Cricket Australia set to double female leadership
Cricket | March 03, 2019 21:20 ISTFive of 11 members of the board’s executive team include the head of community cricket and interim head of team performance Belinda Clark.
Five of 11 members of the board’s executive team include the head of community cricket and interim head of team performance Belinda Clark.
Last year, IPL had staged a one-off exhibition match for women players in Mumbai hinting at the possibility of the start of women’s own T20I league.
Sheridan and Waldron will stand in a match between Tea Tree Gully and Northern Districts in Adelaide featuring Australia’s vice-captain Travis Head.
Last year, the BCCI organised one exhibition match with two teams -- IPL Trailblazers and IPL Supernovas led by Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur respectively.
Mooney blazed 102 off 55 balls, which helped her side to a three-wicket victory over the Sydney Thunder in Cairns on Saturday.
Raj, who is the first Indian woman to score a double ton in a Test, has led 'Women in Blue' to two World Cup finals.
The T20I squad will miss veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami, who announced her retirement from the shortest format earlier in the day.
India, who are yet to win the tournament in five attempts, face Pakistan in their second game on November 11.
Underdogs Bangladesh pulled off a dramatic three-wicket win to claim their first ever Women's Asia Cup T20 title in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
Captain Suzie Bates scored remarkable knock of 151 runs off 94 balls as New Zealand women's team posted 490/4 against Ireland in their allotted 50 overs.
Considering the dearth of quality Indian players, the Women's T20 league can be started with even four teams, something that has already been suggested by Harmanpreet and Mandhana.
BCCI is all set to organise an Indian Premier League style match for women cricketers just before the playoffs of the ongoing 11th edition.
Mithali feels that one shouldn't compare India's twin-series win on South African soil with defeat at home as conditions as well as quality of opposition was completely different.
In 2014 when India toured England, Kohli gifted Wyatt a bat after watching her fandom for himself.
It was lower order batsman Vastrakar's half-century and Verma's 41 that helped the hosts set a target of 201 for the Australian eves.
Punjab chief minister had offered the post of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) to Harmanpreet Kaur, who hails from Moga district of Punjab.
Harmanpreet said the biggest plus was the team's improved fielding while singling out newcomer Jemimah Rodrigues for praise.
South Africa, who had beaten India in the World Cup last year, have not been able to compete with the sub-continental side in their own backyard in the first two ODIs of the three-match rubber.
Goswami, an ICC Women Cricketer of the Year in 2007, had earlier broken Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick's record of highest wickets in women ODIs.
This time, many Twitter users sided with Rishi Kapoor on his opinion about IPL 2018 Auction.
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