Correct. This is why Women’s test matches are only 4 days because they get through the overs much quicker which is why there are 100 overs per day
Yes, they don’t have insanely long run ups like men’s do and don’t spend anywhere near as much time sledging the opposition.
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Australia won the thrilling second T20 match against India by four wickets on the Gold Coast last night, and clinched the series with one game to spare. Sent into bat, India were reduced to 9/81 at the end of 17th over, before late hitting by Pooja Vastrakar (37 from 26 balls) took her team to 9/118 at the end of innings. The Aussies also struggled in their run chase thanks to some brilliant bowling (Shikha Pandey’s dismissal of Alyssa Healy had to be seen to be believed) and two stumpings, but player of the match Tahlia McGrath (42 from 33 balls) and Georgia Wareham (10 from 7 balls) led the side home.
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An awesome game of cricket
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Was definitely a great game of cricket. Watching the Indian wickets fall we thought it was going to be a walk in the park for the Aussies but it came right down to the wire!
Was chatting to my brother in law about it last night too as he was visiting and there used to be quite the distinction between the womens and the mens levels of competition but watching it last night and the other games recently and it was just like watching cricket which is great to see. It didn’t matter who was playing, it was just supporting the Aussie team for a series win and perhaps the only disappointment was that it was on 7mate instead of the main 7 in HD. Definitely been huge progress in the women’s leagues over the last few years, I’ll admit I was skeptical about how they’d go but it’s great to see.
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7mate is HD!
not in all markets
So?
Not here it ain’t and it shows.
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Australia defeated India by 14 runs in the third and final T20 match tonight, to win the multi-format series 11 points to 5. Tahlia McGrath was again named player of the match for her 44 runs from 31 balls, although Beth Mooney top scored with 61 runs including ten boundaries. Great Aussie bowling hindered India’s run chase, although Nicola Carey conceded 21 runs in the final over of the innings.
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This article explains the DRS (or lack thereof).
The decision (to scrap plans to use DRS in the upcoming BBL|11 season) comes amid a global shortage of DRS technology operators due to a cluttered calendar, including the rescheduled Indian Premier League, and complexities of travel. The DRS was not used in the recent Australia-India women’s series for similar logistical reasons, while the planned men’s series between Pakistan and New Zealand last month – which was ultimately cancelled due to security reasons – was also set to go ahead without the DRS.
Ball-tracking technology, which requires several cameras placed at various points around a venue, takes at least 24 hours to set-up and needs specialised operators to calibrate before it can be used in a match. There are no qualified operators based in Australia.
Given multiple Big Bash games are sometimes played on the same day at different venues, and with the significant travel involved across the country, technology providers say the tournament would be one of the most complicated in the world to cover, even in normal circumstances.
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England squad: Joe Root (captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Dom Bess, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak Crawley, Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
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It’s the DRS that can be as frustrating for test delays than batters (typed through gritted teeth, but that’s another argument for another day) wanting drinks and gloves every 5 overs. They’ll take the full 10 seconds to decide to use it (often signalling at 9.5 seconds), then they have to wait 2-3 minutes as the TV director struggles to find the right picture to show the TV Umpire who even if it’s obvious that there’s no edge still checks Ultra Edge and Hot Spot…and if it’s Umpire’s Call which every 3 out of 5 probably are they’ll use it again later upon retention of the challenge not to get a wicket but as a tactic to slow the game down legally. Then every now and again the TV Umpire will also pick up a no-ball off the last ball of an over when everyone’s just about in position, meaning another minute is wasted for just one ball in resetting the field (which is the fault of the bowler, get behind the line).
From a TV perspective, I actually quite like watching the whole DRS process play out, there is a sense of theatre and anticipation for me, but it’s good that it’s limited to 3 uses per innings in Tests, I think they have the balance right.
But I agree that batters unnecessarily contribute to slow over rates as well with unscheduled drinks, glove changes and “injury” treatments.
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All of this is pure games(person)ship and tactics. First employed by athletes in US sports, it has now pervaded the ‘gentle (persons)’ game.
I might be alone on this one, but I’m ok with not having DRS in the Big Bash
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No, don’t get me wrong I don’t think it’s needed. But the umpiring has been really dodgy these past few seasons, so I do think it needs to be brought in for the howler.
I dont believe that DRS improves the quality of umpiring - it almost has the opposite impact
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It’s not about that, no matter how good umpires are, there will always be human error.
Put it this way, if there was DRS in the BBL, the Sydney Thunder would not have won a premiership and the Stars would have one in the trophy cabinet.