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Women's World T20 2020 OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND FOR WOMEN'S CRICKET AS T20 WORLD CUP ARRIVES The women’s side of the ledger can get a huge boost with the tournament in one of the game’s most important economiesGeoff Lemon
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The Women’s T20 World Cup offers an opportunity to lay an easily locatable marker that signals the future viability and vitality of the sport. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images Strategically, Cricket Australia has been building up to this home season for five years. The impressive growth of women’s cricket in Australia over that time has not been the result of hitting and hoping. It was calculated, and so far the sums have proved accurate. But in substantial part it has been achieved domestically, not by the input the national women’s team. Such teams have their moments of ignition. England enjoyed theirs in 2017, when their winning 50-over World Cup campaign saw pool matches packing out smaller grounds, then the triumph of 27,000 people selling out the final at Lord’s. India in the same tournament went from barely noticed to national sensations in their own country, a surge that peaked when current captain Harmanpreet Kaur downed Australia in the semi-final with her outrageous unbeaten 171.
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Australia’s national women’s players are highly regarded at home, with a long winning history and none of the controversy of their male counterparts. But there is still the chance of one big boost taking their game much further into mainstream national thought. The summer of 2020 will see the first ICC tournament branded as a Twenty20 WorldCup
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giving the shortest format a similar cachet to the one-day international game. It’s also the first major women’s tournament to be held in Australia since the game’s revolution began. The big leap was in 2015, when the Big Bash League was duplicated to create a women’s version. A lot of things were ropey: coverage was sporadic, the schedule could best be described as experimental, and the spread of talent across an unprecedented eight teams created a sharp dip in quality about halfway through each XI. But where the AFL women’s competition has had to push against instances of administrative ambivalence and public hostility, the cricket equivalent got far more consistent support. Investing heavily without being distracted by teething problems was CA’s approach, and it worked. Within the first season, the television numbers were way over predictions and more games were put on air. By the third, players had new professional contracts and the on-field standard skyrocketed. By the fourth, grounds were selling out for the final, and half the national squad was made up of new players who had emerged through the WBBL. This enthusiasm and support relied little on the marketing clout of the green and gold. In fact opportunities were scarce for the national team to be seen when the stakes were high. In home seasons, their television presence was limited to some scattered bilateral matches sprinkled into gaps in the men’s program. There was one Ashes seriesin 2017
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when CA’s website had to stream Ellyse Perry’s double-century because no station would screen a women’s Test. The major ICC tournaments were in India in 2013, Bangladesh in 2014, India in 2016, England in 2017, and the West Indies in 2018. Consigned to strange hours and obscure channels, not many people engaged with the results. Prestige will only take you so far when the tournament itself appears in the mind as a half-remembered dream, glimpsed on a phone update on a 4am bathroom sojourn.Twitter Pinterest
Teams such as Pakistan and Bangladesh are reliant on star turns from standout players. Photograph: Jono Searle/Getty Images This is where the T20 World Cup comes in, with various stars aligning in a most promising way. Simplified and rebranded, easily digestible, packaged into a trim two-and-a-half weeks with action almost every day. Some feelgood stories of battling teams, some grudge matches with old rivals, some foreign stars in most sides who have impressed locally during WBBL visits. Most importantly this World Cup falls into a helpful gap in the program, after a men’s cricket summer that could comfortably be described as failing to whelm. Those who were left with a hunger for something meaningful in their favourite bat-and-ball sport could find it here. The AFLW competition has started up already, but the two women’s codes could be seen as acting in solidarity rather than rivalry. The meaningless pre-season faff of the AFL men’s competition has not yet reached the full roar of its white noise. It’s still summer, just. Time for cricket. So this is the opportunity: to give the women’s side of the ledger a huge boost in one of the game’s most important economies. To lay an easily locatable marker that signals the future viability and vitality of the sport. To draw the men’s and women’s national teams closer in how they are regarded and covered. ENGLAND IN THE RUNNING TO UPSET AUSTRALIA IN WOMEN’S T20 WORLD CUPRead more
At the same time, it will underline a disparity that only increases. England and India have had their turbocharges, Australia may have its own. But these are the three teams that are strongest, the three nations offering most support, the three boards with Smaug’s share of cricket’s global gold. They can afford good women’s programs, where players can genuinely reach their best. Coming up against them will be teams poorly placed to compete. New Zealand and South Africa have some fine players but operate on the bus-fare budgets of the others. West Indies were among the best but dropped into a sinkhole. Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh perennially struggle, as much against antipathy from home to their existence as against their opponents. They can win once in a while, as Sri Lanka showed by thrashing England in a warm-up this week, but only when a standout player like Chamari Atapattu has a star turn. Day to day, week to week, they can’t keep up. If the plan leading up to this tournament does work, and women’s cricket in Australia gets its boost, a good part of the rewards need to be diverted elsewhere. AMERICA FACES AN EPIC CHOICE... ... this year, and the results will define the country for a generation. These are perilous times. Over the last three years, much of what the Guardian holds dear has been threatened – democracy, civility, truth. This US administration is establishing new norms of behaviour. Anger and cruelty disfigure public discourse and lying is commonplace. Truth is being chased away. But with your help we can continue to put it center stage. Rampant disinformation, partisan news sources and social media's tsunami of fake news is no basis on which to inform the American public in 2020. The need for a robust, independent press has never been greater, and with your support we can continue to provide fact-based reporting that offers public scrutiny and oversight. Our journalism is free and open for all, but it's made possible thanks to the support we receive from readers like you across America in all 50states.
