Of the players who took the field for Australia on Tuesday, only one had not earned a WPL contract. Bangladesh had none. ©AFP
On Tuesday night in Gqeberha, the haves played the have-nots and won. There was a whiff of respectability about the scoreline, but that was largely because the have-nots had a batter and a bowler who each suggested they might one day cross over to the haves. The truth of it is that they probably won't.
Written in black and white, Australia beat Bangladesh by eight wickets. So far, so expected. And unfortunately for the women's game, the likelihood of such expectations being torpedoed in future encounters appears to be shrinking in the wake of events this week.
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