tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post6205064656052026161..comments2023-06-01T15:03:21.635+01:00Comments on Women's Cricket Blog: New Zealand take ICC WC Series with 9 wicket winMartin Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15850707584058402446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-10754548609977985832015-02-16T12:47:06.221+00:002015-02-16T12:47:06.221+00:00Yes agreed the team in the 3rd ODI was about the b...Yes agreed the team in the 3rd ODI was about the best batting line up we have, and still we collapsed. Just checked and Wyatt's ODI average is below Sciver's, so wouldn't strengthen the team by making that change. Lack of pressure on places from the Academy I agree, and for whatever reason the domestic game isn't producing batters right now. Lottie will be gone in a few years as well I guess, and who will replace her runs? Martin and Syd's blogs have both spoken of what they believe is the need to shake up the domestic game and introduce either a regional championship or reduce the number of counties. Do we have any indications about whether the ECB are seriously contemplating changes of this nature?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281521954994736684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-76278423996550630952015-02-15T18:10:47.966+00:002015-02-15T18:10:47.966+00:00Very disappointing. Thought from 2nd ODI we were g...Very disappointing. Thought from 2nd ODI we were getting somewhere but no, back to square one.<br />Stupid run outs, some stupid shots and too many batsmen out of form coming together to create a disaster waiting to happen.<br />At this rate Brunt might end up at about no5 by the end of the tour !!<br />This squad was widely applauded when announced which suggests, bar possibly Elwiss, there is not much pressure on these players from the Academy and others and hence its up to them to sort themselves out.<br />Its brutal but some of the batsman in this squad have to step up or we will be right to ask why they are even in the squad. I hope they do step up because it would not be nice to see some loyal servants simply fade to a shadow of their former selves.<br />The Clangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760786835721279059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-29932291073300110272015-02-15T12:58:28.342+00:002015-02-15T12:58:28.342+00:00Thanks MD as feared the World Cup casts s huge sha...Thanks MD as feared the World Cup casts s huge shadow over womens cricket even in such an important game for England.<br /><br />I have huge respect for our star players in the past they pulled the rest of the team performances up with them, now they are under huge pressure to carry under performing talent. While this happens other countries get stronger and Australia continue to excel backed by an excellent state structure.<br /><br />The stars can inspire a turnaround in the short term I'm sure but the future I have my doubts.Bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003969620066540447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896684740062197881.post-48615794356713468642015-02-15T10:56:20.392+00:002015-02-15T10:56:20.392+00:00Thanks for the comprehensive summary Martin. I wou...Thanks for the comprehensive summary Martin. I would have had no idea how it happened otherwise. <br /><br />It looked like a close game, but it's always difficult to restrict a chasing side when you only take 1 wicket. You can't just blame the batters, at least they increased the score with every game. I was disappointed after that great show in the field in the second match. I agree that the main batting concern is the middle order, they collapse in every game. It's tempting to change the order round and put more solid players like Knight lower ,and Gunn and Marsh higher, but with injuries we will probably need to keep Jones and Sciver around even if they're not scoring many runs. <br /><br />For NZ I've rated Sattherthwaite highly for a while, she will be dangerous in T20. Perkins is also very good although has not done much yet in this series. We still have a chance in the overall ODI series, and after the T20 series is done I'm more interested in what happens there, now we look resigned to 3rd/4th place in the Championship table. I will be surprised if SA stay above us for too long though. I still think we have the edge on them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952597754091672288noreply@blogger.com