The 2024/25 Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) kicked off with an exciting first day, featuring standout performances and surprising debuts. Among the highlights was France's Ines Mckeon, who made her mark in the WBBL.
An impressive bowling showing from South Africa left them needing 119 to win the Group B contest, with Marizanne Kapp taking the big wickets of Hayley Matthews and Deandra Dottin, and Mlaba returning the pick of the figures with 4/29.
Along with Stafanie Taylor and vice-captain Shemaine Campbell, Dottin is one of the most experienced players in the side, with more than 100 T20I caps for West Indies.
West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin reversed her international retirement and made herself available for selection ahead of the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup.
The second edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) will see 165 players going under the gavel during the auction on December 9 in Mumbai, including England's Danni Wyatt, Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu, India's Priya Punia, West Indies' Deandra Dottin among others.
Deandra Dotin's absence in the Women's Premier League has become the talk of the town once again. Her tweet on Sunday night shed some more light on this matter. She wrote in her caption "In light of ongoing speculation surrounding my exclusion from this year's Women's Premier League (WPL)
Australian Kim Garth has been named as her replacement in the squad. The right-hand batter had gone unsold at the auction last month. She was part of the Australia side that won the T20 World Cup in South Africa at the time of the auction.
Batting has been Windies achilles heel in women's T20Is for a while right now. Their middle-order woes has hampered their performances over the last couple of years. Since January 2021, the middle order (number four to seven) has been averaging 12.12, which is the lowest among the full teams
Sydney Sixers' record-breaking 11 wins in the regular season came up short as they had a spectacular top-order collapse. Deandra Dottin put forth a stellar all-around performance, and Darcie Brown's pace won two crucial wickets.