Sydney Sixers rising star Caoimhe Bray wanted to be advised she’d taken a hat-trick because the 16-year-old added one other WBBL spotlight in a thumping derby defeat of the Thunder.
Bray took a wicket on the final ball of her second over and the primary two of her subsequent over in Sydney on Saturday, the third due to a incredible diving catch at level from Erin Burns.
The joy of that wicket could have been guilty for Bray and her teammates’ poor maths, who had been all shocked to listen to of the feat when the bottom announcer knowledgeable them over the audio system.
Bray, the Junior Matildas goalkeeper and hit the profitable runs as a 15-year-old in her WBBL debut final yr, turned to her team-mates and was seen asking them if she’d simply taken a hat-trick of wickets.
She took a traditional catch earlier on this event and on Saturday completed with 4-15 from her 4 overs and the Thunder completed 8-118 chasing the Sixers’ 9-142.
‘It is fairly loopy … I did not realise; a kind of bizarre ones that was on the finish of the over,’ Bray stated.
Sixteen-year-old star Caoimhe Bray (pictured) wanted to be advised she’d achieved a feat that many gamers chase their complete careers
Bray (left) took 4 wickets because the Sydney Sixers defeated the Sydney thunder within the WBBL on Friday
‘I wish to play sport professionally for so long as I can (however) oh yeah, it will positively have to return (to a call between soccer and cricket).
‘Girls’s sport is getting increasingly more skilled … if you wish to go to the best degree, you’ll be able to’t be doing that without end.’
Maitlan Brown (2-18) was additionally efficient on an evening that favoured the bowlers however the Sixers will wait on scans for New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr, who injured her quad within the warm-up and was pressured out of the sport.
The Sixers had Sophie Dunkley (43 off 35) and Mady Villiers (24 not out) to thank for scraping collectively their whole, whereas Alyssa Healy (26 off 15) threatened to blow up.
However the Thunder’s star-studded batting order failed to fireside in reply, with 18-year-old debutante Lucy Finn (49 not out off 34 balls) valiant in a dropping trigger after they’d fallen to 7-49.
Finn (1-27) additionally picked up Ashleigh Gardner’s wicket however the Thunder joined Brisbane at 0-3 after the Warmth fell to Hobart earlier on Saturday at Drummoyne Oval.
Lee stored Hobart rolling, and Brisbane winless due to an influence knock of their rain-impacted 16-run WBBL win.
The opener hit an unbeaten 59 off 45 balls, putting six fours and three sixes both aspect of a rain delay on Saturday.
Bray can also be the Junior Matildas goalkeeper and hit the profitable runs as a 15-year-old in her WBBL debut final yr
She took a traditional catch earlier on this event and on Saturday completed with 4-15 from her 4 overs and the Thunder completed 8-118 chasing the Sixers’ 9-142
The Hurricanes had been flying earlier than their innings was lowered to 12 overs, however they nonetheless purred to 1-114.
The Warmth’s goal elevated to 125, in keeping with the Duckworth-Lewis methodology.
Danielle Wyatt-Hodge (44 off 26) mixed with Lee in a 106-run opening stand solely ended within the ultimate over.
Grace Harris (28 off 21) hung in because the Warmth misplaced common wickets making an attempt to keep up the scoring fee and completed 9-108 due to a last-ball six from Sianna Ginger.
Heather Graham (2-25) and Nicola Carey (2-10) proved too intelligent for the wide-eyed Warmth batters.
The loss was the Warmth’s third-straight to start the season whereas the Hurricanes sit on high of the desk with three wins.
