Women's Ashes, the T20s. January 20-25

[cats_09]

Bad shot Dean

Knight was looking promising with her batting but she's struggling to get back on strike since those early boundaries - instead she's watching from the other end while her teammates get out

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Wareham and King will both play in the Test match, surely.

 

[010203]

Wareham and King will both play in the Test match, surely.

They have to

 

[jhong]

This English team might want to turn their phones off tonite , they are going to get savaged on social media after this capitulation .

 

[ABAB]

Wareham and King will both play in the Test match, surely.

Pink ball Test.

 

[grumbleguts]

Bad shot Dean

Knight was looking promising with her batting but she's struggling to get back on strike since those early boundaries - instead she's watching from the other end while her teammates get out

She's made 13. In terms of building an innings she hasn't even started.

 

[CURVE]

I'll be pissed off if we don't play the two leggies in the test and I'll be disappointed if we don't win the test before the end of the third day/night.

 

[jhong]

oops

 

[010203]

Georgia Wareham

 

[Jimthegreat]

How the f do you drop that?

Lucky for her she has 3/4...lol.

 

[cats_09]

Damn Wareham

That's worse than your drop at the MCG during the WBBL

 

[grumbleguts]

The england women's team said a while back that they wanted to emulate their men's side with their bazball attitude.

Well, they are certainly emulating them in terms of being completely uncompetitive in Australia. In the words of Chris Scott, Mission Accomplished.

 

[Del125763]

This English team are cooked and came here for a tourist vacation.

Absolutely mentally cooked.

The test match could be all done inside 2 days, let alone 4 days.

 

[jhong]

The English seem to have no idea on how to play leg spin . Also the look on the faces of the poms in the dugout suggest they are counting the minutes till they can gtfo of here .

 

[Jimthegreat]

Surely some leg side balls aren't wides. Went over her shoulder as she played a shot.

 

[cats_09]

Surely some leg side balls aren't wides. Went over her shoulder as she played a shot.

Agree - I really don't like the default position that any ball down the leg side in white ball cricket is automatically a wide

 

[CURVE]

This English team are cooked and came here for a tourist vacation.

Absolutely mentally cooked.

The test match could be all done inside 2 days, let alone 4 days.

Would any of the English players be good enough to make the Australian team?

Heather Knight would be the only one I would think is good enough, Ecclestone may be the world's number one ranked bowler, but she is liability in the field and not as good with the bat as our spinners, so I wouldn't select her. The only other one I would consider is Bell who I think could be a very good medium fast bowler in the coming years but is perhaps just a rung below, Schutt, Garth and Brown at the moment.

 

[troybe]

What a catch from Dunlop Volley

 

[010203]

Great catch by Georgia Voll

 

[jhong]

Excellent catch !!

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Brilliant from Voll.

 

[grumbleguts]

haha, cricinfo published my comment.

 

[jhong]

that piece of fielding , the standard this team sets .

 

[Del125763]

Would any of the English players be good enough to make the Australian team?

Heather Knight would be the only one I would consider, Ecclestone may be the world's number one ranked bowler, but she is liability in the field and not as good with the bat as our spinners, so I wouldn't select her. The only other one I would consider is Bell who I think could be a very good medium fast bowler in the coming years but is perhaps just a rung below, Schitt, Garth and Brown at the moment.

Yep Heather Knight and Ecclestone for me.

Ecclestones batting is a bit underrated. Knight is a solid bat and for the experience.

One of the English pundits did say that 'fitness' was an issue, and it is. The Australians are more athletic, more agile and they are in better physical shape. Players like: Capsey, Ecclestone to name a couple don't strike me as that.

 

[010203]

10,291 is the crowd at the Adelaide Oval.