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WATCH: Grace Harris hits huge six despite her bat being broken vs Perth Scorchers women in WBBL 2023
30-year-old Australian batter Grace Harris made it a day to remember during the Women’s Big Bash League game on Sunday. North Sydney Oval hosted the game between Brisbane Heat Women versus Perth Scorchers Women.
Both the teams came into the game after having played one game and having won the contest. A win for either team will give them the chance to go top of the table in the league during the early stages of the tournament.
The match in Sydney was a high-scoring affair as Brisbane Heat came out on top by 50 runs. Sophie Devine the Perth Scorchers skipper won the toss and chose to bowl first and this move backfired big time.
Broken bat doesn’t deter Grace Harris –
Brisbane Heat opener Grace Harris was facing Pippa Cleary and got a juicy half-volley outside the off-stump. The 30-year-old batter whacked it out of the ground for a six. The only problem was that the bat broke into half when Grace Harris played the stroke.
The timing behind the stroke despite the broken bat was such that it carried over the ropes. This left her teammates, opposition, and even the commentators in complete shock and disbelief.
“Stuff it, I’ll still hit it.”
Grace Harris, that is superb 😂 pic.twitter.com/o5kLrJ2BCQ
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) October 22, 2023
Put into bat, Brisbane Heat scored 229/7 from their 20 overs. Grace Harris carried her bat to score 136 not out from just 59 balls with 12 fours and 11 sixes. Chloe Ashworth got the wickets of opener Redmayne for 15 and Georgia Volt for a duck.
These two early wickets got Mignon Du Preez and Grace Harris together as the pair added 91 runs for the 3rd wicket. Sophie Devine then got the wicket of Du Preez for 39 runs which came off 23 balls with 7 hits to the fence.
Amy Edgar was the lead wicket take for Perth with figures of 3/31 from her 3 overs. Every Perth bowler was smashed for above ten runs per over. Chasing 230 for a win the task was cut out for the Perth side.
Beth Mooney and Lauren Hill began by adding 63 runs for the 1st wicket in just 34 balls. Mooney was the top scorer with 60 runs which came off 30 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. Amy Jones scored a quickfire 30 runs from 17 balls but the Brisbane bowlers kept their cool to take the game.
Courtney Sippel was the lead wicket-taker for the Brisbane Heat team with 4/27 from her 4 overs. The win by 50 runs now puts Brisbane at the top of the table with Perth in the 3rd place in the table.
