Watch: Victoria and NSW gamers assist floor workers to get the covers on© Twitter
Chaos reigned supreme throughout a Women’s National Cricket League match between Victoria Women and New South Wales Women on Sunday because the Melbourne climate set in. With rain coming down at a good pelt, the bottom workers rushed to get the covers on however the windy situations did not assist their trigger and stored blowing the covers away. The Victorian group led by captain Ellyse Perry and some members of the New South Wales group got here to the rescue of the bottom workers. The gamers and floor workers then mixed brilliantly to lastly get the covers on however not with out some problem.
The total occasion made for some hilarious viewing with Perry having to lie down on the covers to stop it from being blown off.
Watch the comical scenes in Melbourne right here:
Absolute MAYHEM on the CitiPower Centre because the Melbourne climate units in 💨
Well performed to gamers and floor workers on getting this cowl down! 🌧 #WNCL pic.twitter.com/e00U7hhQOp
— Victorian Cricket Team (@VicStateCricket) December 19, 2021
Despite the unruly intervention of the rain gods, your entire match nonetheless happened.
New South Wales got here out on high, coasting to a five-wicket win over Victoria Women.
NSW had gained the toss, and elected to bowl. They began properly, taking wickets at common intervals as Victoria discovered themselves reeling at 120 for 5 in 25.1 overs. Annabel Sutherland and Nicole Faltum steadied the ship with a 77-run stand for sixth wicket.
Faltum smashed 88 not out off 83 balls to assist her group put up a combating complete of 270 for eight of their 50 overs.
The chase, although, proved to be a cakewalk for New South Wales as Rachael Haynes and captain Alyssa Healy obtained their group to a whirlwind begin with 116-run partnership for the opening wicket.
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Healy was dismissed for 51 whereas Haynes fell for a superb 96 off 119 balls. Tahlia Wilson and Phoebe Litchfield had been each despatched packing for geese as Victoria threatened to derail NSW’s chase.
But a swashbuckling unbeaten 80 off simply 48 balls from Erin Burns obtained NSW over the road with 41 balls remaining.
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