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Loading ...honestly, who isn’t a fan of Claire Taylor? And Sarah Taylor has a century in the second match. I’m pretty sure the England men are going to lose the Ashes again this year, but at least the women will probably perform well against Australia in the ODIs and hopefully the test.
A day of British sporting success
By Will last year, at the end of June Add your comment below
What a day it’s been. Andy Murray spending hours and hours under the roof – the second player in history to complete a match under the new, modern, brilliant covering at Wimbledon’s centre court – preceded by England Women’s thrashing of Australia.
The ladies deserve publicity, at last. The women’s game has implored media and public alike to come and watch them, but really, only in the last six months have they warranted it. Only since England stretched their lead ahead of the pack. When I went to Lord’s in 2006 I was impressed by Claire Taylor – who isn’t? – but the overall impression was underwhelming. Not so now. They field like tigers, bowl quickly and with supreme skill, and this England team are highly gifted and mostly still very young. England’s wicketkeeper, Sarah Taylor, is 20-years-old and pulled off an oustanding snaffle to her right, along with a stumping and 68 authoritative runs. Holly Colvin is a year younger, yet a veteran it seems. It’s all damn encouraging and exciting, and how often have we had cause to say that about women’s cricket? Not often.
Then Murray iced the cake with the gutsiest of performances, though was doorstepped by the BBC before he’d even flung his bags over his shoulder. Inevitably, he showed all the enthusiasm and charisma of an envelope, but we won’t hold that against him.
Unless he loses, of course.
Tags: andy murray, england-women, sarah taylor, womens-cricket |
2 Responses to “A day of British sporting success”
June 30th, 2009 at 4.49 pm
June 30th, 2009 at 10.46 pm
And, almost as importantly, England won the Bloggers’ Ashes in a cricket game against a load of convicts while Murray was playing his first two sets. Surprised your man Miller hasn’t done a match report yet given his role in England’s glory
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