Women

Bad luck ladies.

Very good to see the women closing the gap on the
Aussies as well.

In message <43175a15$0$1310$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, Tids
<carroll@REMOVETOREPLYwaihi.co.uk> writes
>Bad luck ladies.
>
>Very good to see the women closing the gap on the
>Aussies as well.
>
>
With the retirement of both their opening bats, one being in the top 3
rated batsmen in the world, we have a fair chance of taking the one-days
next time too, although they will have home field advantage. It was a
series well worth the watching with higher scoring than for some time
and margins of victory (some to each side) of just 2, 4 and 10 runs.
This is one-day at its nail biting best.

Also the crowd for the Twenty20 was great and while England conspired to
lose both the televised games, they can't have been a bad advert for the
sport.

And now to Sri Lanka and India where we have to meet the side rated 2 in
the world currently (the last series has raised us from 4 to 3, now
above NZ). On their home ground they will be hard to beat and the
standard of their cricket, judging from the 2 games I saw in RSA in the
World Cup, has been rising too.

I can't leave this series without a mention of "Romper". Clare Taylor
has played for England for well over a decade, has more than 100 caps
for her country, and 28 soccer caps for England too. She also holds, as
no English man does, a World Cup winner's medal in cricket, and is one
of only two sportsmen in the world to represent their country in World
Cups in 2 sports (according to a recent BBC sports quiz). In fact she's
played in 4 cricket world cups, and one soccer.

Her retirement robs England of one of its finest sportsmen and the
dressing room of one of the most amusing people who've ever played the
sport. Were she staying in this country I'd suggest to all club chairmen
looking for a speaker that they book her, but she's off to NZ to coach
and play in provincial cricket and our loss is definitely NZ's gain.
It's all too easy to type "we'll not see her like again" but this time I
fear it is all too true.

Don
--
Don Miles
For Women's Cricket on the Web : www.webbsoc.demon.co.uk
Last Updated 2005 Sep 8

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Tids	Women Bad luck ladies. Very good to see the women closing the gap on the Aussies as well.

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Don Miles	Women one-day wrap-up In message <43175a15$0$1310$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, Tids <carroll@REMOVETOREPLYwaihi.co.uk> writes >Bad luck ladies. > >Very good to see the women closing the gap on the >Aussies as well. > > With the retirement of both their opening bats, one being in the top 3 rated batsmen in the world, we have a fair chance of taking the one-days next time too, although they will have home field advantage. It was a series well worth the watching with higher scoring than for some time and margins of victory (some to each side) of just 2, 4 and 10 runs. This is one-day at its nail biting best. Also the crowd for the Twenty20 was great and while England conspired to lose both the televised games, they can't have been a bad advert for the sport. And now to Sri Lanka and India where we have to meet the side rated 2 in the world currently (the last series has raised us from 4 to 3, now above NZ). On their home ground they will be hard to beat and the standard of their cricket, judging from the 2 games I saw in RSA in the World Cup, has been rising too. I can't leave this series without a mention of "Romper". Clare Taylor has played for England for well over a decade, has more than 100 caps for her country, and 28 soccer caps for England too. She also holds, as no English man does, a World Cup winner's medal in cricket, and is one of only two sportsmen in the world to represent their country in World Cups in 2 sports (according to a recent BBC sports quiz). In fact she's played in 4 cricket world cups, and one soccer. Her retirement robs England of one of its finest sportsmen and the dressing room of one of the most amusing people who've ever played the sport. Were she staying in this country I'd suggest to all club chairmen looking for a speaker that they book her, but she's off to NZ to coach and play in provincial cricket and our loss is definitely NZ's gain. It's all too easy to type "we'll not see her like again" but this time I fear it is all too true. Don -- Don Miles For Women's Cricket on the Web : www.webbsoc.demon.co.uk Last Updated 2005 Sep 8