The Rose Bowl Bowl Off
From Stories After Stumps by Cricket Australia
November 18, 2025 · 31 min · Season 2 · Episode 4
About this episode
This episode explores the unique Bowl Off used in tied T20 International matches before the introduction of the Super Over.
"I'll be last. It'll be over by then. But little did I know that everybody else was going to miss." Before the Super Over had been invented, tied T20 International matches were decided by a Bowl Off! It was cricket’s take on the penalty shootout, and it came with a heavy dose of scepticism, amusement and above all, confusion. This episode of Stories After Stumps takes you all the way back to 2006 and the players who were there for the first ever encounter between Australia and New Zealand in women’s T20Is and exactly what happened next when the scores were deadlocked after 20 overs each. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Topics covered
- Bowl Off
- T20 International
- women's cricket
- Australia
- New Zealand
- cricket history
Keywords
- Bowl Off
- T20 International
- women's cricket
- Australia
- New Zealand
- 2006
- cricket history
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