2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand

[Donsteppa]

South Africa have England 19/2 in the 6th over. Nervous times loom for the English batters...

[Donsteppa]

Beaumont and Jones have well and truly steadied the ship for England.

[Donsteppa]

Over at Seddon Park, Sidra Amin's 104 looks like being in a losing cause as she's the ninth wicket to fall with Pakistan still needing 20 off 13 against Bangladesh.

Pakistan went from 183/2 to 187/7 in the space of two overs.

Update: Bangladesh win a World Cup game for the first time by nine runs.

[Chris B.]

@donsteppa That's a real choke!

Meanwhile England's catching has been sloppy - two drops and an edge wide of slip that Dottin would have grabbed!.

[Donsteppa]

South Africa now 158/4 needing 78 from 85. Laura Wolvaardt almost got a bit panicy and started hitting in the air off Kate Cross, and the field eventually obliged. 147/2 becomes 158/4...

[KiwiPie]

South Africa win by 3 wickets with 3 balls to spare. England now drinking in the last chance saloon needing to beat both India and NZ. Likewise those 1 need to beat England etc etc. Great format and mostly great games.

[Chris B.]

@kiwipie Very similar format to the 1992 CWC format, which was probably my favourite.

I think we're probably best off if India beats England to probably send them home and we end up with a dogfight vs the Windies, where we should have the better NRR, but they'll have a somewhat easier finish.

[nzzp]

@chris-b said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:

@kiwipie Very similar format to the 1992 CWC format, which was probably my favourite.

I agree, good format. Simple.

Not pools, with super pools, where you carry some points over, but only against other teams that came through, so the weird incentives are ... weird.

The last over brain explosion vs WI and our capitulation against Aus mean we're up against it. Ideally win it all from here, but it looks like we may get through with one more narrow loss.

[Chris B.]

@nzzp We've ended up in a little triangle with India and Windies - each beating another - but, we won the NRR in that triangle.

2/3 should be enough, but it won't be easy. Botching that last over vs Windies has the pressure on.

[nzzp]

@chris-b cheers, good summary

[Bovidae]

It's ironic that England have come closest to beating Australia so far despite their 0-3 record.

[Crucial]

Windies win the toss and batting first against Oz.

Bloody cold day for it. If the aussies thought the Basin was a bit chilly the other day they'll be really feeling the southerly today.

[Donsteppa]

Ellyse Perry promptly has the Windies 4/2 with two wickets in two balls in the second over...

[Donsteppa]

West Indies 70/5. So basically this is a round robin series to see who has the best chance of beating Australia in the knockout games...

[Hooroo]

West Indies are showing some fight.

7/2

[Chris B.]

Australia vs West Indies.

Matthews a spinner bowling to Haynes an opener!

[MN5]

@chris-b said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:

Australia vs West Indies.

Matthews a spinner bowling to Haynes an opener!

Add Healy keeping to that lot but we already knew about her

[NTA]

@mn5 said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:

@chris-b said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:

Australia vs West Indies.

Matthews a spinner bowling to Haynes an opener!

Add Healy keeping to that lot but we already knew about her

Never stop.

[Chris B.]

Looks like England has finally turned up.

[Hooroo]

@chris-b said in 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand:

Looks like England has finally turned up.

To be fair they have lost three tight ones in a row.