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Power play, legspin, switching sides of the wicket and white cards

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Jarrod Kimber
Jul 28, 2021
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A lot's gone on in the Hundred, and that's not including the infighting of the cricket community.  

I like a trend, and I have spotted a few.  

The women can't score in the power play 

I haven't really dived into the numbers, but I have seen a few analysts noticing what I am, that the women are just starting slow. I have no real understanding of why this is. The few games I have seen haven't shone an obvious light on it, so it could be a small sample size, some good bowling, or something else. 

The only thing I keep coming back to is they might be worried about the death of batting. Even in men's franchise cricket, we see some ropey sixes and sevens, and Kate Cross seems to batting real high for me (though she did well in the first game). 

It's something that is at least worth watching. 

Adil Rashid and bowling around the wicket 

Something peculiar happened the other day, and I can't remember who the batter was for the life of me. But Adil Rashid was bowling over the wicket to a left-hander.…

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