Maybe we shouldn’t have been so quick to ridicule England after getting bowled out for 77 against the West Indies recently — because it could have been worse.

Much, much worse.

The NSW women’s side absolutely demolished their South Australian counterparts at the National Indigenous Cricket Championships in the Northern Territory today, bowling them out for 10 in 10.2 overs before chasing down the target for the loss of two wickets.

Incredibly, 10 of the 11 batters recorded ducks as opener Febi Mansell top scored with four. Her effort, combined with six wides, saw SA scrape into double figures.

Mansell and Waniki Gibuma-Marr were the only two players to face more than three deliveries.

It contributed to a cricket scorecard unlike anything we’ve ever seen.

Roxsanne Van-Veen was unplayable, returning the ludicrous figures of 5/1 from two overs after coming on second change.

Opening bowler Julie Muir took two wickets as did Naomi Woods — with the only two balls she bowled all match.

The deadly NSW bowlers were all on target, resulting in six of the South Australian batters being bowled and two getting given out LBW.

The wickets kept tumbling when NSW went into bat, losing opener Dimity Parton for a first-ball duck to send some shudders through the camp that the women in blue might suffer a similar fate to their rivals.

But South Australia managed just one more wicket as NSW reached the target in the third over.

It was South Australia’s second loss of the tournament after starting its campaign with a 102-run defeat to the Northern Territory. In that match, NT piled on 5/188 from its 20 overs while SA could only manage 9/86 in reply.

Mansell was the best performer in that outing too, scoring 28 at the top of the order.

LANGER DESPERATE FOR WORLD CUP SUCCESS

Australia won’t pull players from ODI tours of India and the UAE, with coach Justin Langer resisting the urge to let some batsmen stay in the Sheffield Shield and boost their Ashes cause.

The Aussies face a difficult schedule over the next two months, with both the Ashes and World Cup a priority in 2019 and the ODIs against India and Pakistan clashing with the final rounds of the domestic four-day competition where Dukes balls — same as the ones used in the Ashes — will be introduced.

Australia is confident it is close to finalising its one-day squad for the World Cup and a similar side to the one that faced India last month will be announced when the touring teams are named later this week.

It means Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb and Glenn Maxwell may not play any more red-ball cricket until Australia’s Ashes squad is picked, with the exception of a few County games in the second half of April for the latter three.

Marsh, Handscomb and Maxwell would be desperate to push their Test causes while there were suggestions before Khawaja’s century in Canberra that he should be given time in the Shield to re-find his best.

Making the situation trickier is that at least two of the batsmen in India will be replaced for the World Cup, with Steve Smith and David Warner’s returns from their 12-month bans imminent.

Regardless, Langer said the option of keeping players back to play red-ball cricket wouldn’t be considered.

“We want to get as close to the World Cup squad as we can over the next 12 games, including the two T20s (against India). So you can’t really afford to do that,” he said.

“We’ve got to keep our eyes very clearly on what’s best for the team, not what’s best for individuals.

“It’d be good for some individuals to do that (stay behind) but we’ve also got to win the World Cup.”

Australia has won just four of its past 24 completed ODIs and must turn around its form in the two series against India and Pakistan if it is to defend its crown.

Langer has pencilled Warner and Smith in as near-certainties for their ODI title defence, with the duo potentially returning from their suspensions against Pakistan if games are scheduled after March 29 and they have recovered from elbow surgeries.

“If they’re playing well (they’ll be picked in the World Cup),” Langer said. “We’re talking about two great players, we’re not talking about two really good players.

“Two great players ... who we’d be crazy not to have them in the team.”

With AAP