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Chubb · 16-01-2013, 04:36 PM

The Southland Women's team played some friendly games against the lower ranked senior reserve sides on bye weeks last year. It was really good fun. I know a lot of the guys on my team enjoyed playing them.

They had four Otago Sparks players including their captain who has played for NZ, and a girl called Kate who probably will play for NZ in the future. Most of the others were pretty indifferent though they were a very young side.

We mixed our batting order up a bit and the captain was pretty bloody annoyed he got a golden duck! I think we got 230-odd and they got 110.

We opened with our usual bowlers but they both felt very awkward about bowling full pace at the girls. I think though they liked the fact we respected them enough to do that.

The second game was more one-sided. They got 140 or so, we mixed the bowlers up a bit - I bowled for example, and we got them for 1 down.

Nobody I knew had any problem with it. I think we took the right attitude in playing seriously but mixing it up a bit. It was about helping them develop their cricket. And it was fun. One thing I liked was that in our league a lot of the teams are very aggressive towards umpires. I've been called a c***, told I'm full of s*** and had someone give me the finger after taking a wicket. Primadonnas who think they are better than they are. None of that happened against the girls.

This year, the best of the girls have been making up the numbers for a new side in the reserve competition.

16-01-2013, 04:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
Chubb State Captain Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,829	The Southland Women's team played some friendly games against the lower ranked senior reserve sides on bye weeks last year. It was really good fun. I know a lot of the guys on my team enjoyed playing them. They had four Otago Sparks players including their captain who has played for NZ, and a girl called Kate who probably will play for NZ in the future. Most of the others were pretty indifferent though they were a very young side. We mixed our batting order up a bit and the captain was pretty bloody annoyed he got a golden duck! I think we got 230-odd and they got 110. We opened with our usual bowlers but they both felt very awkward about bowling full pace at the girls. I think though they liked the fact we respected them enough to do that. The second game was more one-sided. They got 140 or so, we mixed the bowlers up a bit - I bowled for example, and we got them for 1 down. Nobody I knew had any problem with it. I think we took the right attitude in playing seriously but mixing it up a bit. It was about helping them develop their cricket. And it was fun. One thing I liked was that in our league a lot of the teams are very aggressive towards umpires. I've been called a c*, told I'm full of s* and had someone give me the finger after taking a wicket. Primadonnas who think they are better than they are. None of that happened against the girls. This year, the best of the girls have been making up the numbers for a new side in the reserve competition. __________________ ZIMBABWE Somebody has to... Last edited by Chubb; 16-01-2013 at 04:42 PM.