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- Thread starter EdWeatherall
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well you obviously read them.
I thought the way she got out was a bit shit. Very lazy play at best.
I do, mate.well you obviously read them.
Massively prefer your ones when India isn't involved.
Really sad women in blue lost. Played really well till the last 10 overs. Hopefully, BCCI sees it and invests more money and time on the girls. Clear to see they lacked exposure.
But well done to english girls.
But well done to english girls.
Think there is plenty that this England team need to improve. Don't think we could win a tournament away from home, at the moment.
I'm here to defend India and Indian cricket even though I don't know anything about a women's world cup going on. May also inadvertently spoil some GoT stuff, so please bear with me. lol
Really good words from Raj.
Amazing resilience and self-belief to fight back from an almost certain defeat 7 overs out. Fielding was also badly letting them down too.
But England bowlers created immense pressure by delivering continual wicket taking balls. Was an amazing last 30 mins.
Not sure if this is harsh but I think women's cricket needs improvement in fitness. Standard seems to have improved a lot from when I last saw it so no reason why this area should not improve just as quickly.
Really liked England's keeper. Very good reflexes and smart. Shame I don't follow women's cricket enough. Well done England. The pressure got to India and should have won it to be fair. I don't see how it wasn't a choke of some sort. Although, I do understand run a ball in women's cricket isn't comparable to men's thus it was more in balance than a usual men's game.
And please, stop feeding that troll.
And please, stop feeding that troll.
It's not harsh, it's true. It's a problem area and one identified by England as an area they can improve when Richardson took over.
BUT, I believe only England and Australia have fully professional players (I think New Zealand are paid a retainer but aren't full timers), and even then it's only the ones actually in the international squads that are on those contracts. With things like the Women's Big Bash League and the English T20 tournament these things are improving, but until full professionalisation comes in across the board it will always be an area that lags behind.
We have domestic women's T20 on the Beeb, in three years time. That should change things.
What I don't understand is the number of mindless runouts.
It's inevitable when you can't just wack it over the ropes.
It was a lot worse, three years ago, than it is now!
I think it's all related to this lack of professional players. It means less fitness work, it means more tired players, it means more bad decisions being made.
As DOTA says the sport has improved drastically on all these issues in a really short space of time. The game is rapidly improving, but it does still have a long way to come. I don't think anyone would deny that, but it's a hugely exciting time for women's cricket. Tbh there was a big part of me hoping that India would win today because women's cricket needs India to take it seriously. Hopefully Kaur's knock in the semi was enough to get people to sit up.
Edit: And also it's an experience thing. Most of these girls simply have not played much high pressure, meaningful cricket.
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I agree, sort it out Moonred ffs or I'll start abusing Bangladesh and Pakistan
Oy! Leave us out of this.
That's not a nice thing to say man, take it back. Pakistan and Srilanka are my adopted countries ffs
Sometimes it needs to be used for adults as well.
Great result!!
You know what happens when you threaten to insult your adopted country?
What happens then? The adopted country proceeds to invent a chappal? That's a good thing then, no?
You win.
We both win, because we're brothers bhai
*Does Bhangra with fishy*
You're fecking tiresome. Give it a rest.
If you're tired buddy, sounds like you need a rest. Sleep well
Triggered. Nothing wrong was said. I mean we had @Di Maria's angel refer to India as the anti-South Africa in this exact thread, it needs to be stated if the opposite is true.
I dunno. I imagine we'd cope otherwise.
Ok needs is a bit much.
Anyway I'm a Jonny come lately to women's cricket so I've avoided commenting on it all tournament but...
Isn't it fantastic to have one day matches where unless you score over 300 when you bat first it's a formality for the side batting 2nd. We can argue all sorts of reasons why it is, but the lack of predictability in individual matches is extremely refreshing.
The Eng-Aus match was fantastic.
You're not the first I've heard this from.
Got a mate who is massively in to women's T20, but dislikes the men's version, cause he finds it much more tactically intriguing when it doesn't feel like a battle of who can hit the ball over the ropes more.
We have excelled in certain pressure moments only to bottle others. SA generally bottle everything.
On a side note, @Nighteyes is Akash?
Hopefully this final elevates women's cricket in India and the sub-continent. The Indian girls have come a long way over the last few decades.
Loved watching the semi-final and final.
Loved watching the semi-final and final.
PS: Indian posters not happy with Sammsky trolling and being a WUM just remember Bangladesh also plays cricket and are an inferior team in terms of quality - there will be plenty days you can get do likewise. Same goes for Pakistani fans having fun at our expense. It's a lot more fun than reporting posts.
Reporting posts are for rules violations only.
Reporting posts are for rules violations only.
Spoony. You're alive! Missed you buddy!