Bowler’s paradise sees Fire burn Meteors
SOME superb bowling paired with a star opening performance helped Queensland pick up a three-wicket win over the ACT. The Fire may have cut it fine when it come to their wickets lost tally, but they still reached the target of 153 in less than 21 overs. The fact that the Meteors found themselves at […]
Stats Zone: WBBL10 Wrap
NOW THAT the WBBL season has finished for another year, let us take a look at who topped the stats sheets for WBBL10. BATTING The interesting thing about the way the batting stats looked at the conclusion of WBBL10 is that the most runs list looks very different to the highest strike rates list. Firstly, […]
Renegades rise to the top to claim inaugural title
MELBOURNE Renegades have won their first Women’s Big Bash League title, defeating the Brisbane Heat by seven runs in today’s rain interrupted final. Despite not making the best of scores with the bat, the Renegades gave an exceptional fielding performance to take home the title. Player of the Final honours went to Hayley Matthews, who […]
PREVIEW | WBBL10 Finals
AFTER an entertaining home and away portion of this year’s Women’s Big Bash League season, it is now time for the finals. Four teams are left – Melbourne Renegades, Brisbane Heat, Sydney Thunder and the Hobart Hurricanes. Some have harder paths to The Final than others, but they all have a better chance at the […]
Rain limits, but does not thwart Brisbane party
BRISBANE Heat are the third team through to the WBBL10 finals after a nine-wicket win over the Melbourne Stars last night. The rain tried its hardest to thwart proceedings up in the Sunshine State, but ultimately the match was reduced to seven overs per side. Once proceedings did get underway, the Stars limped to 6/46 […]
Young gun stuns, as her Heat best the Stars
In a tournament that has seen some of the best up-and-coming young talent, it’s Brisbane Heat bowler Lucy Hamilton that was the headlining act in Sunday’s action. She claimed 5/8 against the Melbourne Stars, a spell which included the wickets of Yastika Bhatia, Annabel Sutherland, Meg Lanning, Tess Flintoff and Deepti Sharma. Taking five of […]
Perth Scorchers the Heat to record another win
PERTH Scorchers have picked up their second victory of the WBBL10 season after a big win over the Brisbane Heat. Perth made 8/142 from its 20 overs, before bowling the Heat out for just 114. The competitive tally that the Scorchers were able to put together was off the back of a 40-run opening partnership […]
Heat too strong again, remain undefeated to begin campaign
THE BRISBANE Heat have made it two wins from as many matches to kick off their WBBL10 campaign after defeating the Melbourne Renegades by 28 runs. Brisbane made 8/169 from its 20 overs, before restricting the Renegades to 9/141 from their 20 overs. Things did not go to plan early for the Heat, with the […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: The Final
THE HOBART Hurricanes emerged as the first ever T20 Spring Challenge champions after a five-wicket win from the last ball. The Player of the Match was the Hurricanes batter Lizelle Lee, who hit 63 runs from 47 deliveries, which included 10 fours and two sixes. In Hobart’s pursuit of the Heat’s 133 total, Lee got […]
2024 T20 Spring Challenge: Semi-Finals
IT will be the Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes that will play off in Sunday’s maiden T20 Spring Challenge final after qualifying on Saturday. Brisbane Heat 9-160 defeated Adelaide Strikers 9-122 Reversing the result of last season’s WBBL decider, the Brisbane Heat bested the Adelaide Strikers to the tune of 38 runs to move through […]