“I don’t really know (how she’s been consistent). I ride the highs whilst I can, and I’m pretty sure there’s some lows around the corner, but that’s cricket, isn’t it? On any given day, you could get some runs or not,” Nat Sciver-Brunt said after the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 final. While the English … Read more
The Diary could never have imagined itself covering cricket. Yet, here it was, about to report on a sixth consecutive match of the Women’s Premier League within the span of a week. To say the experience had been overwhelming would be an understatement. So, before making its final walk to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium for … Read more
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 season is set to conclude this weekend with Delhi Capitals taking on 2023 champion Mumbai Indians. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side defeated Gujarat Giants in the eliminator to set up a title clash with the Capitals, which qualified for a third straight final. When is the WPL 2025 final? The … Read more
The Women’s Premier League 2025 Playoffs will commence on March 13 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai with home side Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants meeting in the Eliminator. The winner of the fixture will face Delhi Capitals in the final on March 15. After finishing last in the previous seasons, the Giants have had … Read more
Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Giants will face each other in the Women’s Premier League 2025 Eliminator on Thursday at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai for a spot in the final. While GG is playing for the first time in the WPL playoffs, inaugural champion MI will be hoping to get into a second final after … Read more
The first match of the Mumbai leg of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 will see the home side Mumbai Indians take on first-time qualifier Gujarat Giants. With both teams confirmed to finish among the top three, GG will hope to sign off on a positive note and extend its winning streak from the Lucknow … Read more
Defending champion Royal Challengers Bengaluru was knocked out of the 2025 Women’s Premier League after it lost by 12 runs in a high-scoring match against UP Warriorz on Saturday at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. While RCB and UPW are out of contention for the playoffs, the top three in the points table has … Read more
The past week has been a blur in Georgia Voll’s life. In the middle of a renovation job for her Brisbane home and a spectacular Women’s National Cricket League campaign for Queensland Fire, the last thing the 21-year-old saw coming was a call-up to the Women’s Premier League in India. “My manager randomly called me … Read more
From afar, the outcome of the coin toss at this year’s Women’s Premier League (WPL) seems to have had an excessive influence on results. While the trend of teams batting second winning more games in the slam-bang version isn’t new, 12 of the 14 games in WPL’s third edition witnessing the chasing team prevail suggests … Read more
“It has been an even playing field here at the Chinnaswamy and it’s not toss-oriented,” Royal Challengers Bengaluru assistant coach Malolan Rangarajan had said after the side’s loss to Gujarat Giants. However, Smriti Mandana’s disappointed face after losing the flip of the coin for the fourth consecutive match painted a different picture. The defending champion … Read more