Indian Women cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues on Friday, July 28, 2023, left for the United Kingdom to participate in the upcoming The Hundred Women 2023, scheduled to be played from August 1 to 27. Jemimah Rodrigues will reportedly play for the Northern Superchargers in place of Australian all-rounder Heather Graham, who has suffered a calf strain. She shared a picture of himself with an Indian passport on social media and captioned it:
“Agla (Next) station: United Kingdom.”
Jemimah Rodrigues was last seen in action during the Indian women’s team’s tour of Bangladesh. Jemimah scored 139 runs in three ODI matches with a best score of 86 runs. He also took four wickets. However, the Mumbai-born cricketer did not perform in the T20 series and returned with scores of 8, 28 and 10 respectively. She made only 126 runs in nine matches in the Women’s Premier League. Jemimah is one of few Indian cricketers to have played Big Bash League and The Hundred. She played only two games in The Hundred and she scored 51 runs and two runs respectively. His team finished fifth in the eight-team competition with three wins from six matches.
🚨 Jemimah Rodrigues at Northern Superchargers 🚨
Jemimah replaces Australian allrounder Heather Graham who suffered a calf strain. #CricketTwitter | #TheHundred pic.twitter.com/Ii7sufvPPx
— Women’s CricZone (@WomensCricZone) July 28, 2023
Besides Jemimah, wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh has replaced the injured Georgia Redmayne in the London Spirit’s squad.
Meanwhile, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana will play for Trent Rocket and Southern Brave, respectively. The duo will face off in the opening game in Nottingham on August 1.
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Jemimah Rodrigues’s side Northern Superchargers’ schedule in The Hundred Women 2023
Northern Superchargers will begin their campaign against Birmingham Phoenix in Leeds on August 3, 2023.
vs Birmingham Phoenix, Leeds – August 3
vs Southern Brave, Southampton – August 6
vs Trent Rockets, Nottingham – August 9
vs Oval Invincibles, Leeds – August 11
vs Manchester Originals, Leeds – August 13
vs London Spirit – August 18
vs Manchester Originals – August 20
vs Welsh Fire – August 22
Northern Superchargers squads: – Kate Cros England, Alyssa Healy – Overseas, Georgia Wareham – Overseas, Jemimah Rodrigues – Overseas, Alice Davidson-Richards, Linsey Smith, Hollie Armitage, Bess Heath, Marie Kelly, Aylish Cranstone, Phoebe Franklin, Georgie Boyce, Lucy Higham, Leah Dobson, Grace Ballinger, Grace Hall.
