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WWC17 - England v India
By now you will not only
know the result but have read the match reports. So why am I typing so
late on? I have always made a habit of watching any televised games
after I returned from the ground - probably on the following day.
However, housebound currently I chose to watch the TV twice, once live
and the recording on my set-top box.
So here are just some
jottings that may act as a postscript to what you've already read.
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Bounce was
from time to time somewhat erratic. Most impressive was Sciver
getting a 4 off a ball that should have hit towards the top of her
pads but nearly took her ankles.
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In spite of
much comment on the fielding by the Indian side, I must excuse Diana
Baig. She seemed to work pretty well from the start and generally
the Indians got more "into it" as the innings progressed. On one
occasion I felt the commentators somewhat harsh when criticising her
late in the innings when a bad bounce meant her hands didn't
immediately find the ball but she got behind the line and her chest
prevented the boundary. I thought that's what fielders were supposed
to do - "put your body on the line".
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Nahida
deserves praise for her sportsmanship in signalling the 4 when there
really wasn't any definitive TV to prove one way or the other.
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Two maiden
hundreds in the match and both on the same side is probably a record
of some sort.
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Asmavia
Iqbal took two wickets in two balls and I found myself wondering if
she was about to take her second hat-trick against England. The
earlier one was in a T20 and the Pakistani team seemed unaware of
the fact. In that case it took them to a victory. Can't understand
why you wouldn't know? Explanation here.
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377 is a WC
record for England and missed ODI record by 1 run (378 also against
Pakistan last year). In fact - if you consider matches against teams
in the top 10 - as the ICC did for many years to consider them 1st
class (or Grade A). This would then be a record. With all respect to
Denmark I am not sure the 400+ Australia made against them some
years ago should really stand in these records.
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Wyatt gained
her cap for 50 ODI appearances presented by the only person they
could find of similar stature. Good to see one Sussex player making
such a presentation to another.
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Indian
Player of the Match fairly obviously...
Smriti Mandhana (90) (above) and Punam Raut (86) with 144 partnership
[Final players' score]
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And catch of the match was undoubtedly
the final one of the match - a fine tumbling effort on the boundary
by Veda Krishnamuthy
<29th June>
178* is (IMO) the 2nd highest (since I can't accept a score against Denmark)
Carrying her bat in the process
Team total 257-9
22 fours, 6 sixes, 143 balls
It is undoubtedly the highest
against Australia
[Sorry I don't have a pic in the
locker]
She is, to date, the only Sri Lankan
with a century in ODIs - this her third
A Day for Tons as Lanning and Mandhana Join in
There have been seven centuries so far in WWC17
Meg Lanning (152/135) (above) and Smriti Mandhana
(106*/108 today) showing the high elbow in a Test against England
It seems Smriti Mandhana is as sharp off field as on
When asked by a journalist if she thought India could win the WC,
she replied "What? You don't?"
Most 100 Partnerships in ODIs
10 Clark/Keightley (67 innings) , 8 Bates/Satterthwaite
(40), 7 Lanning/Perry (15)
Every Lanning/Perry Partnership : 105, 204*, 103, 10, 132, 85,
39, 18, 147*, 77, 1, 224, 11, 2, 124*
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