Ellyse Perry dragged herself back to somewhere near her best as Australia strove to arrest India’s first innings advance on the Gold Coast.
It is almost six months since Australia’s all-conquering women’s side played a home match,and it will be about that long again until the team next plays here.
Meg Lanning’s push to remove the W is understandable. But it would be sad if the only way to gender equality was to suppress rather than celebrate difference.
Twelve months on from her team’s night of crowning glory at the MCG,Meg Lanning is eyeing further strides on the women’s sporting front. Or,as she says,it should just be called the “sporting front”.
The huge logistical and political juggling act of keeping alive the most popular game in the country fell on AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan. Plus,Peter V’landys and Meg Lanning.
Melbourne Stars all-rounder Annabel Sutherland has been dubbed a young Marcus Stoinis and a champion in the making,as her side aims to claim the WBBL trophy.
How do you dismiss Meg Lanning? With a piece of seam bowling wizardry? Careful plans coming to fruition? Hardly,according to the Scorchers bowler who did the job on Wednesday night.
It was only natural that Meg Lanning's return into the Melbourne Stars'fold meant she would captain the WBBL franchise but it still meant a tough conversation had to be had.
A batting coach to stars such as Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen,Trent Woodhill knew Meg Lanning was good. But he says her improvement has been"unbelievable"and the stats back him up.
Meg Lanning stroked yet another half century on a day the Melbourne Stars toppled the Perth Scorchers and locked in a breakthrough finals berth.
Meg Lanning may have failed with the bat but it did not matter as the Melbourne Stars brushed aside the Adelaide Strikers in Sydney.