2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand
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White Ferns are 155/5 at the innings break in the T20 warm up against India in Queenstown.
Though after watching how the Ashes played out, I think the WCWC is going to be a contest to see if anyone can ambush Australia in a knockout match and prevent their march to the title.
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Two good wins in the first two ODI's to the White Ferns so far.
I've only seen bits and pieces of both games. It seems to prove for the White Ferns a theory that, as long as one of Bates, Devine, or A. Kerr goes big with the bat, there's enough batting around them to make them a threat to all teams. All three are back together, and Bates in particular seems to have rediscovered her international form with that century.
As for India, they've now lost three games against a White Ferns side that, prior to this series, had this cheerful stat:
Wednesday’s win would nevertheless have been an important confidence boost for New Zealand’s women’s cricket team, which tasted success just four times in 19 outings in 2021 across both white-ball formats.
India also seem to be basing their batting around an anchor innings from Mithali Raj striking at 80. Which would once have been a great strategy for winning tournament ODI's, perhaps not so much these days though?
That said, too early to count India out - but good signs for us - and not so good signs for them ahead of the CWC.
On a frustrating Covid point of view, the venue packs sold last year for the CWC games have all just been cancelled today, because Red. That has particularly annoyed the Miss 10-year-old cricketer in our house, who had seven games at Bay Oval lined up...
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@donsteppa said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Two good wins in the first two ODI's to the White Ferns so far.
I've only seen bits and pieces of both games. It seems to prove for the White Ferns a theory that, as long as one of Bates, Devine, or A. Kerr goes big with the bat, there's enough batting around them to make them a threat to all teams. All three are back together, and Bates in particular seems to have rediscovered her international form with that century.
As for India, they've now lost three games against a White Ferns side that, prior to this series, had this cheerful stat:
Wednesday’s win would nevertheless have been an important confidence boost for New Zealand’s women’s cricket team, which tasted success just four times in 19 outings in 2021 across both white-ball formats.
India also seem to be basing their batting around an anchor innings from Mithali Raj striking at 80. Which would once have been a great strategy for winning tournament ODI's, perhaps not so much these days though?
That said, too early to count India out - but good signs for us - and not so good signs for them ahead of the CWC.
On a frustrating Covid point of view, the venue packs sold last year for the CWC games have all just been cancelled today, because Red. That has particularly annoyed the Miss 10-year-old cricketer in our house, who had seven games at Bay Oval lined up...
It is a real shame when it is a once in 2 decades World Cup. To be fair to NZ, that top 5 of the 3 you mentioned plus Satterthwaite and Green is pretty decent. Bowling won't dismiss sides unless they have enough runs on the board.
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@donsteppa not sure today was a good win.
We won, but needed a bloody good innings to do it. The fielding was atrocious at times - so many dropped catches. By comparison, the Indians caught really well for quite a few overs before shelling chances.
Fun game though. Well played Amelia Kerr - to step up after our big 3 went cheaply was seriously impressive.
Separate note, I want (demand!) rules clarification on stumpings/runouts. The criteria yesterday was if a bail lights up, it's dislodged. I'm less convinced frankly, but if that's the test, then it should be clearly articulated and consistently applied.
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@nzzp said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@donsteppa not sure today was a good win.
We won, but needed a bloody good innings to do it. The fielding was atrocious at times - so many dropped catches. By comparison, the Indians caught really well for quite a few overs before shelling chances.
Fun game though. Well played Amelia Kerr - to step up after our big 3 went cheaply was seriously impressive.
Separate note, I want (demand!) rules clarification on stumpings/runouts. The criteria yesterday was if a bail lights up, it's dislodged. I'm less convinced frankly, but if that's the test, then it should be clearly articulated and consistently applied.
Batting & bowling wise they're looking good going into the WC - but they had an absolute shocker in the field, sloppy fielding, dropped catches & just didn't attack the ball in the field... other than Melie Kerrs outstanding innings with the bat she was also easily the best fielder we had, just didn't stand there waiting for the ball to come to her, she attacked it with urgency running in stopping singles etc.
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Hard to have a more emphatic result than that in the last warm up game. After conceding 321 to Australia, the White Ferns clased it down with 325/1 and with 6.5 overs to spare...!
Sophie Devine 157 (116, and Amedlia Kerr with 92 (75) being the not out batters, Suzie Bates scoring 63.
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@donsteppa said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Hard to have a more emphatic result than that in the last warm up game. After conceding 321 to Australia, the White Ferns clased it down with 325/1 and with 6.5 overs to spare...!
Sophie Devine 157 (116, and Amedlia Kerr with 92 (75) being the not out batters, Suzie Bates scoring 63.
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That is Primo!! Was that at the mount today? I drove past and there was a bit of activity there
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@hooroo said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@donsteppa said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Hard to have a more emphatic result than that in the last warm up game. After conceding 321 to Australia, the White Ferns clased it down with 325/1 and with 6.5 overs to spare...!
Sophie Devine 157 (116, and Amedlia Kerr with 92 (75) being the not out batters, Suzie Bates scoring 63.
Official source of all upcoming ICC Cricket Men's and Women's fixtures and results. Filter by team, event, date, location and format (Test, First Class, ODI, T201, List A, T20).
That is Primo!! Was that at the mount today? I drove past and there was a bit of activity there
Game today was at Lincoln, but Bay Oval might have been getting ready for the opening ceremony?
Normally I'd have been at Blake Park late afternoon to see what was happening nearby, but about half of one of the kid's cricket teams is out of action with Covid in their households...
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@donsteppa said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
@nta said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:
Has anyone told the WI team they've got 50 overs?
It's a great T20I start...!
Think they got the memo - 6 dot balls in a row.
I assume this is on a platform I don't have in Oz (Kayo?)
