Women's Cricket World Cup - June 24 to July 23

Beasty

ICC information here

Tomorrow (Saturday) sees NZ v Sri Lanka and England v India

Other teams involved:
Australia
South Africa
WI
Pakistan
so no Irish interest

However the women's game has been taking great strides forward and this is a chance to build further with TV coverage or streaming of all matches and a doubling of prize money to $2m

Beasty

First blood to NZ and India

Tomorrow sees Pakistan v SA and Australia v WI

riffmongous

Unfortunately the womens game is still even more two tier than the mens

Tom Mann Centuria

England and Australia both through to the semi finals.

Tom Mann Centuria

England scraped through a close one against South Africa (who look very good these days). India or Australia (they play tomorrow) in the final, at a sold out Lords, which is great news for women's cricket I reckon.

Inquitus

Super innings from Kaur 171no, Aussies chasing 281/4 off a reduced 42 overs, that's a tough ask you'd think

Tom Mann Centuria

Inquitus wrote: »

Super innings from Kaur 171no, Aussies chasing 281/4 off a reduced 42 overs, that's a tough ask you'd think

Big innings needed from Lanning, already one down after 2 overs.

Inquitus

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Big innings needed from Lanning, already one down after 2 overs.

Lanning gone and 10/2, what was a tall order looks even harder now.

Tom Mann Centuria

Villani going well. Aussies still in this.

Inquitus

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Villani going well. Aussies still in this.

Aye 138-4 now, 16 overs to go, so just shy of 9 an over required, tough but attainable if they don't ship any more wickets for a good while.

Inquitus

Hmm they threw it all away in the few minutes since my last post 149/6 and they look well and truly goosed now!

Tom Mann Centuria

Inquitus wrote: »

Hmm they threw it all away in the few minutes since my last post 149/6 and they look well and truly goosed now!

Yeah, wheels fell off.

Tom Mann Centuria

Good knock from Blackwell and made the score look at lot closer than maybe it felt near the end.

India look formidable, and comfortably beat England already this tournament, but I'm still hoping for a home win!

Inquitus

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Good knock from Blackwell and made the score look at lot closer than maybe it felt near the end.

India look formidable, and comfortably beat England already this tournament, but I'm still hoping for a home win!

Aye I'd like to see England win at home, they go in 4/7 favourites with the bookies, and they went on an unbeaten run after losing to India in their first game, should be an exciting final in front of a packed Lords, great advert for the women's game!

Beasty

Nailbiting final

India just lose their 9th wicket with 11 balls to go and 11 runs needed. Switched round massively over the past few overs with India's batting collapsing in spectacular fashion. Can they pull it out of the bag? Odds definitely against them now

Now 11 off 10

Beasty

and the very next ball England drop a dolly!!!

Beasty

... and the one after that the final wicket goes

Well done England


... back to the Cycling now

Inquitus

Excellent final, tense to the last, some turn around from England there at the end.

Tom Mann Centuria

Inquitus wrote: »

Excellent final, tense to the last, some turn around from England there at the end.

Really enjoyable game. Actually thought it was a pretty good tournament, what I saw of it.