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Shajin MS

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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No livestream to verify these, but don't think this is about the bowling attacks. It's similar to that 412 vs 369 senior match. These are extremely batting friendly conditions in North India. Bet it New Chandigarh, Mohali, or Delhi. But as a whole Indians are very good at 50-over batting.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Third consecutive one day series win for India A women. They have now beaten Australia A home and away, England A in England.
Scorecard of the 3rd One Day match between India A Women and Australia A women
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yastika Bhatia and Anushka Sharma to lead India A squad for Australia A tour of India.
India A Women's squad for Australia A tour of India
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#TheHundred
The Hundred Women's Competition last group fixture between bttom two teams
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Jemimah Rodrigues ruled out of The Hundred with a hamstring injury. #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Danni Wyatt-Hodge ruled out of the tournament with a left calf tear. Wicketkeeper-batter Ella Claridge replaces her in the MI London squad. #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Game done in 100 mins?
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Nat Sciver-Brunt will miss the first two matches of Trent Rockets' 2026 campaign to manage workload. #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Spirit didn't let MSG make a total horlicks of George's bowling then by not bowling her at all?
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
She didn't bowl at all.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Don't know how much she will bowl. Trudy Johnson is the other pace option in the 16. Lucy Higham if they want spin.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
George is an injury replacement of Gaur. Gaur is out for the season with a foot injury.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Match 3 - MSG vs London Spirit MSG opted to bowl. No Sterre Kalis. #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Georgia Voll ran out the better batter when 47 off 42 was needed with 9 wickets in hand, then scored 13 off 12, left when they needed just 18 off 17 balls.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Match 2 - Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire, Southampton Attendance: 5,873 #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Match 2: Southern Brave vs Welsh Fire Welsh Fire opted to bowl. No Katherine Fraser, no Sarah Bryce. #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Hundred Women's Competition 2026 🧵 Match 1 - MI London vs Sunrisers Leeds, Oval Attendance: 8,532 #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Match 1: Sunrisers Leeds opted to bowl first. No Darcey Carter. No Tara Norris. #TheHundred
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Even if you are not playing Tests, playing red ball or long form cricket will help you make better allround cricketers. India's struggle is in T20s because WPL is still in infancy and coaches at lower levels still admonish young players for getting out. England have an opposite problem to this.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
[All numbers from cricketarchive] England squad had more Test match experience, but India had more FC experience. Uncapped Priya Punia has played 17 FC matches (0 Tests), while Heather Knight retired with 15 FC matches (all of them Tests)
Number of first class matches played by current India and England women squads
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Not that anyone reads these things, just realised this can be misconstrued. The point was even if ENG had a red ball comp for practice for this Test, it wouldn't have yielded immediate dividends. But at the same time, the long term gains you can achieve by playing the red ball game are immense.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
[All numbers from cricketarchive] England squad had more Test match experience, but India had more FC experience. Uncapped Priya Punia has played 17 FC matches (0 Tests), while Heather Knight retired with 15 FC matches (all of them Tests)
Number of FC and Test matches played by India and England women current squads
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It wouldn't have yielded*
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
[All numbers from cricketarchive] England squad had more Test match experience, but India had more FC experience. Uncapped Priya Punia has played 17 FC matches (0 Tests), while Heather Knight retired with 15 FC matches (all of them Tests)
Number of FC and Test matches played by India and England women current squads
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Not that anyone reads these things, just realised this can be misconstrued. The point was even if ENG had a red ball competition for practice for this Test, it wouldn't yielded immediate dividends. But at the same time, the long term gains you can achieve by playing the red ball game are immense.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yastika turned up and scored. Even if they had Rawal/Punia/Deol at one drop, they wouldn't have looked out of place either. Young Anushka has better technique than a lot of ENG batters you see. Red ball training could help someone like say a Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones to become a better cricketer.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Combination of the way Indians are coached at the lower levels+some red ball experience makes them better at basics. This might help in other formats as well. Not everything has to lead to wins. Here the outcome is ENG will get better cricketers if they have red ball experience at lower levels.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yastika turned up and scored. Even if they had Rawal/Punia/Deol at one drop, they wouldn't have looked out of place either. Young Anushka has better technique than a lot of ENG batters you see. Red ball training could help someone like say a Maddie Blinkhorn-Jones to become a better cricketer.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Combination of the way Indians are coached at the lower levels+some red ball experience makes them better at basics. This might help in other formats as well. Not everything has to lead to wins. Here the outcome is ENG will get better cricketers if they have red ball experience at lower levels.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Except for Satghare, this IND XI didn't play in this edition of domestic red ball iirc. ENG can't suddenly become better at Tests even with a competition. However, even if you don't play Tests, playing red ball cricket is helpful for the development of their game. Better basics, better discipline.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Centuries by Indians: Post CWC 2017 to Dec 2023 9 from four players - S Mandhana (4), H Kaur (3), P Raut (1), M Raj (1) 2024 - present 21 from seven players - S Mandhana (11), J Rodrigues (3), H Kaur (2), P Rawal (2), Shafali Verma (1), H Deol (1), Y Bhatia (1)
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Lord's attendance for the Women's T20 World Cup 2026 final: 28,887 #T20WorldCup
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
South Africa in 2023 final - 52/2 (10) chasing 157 South Africa in 2024 final - 64/3 (10) chasing 159 South Africa in 2026 semi - 63/2 (10) chasing 170
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Niamh Holland was added to the England A squad today and smashed 41* off 19 coming in at 7. Really talented player.
