Australia v India Second Women's ODI Report Card

Featuring affronts to arithmetic, too many Georgias and somehow slightly disappointing massive totals

Affronts To Arithmetic
Grade: D

With the India men’s team on the ropes in the second Test against Australia, the India women’s team were hoping they’d play a completely ropeless second ODI against the same (albeit gender-swapped) opponents.

Instead, after Tahlia McGrath won the toss and decided to bat, baby openers Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll put on 130 for the opening stand in just 19.2 overs. Ropes everywhere, I’m afraid.

BAD AI IMAGE OF: Too much rope on a cricket ground

Still, should you be permitted to put on a century partnership together if neither of you are even a quarter-century old? Obviously not. It’s an affront to arithmetic and something the ICC needs to look into.

Too Many Georgias
Grade: C+

Even when the unnecessarily youthful opening partnership was split (Litchfield grounded with no screen time for hitting one straight to cover), Voll continued on.

Fun fact! The ‘George’ in Sir Donald George Bradman is in honour of Georgia Voll.

Of course, comparisons are difficult when you don’t actually have an average with which to compare, so shortly after Voll brought up her first ODI century, she got herself out, caught behind to register 147.00 as a starting estimate for her talent.

Good stuff. Yes, there are too many Georgias in Australian cricket. We all agree on this. But Voll might be worth persevering with, regardless.

(Are there too many Georgias, some of you might be wondering. I know it feels like there’s a lot. But how many are there, really? To which I snort derisively. Georgia Voll. Georgia Wareham. Georgia Redmayne. Georgia Prestwidge. Georgia Darlington. Georgia Harris. Georgia Vlaeminck. Georgia McGrath. Georgia-Jade Wellington. And so on.)

Somehow Slightly Disappointing Massive Totals
Grade: B+