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Same Bat... Different Ball Game: "Jumpers For Goalposts" In UAE
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Same Bat. Different Ball Game. Women's Cricket in England and Beyond. Sunday, 5 April 2015. Jumpers For Goalposts" In UAE. England Academy are now two games into their battle with Australia's Shooting Stars in Dubai; and having seen the first game postponed due to a sandstorm, the England girls were no doubt delighted to take to the field on Friday and Saturday, in contests where the batsmen in particular might reasonably be hoping to be pushing for places in the Women's Ashes squad. I'm sure the coachin...
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Same Bat... Different Ball Game: December 2014
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Same Bat. Different Ball Game. Women's Cricket in England and Beyond. Wednesday, 24 December 2014. Raf Nicholson and I look back at 2014. Tuesday, 9 December 2014. New Zealand Squad Speculation. Assuming everyone is fit. which they jolly ought to be, having (in most cases) had several months off. who will travel to New Zealand in February? Given our recent batting frailties, I'd expect a similar strategy against the White Ferns, which suggests an XI of:. So the full squad would be:. Only time will tell!
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Same Bat... Different Ball Game: October 2014
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Same Bat. Different Ball Game. Women's Cricket in England and Beyond. Friday, 31 October 2014. Equal Prize Money Is The Right Thing To Do. Even If It Is "Economically Absurd"! Prior to yesterday's Women In Sport conference at Lord's, The Boss tweeted:. Equal prize money for our sport is economically absurd but might be overdue for others.". Overlooking the "special pleading", is she right? The BBC's recent survey of the prize money "gender gap". Winners get £47 thousand. the Men's. It is certainly a BIG.
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Same Bat... Different Ball Game: February 2015
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Same Bat. Different Ball Game. Women's Cricket in England and Beyond. Saturday, 28 February 2015. If England's Nat Sciver is looking at her career options after cricket, she should consider pizza. because today she proved that she really can deliver! England needed 120-odd when Sciver entered the fray in the 25th over; and with 4 wickets down, New Zealand probably felt they had England's tail in sight. So Aussies beware - Nat's back on track! Now bring on the summer, and some games I can actually watch!
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The Baggy Green Blog: A Blog for Australian Cricket Supporters: May 2014
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What is the Baggy Green? Baggy Green Caps and Numbers. Number 1 in Tests again. This is quite likely to be my final article and it comes at a fairly good time. As of last week The Baggy Greens regained the number one Test rank spot. Due to an ICC regulation in their rankings. As odd as they may seem) we pipped South Africa to reclaim number one. A magical feeling! It's been a patience game, let alone a period of just one year where we endured some heavy lows. We were number one ranked in Tests when I sta...
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The Baggy Green Blog: A Blog for Australian Cricket Supporters: March 2015
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What is the Baggy Green? Baggy Green Caps and Numbers. 2015 Cricket World Cup Champs! When I started the Baggy Green Blog in 2007, we had the Ashes urn, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, number 1 ranks in Test and ODI cricket, and of course the glorious World Cup Trophy backed by a monster team of greats. And done so in Australia, for the first time, and I have been here to experience it (witnessed us beating Pakistan in the quarter-final at the Adelaide Oval), along with regaining the urn. 1 - Mitchell Starc ...
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Same Bat... Different Ball Game: January 2015
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Same Bat. Different Ball Game. Women's Cricket in England and Beyond. Friday, 30 January 2015. Why Knight and Edwards Should Open In T20. On the Women's Cricket Blog Audiocast. Martin Davies argues that Nat Sciver should open the T20 batting for England. I can see the logic - open with your biggest hitters to get off to a flyer - the "pinch hitter" strategy. I believe that, in the absence of a genuine Alyssa Healy-style "bully", England have. To open with their best. Monday, 26 January 2015. With the bal...
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Same Bat... Different Ball Game: July 2014
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Same Bat. Different Ball Game. Women's Cricket in England and Beyond. Tuesday, 29 July 2014. Royal London Cup - Whither The Cancelled Games? So Kent have been declared County Champions. They were awarded the cup on Sunday, and the ECB have made it official on their web site. But what about the cancelled games? According to the competition rules. I read them so you don't have to! But I do think it is symptomatic of the way cricket tends to be run at ECB Towers. I do have a bit of a problem with! England's...
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Same Bat... Different Ball Game: September 2014
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Same Bat. Different Ball Game. Women's Cricket in England and Beyond. Wednesday, 24 September 2014. Serious Questions Over Spirit of Cricket Injury. The announcement of this year's Spirit of Cricket awards has led to serious questions being asked of the adults responsible for the welfare of a young female cricketer. As detailed in the ECB press release. As leading women's cricket journalist, Raf Nicholson said on Twitter. I've no doubt Amy wanted. To play on; but these decisions simply aren't ones we sho...
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The Baggy Green Blog: A Blog for Australian Cricket Supporters: South Africa versus Australia, 1st Test, day 4
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What is the Baggy Green? Baggy Green Caps and Numbers. South Africa versus Australia, 1st Test, day 4. South African 1st innings:. AB de Villiers 52*. 7-68, Nathan Lyon 2-38. Australian 2nd innings: 4/290 declared. David Warner 115, Alex Doolan 89, Shaun Marsh 44. South African 2nd innings: 200 all out (Target 482). AB de Villiers 48. Mitchell Johnson 5-59, Ryan Harris 2-35. Chell Johnson started the Ashes series with 205 wickets from 51 Tests. After this Test he now has 254 wickets from 57 Tests. The da...
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