England A Women's batting scorecard in the 2nd One Day vs India A Women
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
India just didn't have bowling right from the outset to challenge strong batting sides. Backing themselves to chase whatever they concede regardless of the conditions was the only way to win.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
ICC has announced that top five ranked teams as of July 6 along with the hosts Sri Lanka will qualify for the inaugural edition of the Women's Champions Trophy 2027. Currently Australia, England, India, New Zealand, and South Africa are the top five ranked teams.
Qualification criteria for the Women's Champions Trophy 2027
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
By rough calculation, South Africa need to beat Bangladesh by around 120+- runs margin to get ahead in the NRR if India were to beat Australia by one run. #T20WorldCup
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
India A batting first after losing the toss against England A in the T20 decider. Niki Prasad and Uma Chetry playing their first match of the tour. www.youtube.com/live/0-39cJx...
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England Women A vs India Women A - T20 Live Stream - 25th June 2026
YouTube video by Sports Mentoring
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Considering India would have taken the same time to chase this down if they conceded only 120, they are lucky that they had 137 to chase. Must be still ahead of South Africa by 200+ runs in the NRR. #T20WorldCup
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
India have used 16 players in this tournament. Most by any side. #T20WorldCup
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
In IPL, the broadcasters have been pushing for a 7pm slot to maximize prime time, ad revenue. But the teams' contention is that it affects the stadium going people. Hence, the middle ground of 7.30pm was found. So this 8pm is baffling, unless the only thing they want to sell is the closing ceremony.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I am questioning the stupidity of it since it's inconvenient for everyone. Who knows what metric they care about? There's no attempt to put India in the easier group to maximize their stay in the tournament. Maybe only ad money from IND v PAK matters or a guaranteed IND v AUS fixture?
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I get they have the 2.30pm uk matches (or the ist equivalent of 7.00pm depending on timezones) for India to pander to the broadcasters. But if 8pm IST is too late for an ipl game to start, it's even more late for a women's game. This feels like a random unnecessary adhoc change.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Don't understand this. Isn't 2.30pm (7.00 pm ist) the sweet spot for the Indians? One hour late runs the risk of viewers dropping out at the backend (especially families and kids). Doubt they even care about the women's game this way or else India games would have been at 3.30pm from the outset.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
SA were clever to learn from the India series, India had a few good middle overs there and SA used the best bowlers to limit the damage despite India's fast start. Whereas SA found batting in the middle overs very easy despite the horror powerplay they had.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
India will continue to struggle in T20Is until they find a bowling attack that won't leave their batters in constant dread. Even on successful days, India constantly resort to high risk shots to maximize the batting in hope of putting up a score that's beyond their bowling.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Then it was about taking the RRR beyond the reach so that pacers will have a lot of runs to play with in the last 2-3 overs. But South Africa scored freely in the middle overs even with a struggling Tazmin Brits.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Arundhati/Nandni play similar roles for most sides they are in. How did they end up with only those two as your pacers? Those two fifers meant they started trusting Deepti again to bowl the crucial overs. Shafali & Sree Charani gave them a lifeline with the powerplay overs.
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Shajin MS @supertrampms.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
For India's bowling to work, they need to get everything spot on. With SA's struggles, the loss of Shreyanka was a body blow. Their choice of bowlers seem outcome based. Expected them not to pick RST after umpiring denied her two wickets & bowling the 20th in the warm-up.
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