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balls after coming in at
5-57, before her run out
sealed Australia’s fate in
Game 2. Her 21 in Game
3 was part of a 40-run
partnership, while her
unbeaten 16 off 15 balls
in Game 4 was pivotal to
Australian winning by six
runs and staying alive in
the series.
She is hoping the selectors
show the same faith
when the women’s World
Cup comes around next
February, and has her
sights firmly fixed on the
mooted tour of England
at the same time as the
men challenge for the
Ashes.
“That would be a once in
a lifetime opportunity,”
she enthused.
In typical fashion, she
didn’t want to get ahead
of herself, and said it
was important to play
well at club level, let
alone with the Fire, to
get the basics in place.
Purves was just two
votes off winning the
Kath Smith Medal for the
best player in Grade
cricket as well last season,
the three missed
games from the broken
thumb hurting her
chances.
“Those sorts of things
are a bonus, and Jude
Coleman very much deserved
to win it,” Purves
said. “I would like to win
it one day - I’ve been
bridesmaid a couple of
times.”
She was, however, the
WOMEN’S CRICKET 19
Jodie Purves is the nation’s No.1 keeper despite the broken
thumb she sustained during the season.
bride – literally speaking
– when she married
Glen Fields in April.
A former Souths player,
Fields has been a passionate
supporter of
Purves’ cricket, never
missing a home game.
This is the last time you
will read about Jodie
Purves, as she now uses
her husband’s name. But
the name Fields is sure
to be prominent in
women’s cricket for
many seasons to come.
NEW LOOK FIRE SQUAD
A strong accent on youth is
a feature of the Konica Minolta
Queensland Fire
squad announced today for
the 2008-09 Women’s National
Cricket League season.
Following the successful introduction
of teenagers Delissa
Kimmince and Jo-Ann
Verrall over the past two
years, three more promising
youngsters have been
brought in.
All-rounders Selina Tainton,
18, and Taija Davis, 17, are
joined by 20-year-old top
order bat Casey Riebelt,
who was outstanding for
the Queensland 2 nd XI at
the Cricket Australia Cup
carnival last summer.
“We have a really nice
blend of youth and experience
in the squad,” said
Fire coach Joanne Broadbent.
Tainton captained the State
Under 19 team to the national
championships final
against NSW last January in
a tournament where she
was Queensland’s leading
wicket-taker and boasted
the fourth highest batting
average.
Davis averaged 37.5 at the
same titles and tasted top
class action when included
in the Fire side for their
Twenty20 match against
WA at the Gabba in January.
Riebelt scored at a run
a ball in the CA Cup tournament,
getting Queensland
off to blazing starts in three
of their four games and
scoring one half century.
The selectors have the capacity
to add players who
have impressed through the
pre-season and club games
before the Fire’s opening
match in November. The
captaincy is still to be announced
after incumbent
Bulow stepped down.
The 2008-09 Fire squad is:
Louise Broadfoot, Melissa
Bulow, Jude Coleman, Taija
Davis, Jodie Fields (nee
Purves), Danielle Hollis, Delissa
Kimmince, Kirsten
Pike, Casey Riebelt, Selina
Tainton, Jo-Ann Verrall.