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fuckonwerestillempty27m ago
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All the best to Thailand, who will be one of the biggest underdogs to ever play in a major tournament of any sport. I remember when my in-laws came to Australia from Bangkok for the first time about 5 years ago. They had never heard of cricket!Reply
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Tarbsy
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Not long now for the first game. Starting to get a little nervous, so imagine the players would be jumping out of their skin. C'mon Aussies. On GEM from 7pm. Prematch from 6pm.Reply
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Looking forward to the MCG final in March!Reply
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DiannevanDulken
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That is, of course, if the women are allowed into Australia to play. It hasn't been widely reported, but one of Botswanas best players, Shameelah Mosweu, has been denied entry into Australia.
It's absolutely appalling that she isn't being given a chance to compete and improve her craft. As for the rest... I'm not a fan of T20, but I'll watch womens cricket whenever I can. It tends to have really wonderful style.Reply
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Appalling, but wholly predictable. The aim of immigration policy in both our countries is, quite simply, to appease racists in the hope of getting their votes.Reply
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Yup, I know. I'm pretty sure if her name had been Sharee Mosman, she would be here with no problems.Reply
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> But where the AFL women’s competition has had to push against > instances of administrative ambivalence....the cricket equivalent > got far more consistent support This is an interesting assertion. This is the same Australian cricket that played the WBBL the season before last in a city where neither competing team was from? I read else-where a while back of a list of things CA had done with the WBBL with an "imagine if the reaction if the AFL had done this with the AFLW" context. It was a long list > The meaningless pre-season faff of the AFL men’s competition has > not yet reached the full roar of its white noise. It’s still > summer, just. Time for cricket. Unfortunately (for you) you know that's not true. In reality nowadays cricket has a dominant window from late November until it is shadowed by the tennis in late January. Obviously for cricket tragics cricket season never finishes but unfortunately as most of us learn by late uni or early workforce, we don't get to arrogate our subjective preferences on to othersReply
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> Unfortunately (for you) you know that's not true. In reality > nowadays cricket has a dominant window from late November until it > is shadowed by the tennis in late January. Once the tennis has gone, there's usually a bit of a window in early Feb to sneak some more cricket in, but late Feb / early March is pushing it unless there's a proper tournament on. I'm working down in Melbourne at the moment and there's been very limited chatter about anything to do with AFL. I was honestly expecting an onslaught but have barely heard a peep. So maybe there's some room for this tournament to shine. Here'shoping.
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Who were you expecting an onslaught from? It is probably not at the level yet where one would ambush the unsuspecting colleague from interstate with AFL. We don't start doing that until early March ;-) I'm sure this tournament will get some traction. Here's hoping the likes of Geoff Lemon can enjoy it without getting too frustrated by the roar of the "meaningless pre-season faf of the AFL men'scompetition"!
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I hope it goes well. Cricket Australia seems to have done everything well with regards to women's cricket. In contrast to the lip-service support paid to the women's game by some other sports, the cricket community, in general, seems keen for the game to grow.Reply
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Agree CA have been well ahead of the curve in regards to developing women's cricket, but the men striking a few years ago and including in their demands a massive wage increase for the women took it to another level. From memory I think it was a nine fold pay rise that took them from semi professionals to very well played athletes. Australia reaping the benefits now.Reply
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I'm excited about this tournament. Shame that 3 of the top 4 teams arein the same pool.
Meanwhile Neil Wagner is missing the first test vs India on paternity leave. His replacement the 2.04m (6 ft 8) debutant Kyle Jamieson has removed Pujara and Kohli to leave India at 40/3 in the 1st session.Reply
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Wagner is NZ's best test bowler since Shane Bond, but encouragingsigns for Jamieson.
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India is now 101/5. It will breathe life back into the World Test Championship if NZ wins this test series.Reply
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Have been watching since lunch. If Jamieson keeps taking wickets throughout this match, which one makes way for Wagner? Jamieson only bowling around 130 kph but his height and accuracy adding some important variety to the attack I think. Bowling first completely vindicated and India struggling. Is it as cold as it is windy? Lastly, Taylor getting 100 bottles of wine a magnificent gesture!!Reply
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No mention of Thailand, making its World Cup debut?Reply
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I chanced upon one of Thailand's matches being streamed during the qualifying tournament last summer, and as someone mentioned earlier this does look like an example of (women's) cricket expanding into countries where you might not expect to see it and being played bynon-expats.
