da apostaganha： New South Wales, the defending champions, enjoyed a record-breaking start to the women’s national cricket league with two convincing wins over Western Australia in Sydney at the weekend
Cricinfo staff02-Aug-2005New South Wales, the defending champions, enjoyed a record-breaking start to the women’s national cricket league with two convincing wins over Western Australia in Sydney at the weekend.Martha Winch (101*) and Lisa Sthalekar (96) shared a 169-run partnership – the largest in the competition’s history – to push the Breakers to 2 for 285 and the state’s highest score at North Sydney yesterday. Four wickets to the captain Julie Hayes and two to Lisa Keightley helped the side to an easy 107-run victoryHalf-centuries to the sisters Alex and Kate Blackwell set up the Breakers’ victory at Campbelltown on Saturday, with the pair combining in a stand of 106 as they reached 5 for 220. Western Australia were all out for 143 in reply.New South Wales’ next matches are against South Australia on November 20 and 21.