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

[CURVE]

Amazing fielding from Perry

 

[cats_09]

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.

Before the start of the series I would have said Sciver-Brunt, but after 6 matches I couldn't pick her in the team

Maybe Dunkley in our T20 team as she looked pretty damaging across the first 2 matches, but not sure who'd she replace

 

[grumbleguts]

that piece of fielding , the standard this team sets .

THAT piece of fielding even more so.

 

[troybe]

Pez dispenses Smith

 

[jhong]

Brilliant fielding Perry , but geez a bit stiff , but hey , out .

 

[cats_09]

 

[IKnowtheDog]

That run out shows poor cricket nous

 

[grumbleguts]

King and Wareham combined to Charlie Dean:
17 balls, 5/6

 

[troybe]

Knight needs to get some personal coaching from Maxy on how to farm the strike

 

[cats_09]

 

[hawkman]

Twos ran in this T20I series:
England - 21
Beth Mooney - 20

 

[010203]

The marmalisation is complete. A whitewash is inevitable unless it really pisses down in Melbourne for a day and a half.

 

[troybe]

12-nil Pluck a duck that’s a shellacking

 

[cats_09]

After a quietish start in the ODI's, has Mooney started to put herself in the frame for player of the series?

 

[cats_09]

Even the Brits are taking the piss out of the coaches words from the interview released this morning

 

[cats_09]

Fair effort this

 

[010203]

Even the Brits are taking the piss out of the coaches words from the interview released this morning

Izzy's review of tonight's game with Geoff Lemon will be worth a watch.

 

[Moonwatcher]

So I got a free ticket today because I went to the Aus v Pak ODI where Aus was a no show. Since Eng were a no show tonight does that mean I get a free ticket to the next ODI?

 

[cats_09]

Twos ran in this T20I series:
England - 21
Beth Mooney - 20

 

[Del125763]

Hartley reckons an Aussie 2nd XI might beat the English first XI and that wouldn't be too far off.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

This is where the Aussie's are better than the other teams. Always ticking the scoreboard over. Even in T20 boundaries aren't a necessity if you're regulalrly scoring singles and twos.

 

[Substance]

Hartley reckons an Aussie 2nd XI might beat the English first XI and that wouldn't be too far off.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

 

[cats_09]

This is where the Aussie's are better than the other teams. Always ticking the scoreboard over. Even in T20 boundaries aren't a necessity if you're regulalrly scoring singles and twos.

I'm trying to remember if it a commentators during the BBL final the other night or watching the NZ Super Smash who said,

"There's more than one way to score 10 an over. You can hit a 4 & 6, or hit the gaps and run 2s."

Sure it's something of a 'Captain Obvious' comment, but it's also something a lot of that teams & players seem to forget - so many players appear to want to play T20s in an all our attacking manner, rather than adapting to the conditions or even their own form


I think of that shot from Voll last night which went straight to Wyatt-Hodge for an easy catch - it wasn't a chip shot designed to land in the gap or a full on aggressive shot to clear the boundary, it was a shot of frustration from someone on 23 from 20 balls with only 2 fours. If Voll instead opts for a ground shot hitting the gap, they could well have run 1 or 2

 

[cats_09]

This is pretty damning for England

 

[Around the Wicket]

Australian women are pretty much full time professionals now, are England's?