Womens Premier League 2024 (Feb 23- March 17)

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Squads. Bold are Australian players. A total of 14 Australians by my counts:

Delhi Capitals​

Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland*, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari

Gujarat Giants​

Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan

Mumbai Indians​

Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthana Balakrishnan

Royal Challengers Bangalore​

Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux

UP Warriorz​

Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Lauren Bell, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Danni Wyatt, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana


Mumbai to host no games, with all games to be played Bengaluru and Delhi:

 

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will be shown on Kayo

 

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Not a bad replacement.



Should have been one of the first selected.

 

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Seriously, why aren't teams selecting Attapaththu? She is probably in the best form of her career and was an absolute star in the recent WBBL tournament.

 

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Seriously, why aren't teams selecting Attapaththu? She is probably in the best form of her career and was an absolute star in the recent WBBL tournament.

The general selection of the imports has been go for Aussies, than English, Hayley Matthews, Kapp/Ismail/Wolvaardt.

Im thinking it might be a political thing, since the IPL mens league doesnt have any Pakistan players involved.

I also have watched a bit of Pakistan/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka cricket in the past 12 months, and there is some really good talent. Unfortunately, if their top players dont get to play in the : WBBL, WPL - they dont get to test themselves against the best enough regularly.

 

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I have the UP Warriorz as my favourites to win the comp now with Chamari.

Im also hoping to watch the Aussie women in their fixtures against South Africa before most of them depart for the WPL.

 

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And RCB lose a key player:

 

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Looks like there is an overlap with a NZ T20 series which will affect availability for some players.

Also Chamari’s playing in the WSS was not covered enough. That was a big get for the WSS

 

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Looks like there is an overlap with a NZ T20 series which will affect availability for some players.

Also Chamari’s playing in the WSS was not covered enough. That was a big get for the WSS

WSS = Womens Super Smash?

 

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All the best to Cheatle:

 

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Its the whos who tomorrow kicking off the Season opener tomorrow on Friday night........

 

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Its the whos who tomorrow kicking off the Season opener tomorrow on Friday night........

Where can one watch the opening ceremony. It's not on Kayo. Asking for my mum

 

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Game 1 of the Womens Premier League:


Teams:

Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Yastika Bhatia(w), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, S Sajana, Pooja Vastrakar, Shabnim Ismail, Keerthana Balakrishnan, Saika Ishaque

Delhi Capitals Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning(c), Alice Capsey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Marizanne Kapp, Annabel Sutherland, Arundhati Reddy, Minnu Mani, Taniya Bhatia(w), Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey



Mumbai Indians Women have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Shabnim clean bowls Shafali and thats the 1st wicket of WPL 2024.

 

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Good late recovery from Delhi there as they post 171/5 against Mumbai in the opener

 

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Wicket maiden to start from Kapp. Good start for Delhi here.

 

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Needing 5 runs to win off the last ball, the Mumbai Indians did it.


Devastation on Capsey with that delivery of the last ball.

 

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Needing 5 runs to win off the last ball, the Mumbai Indians did it.


Devastation on Capsey with that delivery of the last ball.

Mumbai need 12 off the last over to win, Capsey gets a wicket with her first ball of the over & then the big scalp of Kaur off the 5th ball - with the #8 is coming in to face the last ball of the match & your leading by 5 runs, I'm thinking WinViz has Delhi as comfortable favorites

And then this happens

 

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Going by the way of schedule RCB and Delhi are the only teams with home advantage in the regular season, with 4 home games each.

 

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And interesting to note Kaur get player of the match in Game 1. Home tournament maybe she will give a bit of a hearted effort , as its probably now surpassed the WBBL in being the number 1 league on the planet.

 

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And interesting to note Kaur get player of the match in Game 1. Home tournament maybe she will give a bit of a hearted effort , as its probably now surpassed the WBBL in being the number 1 league on the planet.

She's also captain of the team, so wonder the impact that has on things

She's teammates with Hayley Matthews again - could be interesting to see the dynamic between the two with the changed roles

 

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Match number 2, will be sold out tonight:

 

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Game 2 of the WPL:


Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Sabbhineni Meghana, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh(w), Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Simran Bahadur, Sobhana Asha, Renuka Thakur Singh

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Kiran Navgire, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Shweta Sehrawat, Grace Harris, Saima Thakor



UP Warriorz have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Large Australian flavour tonight with 6 players on show.

 

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Same pitch as last nights opener.