an over from here

 

[cats_09]

Hope you are correct, hamstring is better than a knee. Hate seeing injuries.

Same - doesn't matter the team or the sport, injuries are never good

 

[LukeParkerno1]

This fielding my goodness

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Same - doesn't matter the team or the sport, injuries are never good

I can not like a player but I’d still hate seeing that player injured as they work so hard