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Stats highlights and trivia from the 2nd Australia v India women's T20I at Canberra.
Georgia Voll's career best 88 and a strong team bowling effort saw Australia to a hard fought first victory under new captain Sophie Molineux.
#AUSvIND
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Yes, the problem will be proving the unwritten rule exiss (even though it obviously does).
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Quite likely, but almost impossible to prove in a tournament in which players are signed by auction, and with the rule being (deliberately) unwritten.
19.02.2026 17:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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The most surprising part of this story is that someone, even off the record, confirmed in writing that the unwritten rule existed - when the whole point is to obfuscate and deny.
19.02.2026 17:31 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Zealand women's squad for their upcoming series against Zimbabwe.
#NZvZIM #T20
#cricket #womenscricket
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Sadly, the answer to that, and for pretty much every other player is - of course not.
19.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In T20 especially, rigid batting positions (beyond openers obviously) shouldn't be part of the thinking at all. It should be situational and flexible. They didn't play the situation correctly today IMO, and were lucky India botched a great opportunity in the chase.
19.02.2026 16:23 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Once again, a situation in which solidarity - a concept deliberately eroded worldwide in all fields - could force an equitable solution.
There's no tournament if players stand up for principle of fairness - or simply not wanting to be part of the next undesirable category - and refuse to play.
As well as an over emphasis on seniority, Nitschke frequently seems ridiculously rigid with ensuring left-hand right-hand combinations in the batting, even when it means bringing in players otherwise inappropriate for the situation.
They're also massively under-using Sutherland's batting.
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19.02.2026 14:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Randomness, jeopardy, variance etc (also known as fun) is the beauty and the whole point of cup formats IMO.
If you don't want that, just have a league and be done with it. Better yet, don't even hold a tournament and just hand the trophy to the side with the best w/l ratio over a 2-4 year span.
That largely explains the administrators, but the weirder aspect IMO is the large number of fans from numerous nations, at domestic and international level, who seem to hate the jeopardy (also known as fun) of quarter finals
19.02.2026 14:48 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
IPL-linked teams in The Hundred 'not considering Pakistan players'
#TheHundred
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Cricket's aversion to the concept of quarter finals, both administratively, and from a vocal cohort of its fanbase, is one of the weirdest aspects of a frequently very stupid sport.
19.02.2026 14:11 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 1
A hard fought first win of the Molineux era, as India capitulate from 126/3 to 144/9 (20.0).
Harmnapreet Kaur 36 (30)
Smriti Mandhana 31 (24)
Ash Gardner 3-22
Kim Garth 2-16
Australia win by 19 runs and draw level 2-2 on points.
#AUSvIND
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Sutherland bowls Amanjot Kaur for 3 (6) and finishes with figures of 4-0-18-2.
Having been well placed early on, India 132/8 (19.0) now need 32 off the last over.
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The collapse now 4/5 in 10 balls.
A golden opportunity has slipped/has been wrenched away from India 131/7 (18.2).
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Richa Ghosh stumped for 19 (20) by Mooney off Gardner.
India 128/5 (17.3) need 36 off 15.
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The pressure tells and Garth picks up a deserved wicket, as Hamrnapreet Kaur is caught for 36 (30) by Molineux.
India 126/4 (16.5) need 38 off 19.
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Mooney can't hold on to an under edge from Harmanpreet off Garth.
India 120/3 (16.1) need 44 off 23.
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Just three from Sutherland's third over.
Building to an interesting conclusion, as India 108/3 (15.0) need 56 off 30.
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A good review shows Mandhana feathered an edge down the legside to Mooney off Garth, and she departs 31 (24).
India 71/3 (9.4) need 93 off 62.
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Rodrigues goes for 4 (6) c Sutherland b Gardner.
India 65/2 (8.2) need 99 off 70.
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Molineux makes the breakthrough as she traps Shafali Verma lbw for 29 (23).
India 57/1 (6.4) need 107 off 80.
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Fifty partnership for Smriti Mandhana & Shafali Verma.
India 50/0 (5.2) need 114 off 88 for the T20I series win.
Australia meanwhile look listless.
#AUSvIND
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India fightback brilliantly, as Australia are restricted to one boundary in the last 4 overs.
163/5 (20.0) is par at best on one of the fastest scoring grounds in the world.
Voll 88 (57)
Mooney 46 (39)
Arundhati Reddy 2-30
Renuka Singh 1-27
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The (mis) use of Sutherland in this series so far is madness.
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Australia lose Voll and Litchfield in the space of 6 balls.
At 145/3 (17.2), not fully capitalising on a strong start.
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South Africa Emerging Players v Pakistan women's 50 over warm-up.
This is the only game on this tour so far that UK viewers have (legally) been able to watch.
#SAvPAK
livestream
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