1/ ICYMI: yesteday's (women's) Ashes #cricket was some of the best cricket in a while. Don't see scores or highlights, just watch England 2nd innings (after Australia declared setting them 257 in 47o: highest women's chase had been 193). No spoilers! But 3 salient things: ↵
2/ First, by leaving them essentially an ODI inning, it showed clearly how an ODI has its own pacing and rhythm different from that of tests or T20s. There's *space and time* for things to evolve in a way they don't in T20.
3/ Second, it was a *decision* to declare when Australia did, creating that ODI-like situation. That could only happen in a test. So it was this fascinating hybrid of formats and constraint-solving.
4/ Third, it was fascinating to watch what the England women went through, battling between three different states of outcomes. I won't say more. But you can see it in their play.
5/ Predictably, various bro3582-type dudes have been complaining about why nobody wants to watch women "because they don't even get to 120". Dude. Nobody could have cared less about the speed of bowling yesterday. Also:
6/ Mitchell Starc was there watching the whole time. If the bowling is good enough for Mitchell fudging Starc, it's good enough for you, bro3582. Can it.
Women's cricket like this is what we need for the game to grow. What a game.
Women's cricket like this is what we need for the game to grow. What a game.
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