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Warriorz — going big on quality as well as quantity as far as spin is concerned

[ad_1] UP Warriorz’s Sophie Ecclestone celebrates a dismissal against Royal Challengers Bangalore Women in the Women’s Premier League, at Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai on March 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Shabnim Ismail is as quick as any bowler around in women’s cricket at the moment. She is among the most experienced seamers as well, with 314 wickets in international white-ball cricket for South Africa.So imagine her shock at being told that she was not going to play for UP Warriorz in its match of the Women’s Premier League. “Sixteen years I have been playing and I have never been dropped,” she told Lisa Sthalekar, the Warriorz mentor. “Welcome to the WPL,” Sthalekar, the former Australian all-rounder, told her. UP Warriorz’s Rajeshwari Gayakwad celebrates a dismissal against Royal...
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Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell set to return to action after long injury layoff

[ad_1] Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell could be priming himself for Sheffield Shield action after assessing his fitness during a weekend club cricket fixture on his return from a grievous leg injury suffered last year. Maxwell fractured his left fibula at a friend's birthday party days after Australia made a premature exit from the ICC T20 World Cup at home in November. The 34-year-old white-ball specialist is set to play his first competitive match in more than than three months over the weekend, which could clear his path to playing for Victoria in the Marsh Sheffield Shield clash against South Australia next week. When Maxwell got injured, he was bracing up for his maiden Shield match in three years to further his ...