Category: Women’s Cricket

List of Adelaide Strikers Players WBBL T20- Adelaide Strikers Squad Womens Big Bash League 2018-19

Here are the list of Adelaide Strikers Women players who are going to feature in the Women’s Big Bash League beginning from December 1. The tournament, which lasts nearly two months, will conclude on January 26.

The team will be captained by New Zealand’s Suzie Bates. The 31 year-old is one of three foreign players in this squad- the others being compatriot Sophie Devine and England spinner Danielle Hazell. Devine was Adelaide’s leading run scorer last season, with 434 runs from 15 innings at an average of 31. Her performances had her in fifth on the overall runs chart, behind Ellyse Perry, Elyse Vilani, Nicole Bolton and Beth Mooney. Devine’s runs came at a fair clip as well- her eventual SR of 109.59 was higher than Perry, who finished the tournament as its leading run scorer. The Wellington born star was also worth her weight in gold with the ball- fourth on the overall list with 17 wickets at an economy rate of 6.20

The Adelaide Strikers will kick off their WBBL 2018 campaign on December 2 against Brisbane Heat Women in St.Kilda, followed by a clash six days later against the Melbourne Renegades at the very same venue. Their first away clash sees them square off against the Renegades again, but this time in Ballarat.

The Strikers had two very poor seasons at the beginning of the BBL, finishing second from bottom in the inaugural edition of the tournament back in 2015/16, and last in the 2016/17 tournament. 2017/18 was a major improvement as they finished fourth and qualified for the semifinals, only to go out the hands of eventual winners Sydney Sixers. They will be hoping for Devine to have another excellent tournament with both bat and ball to potentially reach the knockouts again.

Adelaide Strikers Women

Suzie Bates (c), Sam Betts, Sarah Coyte, Sophie Devine, Eliza Doddridge, Ellie Falconer, Danielle Hazell, Tahila McGrath, Tegan McPharlin, Bridget Patterson, Katelyn Pope, Alex Price, Tabatha Saville, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington

Tayla Vlaeminck catch of Veda Krishnamurthy- India Women vs Australia Women T20 World Cup 2018

Here is the video of debutant Tayla Vlaeminck taking an outstanding one handed catch to dismiss Veda Krishnamurthy of the bowling off Ashleigh Gardner during the T-20 match of the ICC Women’s World World Cup at Guyana on Saturday. Continue reading “Tayla Vlaeminck catch of Veda Krishnamurthy- India Women vs Australia Women T20 World Cup 2018”

Harmanpreet Kaur’s First T20 International Hundred- India Women vs New Zealand Women T-20 Match Report 2018

India women’s skipper Harmanpreet Kaur notched up her maiden T-20 hundred, as India comfortably beat New Zealand by 34 runs in the first match of the World T20 World Cup on Friday.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, India were rocked early, as they lost both Taniya Bhatia and star batsman Smriti Mandhana to Lea Tahuhu.

Debutant Dayalan Hemalatha too fell cheaply, leaving India in a spot of bother 40/3 at one stage.

However, Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues then steadied the ship by adding 134 runs for the fourth wicket before the 18 year old Rodrigues was dismissed stumped by Katey Martin off Jess Watkin for a quickfire 59.

The 29 year old Kaur brought up her first T-20 hundred by smashing 103 runs off 51 balls with seven fours and 8 sixes. In the process she also became the first Indian to score a T-20 century in Women’s cricket. Her powerful hitting saw eight balls cross the fence- New Zealand by comparison could only manage one. No team in the previous T20 World Cup had managed to hit eight or more sixes either- another indicator of Kaur’s destructive capabilities. Continue reading “Harmanpreet Kaur’s First T20 International Hundred- India Women vs New Zealand Women T-20 Match Report 2018”

Rachael Haynes catch of Jess Watkin- Australia Women vs New Zealand Women-2018

Here is the video of Rachael Haynes taking an outstanding one handed catch to dismiss Jess Watkin off the bowling of Ellyse Perry in the T-20 match held at Canberra on October 5. Continue reading “Rachael Haynes catch of Jess Watkin- Australia Women vs New Zealand Women-2018”