2023 Womens Premier League March 4-March 26

[NYRB]

Shikha Pandey with her 2nd wicket and there isnt much momentum in this RCB innings at all.

 

[NYRB]

Shikha Pandey takes a blinder . Involved in the first 3 wickets of the game so far.

 

[NYRB]

Norris bowled some real garbage in that 3rd over and that goes for 20 off .

 

[NYRB]

Radha spills a dropped catch over the rope for 6

 

[NYRB]

Shikha Pandey with a very solid shift tonight with 23/3 off her 4.0 overs

 

[NYRB]

Might be better for RCB to ignore taking singles, with Perry still at the crease in the last over. Nup they took the single.

 

[NYRB]

RCB post 150 and they did well to get that.

Sense Delhi should chase this down tonight. Its probably about 15 runs under par.

 

[NYRB]

Fielding tonight from Delhi probably cost them another 25 runs . So who knows how important they could be by the end of this game.

 

[NYRB]

Schutt with a wicket in her 1st over . And its game on now.

 

[NYRB]

Gotta admit its got to be an advantage playing at a game 3 games prior when your opponent has yet to play there.

 

[NYRB]

Capsey is seeing the ball like a beach ball at the moment.

 

[NYRB]

Capsey is seeing the ball like a beach ball at the moment.

Speak of the devil, the very next ball Capsey departs.

 

[NYRB]

Delhi made hard work of beating RCB last night but the better team prevailed.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Fun fact: Richa Ghosh has hit 24 sixes in her career, in less than half of the games (57) played by Deepti Sharm.

Her career strike rate in all forms of T20 is 118.83%.

Ehh your stats are just a touch out of wack (last night was Richa's 101st T20 match), and there's plenty of better comparisons to highlight her freak striking power. Such as...

In T20Is, she has hit more sixes from her 35 matches than what Nat Sciver has managed in her 108.

 

[NYRB]

Ehh your stats are just a touch out of wack (last night was Richa's 101st T20 match), and there's plenty of better comparisons to highlight her freak striking power. Such as...

In T20Is, she has hit more sixes from her 35 matches than what Nat Sciver has managed in her 108.

I quote from Bash Board.

But seeing her play, id imagine the more games she plays, the ratio of 6's per match will probably increase.

 

[NYRB]

Also reflecting back on last nights game Ellyse Perry 50 might be deceiving.

RCB scored 34 runs in their first 40 balls, then scored , 32 runs in their next 40 balls.

Unfortunately, that ended up costing them the game, that slow phase in the first 2/3rds of the innings.

 

[NYRB]

Game 12 of the Womens Premier League

Mumbai Indians Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia(w), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Dhara Gujjar, Amelia Kerr, Issy Wong, Amanjot Kaur, Humaira Kazi, Jintimani Kalita, Saika Ishaque

Gujarat Giants (Playing XI): Sabbhineni Meghana, Sophia Dunkley, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Annabel Sutherland, Sushma Verma(w), Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, Sneh Rana(c), Mansi Joshi



Gujarat Giants have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[NYRB]

Mumbai with all the confidence in the world. It would be fair to say Mumbais imports have performed well collectively in their unbeaten run in the tournament so far.

 

[NYRB]

Gardner bowled well last night with 3 wickets but Gujarat are shot for confidence at the moment.

Mumbai back their ability to win in any situation and remain unbeaten. They really have a world class bowling lineup that doesnt give an each to opposing sides.

 

[NYRB]

Game 13

UP Warriorz (Playing XI): Alyssa Healy(w/c), Devika Vaidya, Kiran Navgire, Grace Harris, Tahlia McGrath, Simran Shaikh, Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma, Shweta Sehrawat, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana(c), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh(w), Shreyanka Patil, Disha Kasat, Megan Schutt, Asha Shobana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Kanika Ahuja



Royal Challengers Bangalore Women have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[NYRB]

Upwarriorz bowled out for 135.

But will RCB bottle another game?

 

[NYRB]

1ST V LAST in the WPL today game 14

Gujarat Giants (Playing XI): Sophia Dunkley, Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sneh Rana(c), Sushma Verma(w), Kim Garth, Tanuja Kanwar, Mansi Joshi, Ashwani Kumari

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


Delhi Capitals Women have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[NYRB]

Gujarat probably rely on their key marquee players more than any other team. Gardner with a Player of the match performance last night with a 50 and a couple of wickets.

 

[CURVE]

I haven't been watching too much of the WPL as it's not on at an ideal time, but it was great to see Gardner put in a good all-round performance, she wouldn't have been too happy with how she has played to date, especially with the bat. On the ESPN cricinfo website there is an interview with her from after the game, and she has become a very confident speaker who is thoughtful and articulate with her answers. She is a future captain in the making.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Roshan was tripping in commentary when he said UP Warriorz beating Mumbai opens up the comp, or something like that. MI have already qualified for the finals, so UP simply reinforced their place in the top 3 with that win.

The crowds and interest in the league had already been at unprecedented levels for women's domestic cricket, but I think it went up a notch yesterday and jeepers did the people get something to cheer about for both matches. Takes me back to the times on here when a few deadbeats and losers tried to disparage the mere thought of a women's IPL--could pull up quotes from past threads, but I'm too nice.