Thailand were very good to watch, as they have at least a couple of good spinners and I remember were extremely sharp in the field. I think that was also the match where they qualified, and they looked understandably thrilled to bits.Reply
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Would love to go an watch a few games, but as usual the SCG Trust exclude members in an unseemly cash grab. Expecting people to pay twice doesn't do much for the sport.Reply
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In what sense have you been “excluded”?Reply
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I can't believe this comment, talk about sense of entitlement. Tickets are reasonably priced and actually ICC events mean members areas of SCG are accessible to more than priviliged few. I was able to buy tickets in the pavilion for 2015 men's world cup.Reply
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Properly excited about this tournament, and also quite grateful for many of the games being scheduled at tolerable UK morning times (withsome exceptions).
Can't wait to see meaningful competitive matches again. The dip in intensity in the (admittedly rollicking fun) white ball cricket in South Africa recently when compared with last summer's World Cup wassignificant.
It's very obvious when cricket matches really truly matter, and when they matter a bit less.Reply
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Rafa4ever
12h ago
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Hi. I live in the UK. Can I watch this on the telly? Thanks.Reply
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11h ago
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As with 99% of cricket here Sky Sports have it, if you don't have SS like most don't I honestly am not sure if there will be highlights from someone like Channel 5, I would hope there is otherwise the exposure here will be minimal.Reply
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EleanorS Rafa4ever
10h ago
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Sometimes, if you're lucky, they stick women's cricket on Sky Sports Mix. Still need a subscription service I think but not a Sky Sportsone.
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Rafa4ever
10h ago
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The BBC have radio commentary but will also be providing big-play highlights clips as part of their OBO coverage (which of course is nowhere near as good as the Mighty Guardian).Reply
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Cult_of_one
12h ago
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I love cricket, and love the BBLW. This World Cup will be on the tv atmy house for sure
Go Perry and Healey
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Hereabouts
14h ago
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One of the big three will win, that's 99% guaranteed, so the most that can be gained for the others is that their up and coming star players shine enough that they can pick up spots in tournaments like thewomen's Big Bash.
Hopefully at some time in the future one of the other sides will be in a place to seriously compete for the trophy because at the moment the Windies win in 2016 looks like an aberration.Reply
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Hereabouts
10h ago
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As much as I love test cricket, one great thing about T20 is the greater opportunity for upsets. That said, you're probably right about the likely winner.Reply
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fattony84
15h ago
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No one single mention of one of the competing nations. One who is a complete newbie to the top table of international cricket. One for whom this tournament could usher in a boom in interest in cricket, both men's and women's. Not even including them with the other outsiders, you have completely ignored possibly the most interesting story at this world Cup (given that only 3 nations have any hope ofwinning it).
Pretty shoddy journalism when the main premise of the article is that this could be the springboard for women's cricket in half of thecompeting nations.
Anyway - all the best to Thailand, whose team, unlike many lower ranked nations (and the Thai men's team) isn't made up of expats and those of South Asian heritage. Hopefully the gateway to finally spread the game beyond the Commonwealth.Reply
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14h ago
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Pretty shoddy comment to make when you clearly misunderstand the premise of the article, and your only gripe is that the writer didn't include a paragraph you thought should be in there. The main premise, right there in the title and subtitle, is that this is a big opportunity for the women's game overall, with a clear focus for most of the article on how the women's game has evolved in Australia in recent years and how this tournament can capitalize onthat.
You also completely ignore the realities of sports newspaperjournalism, namely:
a) This article also appears in print, where the column inches are strictly limited. I'm sure Geoff would have loved to have written twice as much, but that's not happening. b) This is clearly an Aussie-centric article -- background on a major tournament just about to start in Australia -- one of the three main markets for The Guardian. Like it or not, few people are interested in cricket in places like Japan and Thailand, and the underlying goal of the site is to get eyeballs and sell subs and advertising. This is one article before the start of a tournament that lasts over two weeks. Methinks you are jumping the gun somewhat. And also, have you ever thought about simply expressing your interest in hearing more about the minor teams in the tournament and asking Geoff to write something? I mean, unless you're a sociopath, I highly doubt you'd walk up to Geoff and tell him what a "shoddy" piece of journalism he just wrote to his face, would you now?Reply
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10h ago
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I took the entire piece as being written by an Australian journalist (who does excellent work writing about the broader game) about the potential to turbocharge the Australian women's game. An interesting piece for overseas readers, but one targeted at this paper's growing Australian readership. I thought that was pretty clear. Just like the dozens of pieces last year that were written from an English perspective about the importance of the 50 over World Cup tothe game England.
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9h ago
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Which of New Zealand and India have no chance of winning it? 4 teams have a chance and 3 of them are in the same pool.Reply
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redhotcurry
16h ago
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I generally look forward to seeing teams with no cricketing history making it into the world cups - particularly women's and age groups. Nice to see Thailand here and Japan and Nigeria at the recently concluded u19 men's world cup. If this is the benefit of the T20 format - opening up the cricketing world - I will feel bettersupporting it.
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DucanIDunno
16h ago
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Thoroughly looking forward to this. Simply, if you love the game,here's more of it.
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