2 high profile retirements in the women's game
Aimee Watkins, the New Zealand Women's Captain, retired last week at the age of just 28. It would be interesting to know what she's up to next given her early retirement.
At a more apt age for retirement (although only 2 years older than me!), England's Claire Taylor has also retired. Back in 2009 she was the first female Wisden Player of the Year and she's been critical to England's middle order for over a decade, but fortunately her retirement coincides with Lydia Greenway's excellent form that saw her named England Women's Player of the Year.
2 comments:
Yawn. Does anyone really care about women's cricket?
We'll have to agree to disagree on that one Pete! Scepticism a decade ago was understandable given the standard but women's cricket is far better now than it was.
I went to watch England women last year at Hove and was particularly impressed by the out-fielding - throws were over the top every time and the club sides I've played for could learn a lot by watching them. Certainly a big standard improvement compared to when I last watched England women play back in 2006.
I think putting the women's Twenty20s before the men's is a good move and everything is going in the right direction here....the issue for England is supporting the development of women's cricket in other countries so it's not just England, Australia and NZ who are consistently competitive.
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