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Rain Ruins WBBL

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The rain in Australia has ruined the WBBL as expected this year. The match between Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers was stopped after rain interfered in  the 16th over. While Melbourne Stars suffered a similar fate when two of their matches were called off without a ball being bowled. 

The rain played the villain as the Sydney derby was set to go as planned. The Sixers and Thunder were ready to play for the important points, but even before the players could grace the field, the match was called off  as the rain ruined the pitch.

Even after a lot of efforts from the staff to get the pitch and field ready, it wasn’t possible for any matches to be played on the ground at all. 

While in the Hobart Hurricanes and Strikers match, the Strikers were off to a decent start as they had made 107 runs for 5 wickets as Preez made 39 runs and Stalenburg was stuck on 21 when the rain invaded the match. 

Sports Psychologist was the Key to Success for McGrath

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Tahlia McGrath’s amazing rise as an all rounder for Australia is all because of her psychologist according to her. The Women of the series against India earlier this month, is now playing for the Adelaide Strikers in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). Her team remains unbeaten so far, and the 25 year old seems to be in great form. 

She described the pressure that’s put on by others and yourself when you’re so young and playing for your country and one of the best clubs in the WBBL. 

Debuting at the young age of 21, McGrath recently put her average up to 79 runs, and also took 4 wickets against India, proving her importance in that middle order. 

“It’s taken me a while and it’s been a frustrating journey with lots of little glimpses and starts, but not consistent enough,” McGrath said. “But it’s just been simplifying how I go about my cricket.

“I’ve matured a lot as a batter and learned how to construct my innings a lot better, especially in T20 cricket. That’s literally keeping it as simple as possible, playing to my strengths and not over-complicating things which I have fallen into the trap of before.”

“Initially I was a bit hesitant, thinking I’m not sure how much I can get a benefit out of that,” McGrath said. “But he did a few group sessions with us, I liked what he said and had a few one-on-one sessions and it’s gone from there.”

Priest Scores 4th Highest Total in WBBL History

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Last night, as the ICC World Cup continued over in the Middle East, the other side of the world played host to the Women’s BigBash League. The Hobart Hurricanes took on the Melbourne Stars in a thriller of a match. 

Hurricanes’ Rachel Priest went on to score an unbeaten score of 107* from only 68 balls. With seven sixes coming from her bat, she set up the batting for the Hurricanes, who  scored a total of 152 for just 4 wickets. 

But Hobart wasn’t done with that. With the Stars coming to bat, the Hurricane spinners showed them what T20 cricket is all about. Ruth Johnston took 4 wickets for just 8 runs. It was Ruth’s second only WBBL match. Carey and Strano also bagged a couple of wickets each.

Johnston, the star of the match, who had never bowled before at the WBBL level, proved her worth to the Hurricanes with her 4 wickets from 3.2 overs, conceding only 8 runs, with a four over economy rate of just 2 runs per over.

Snap Lockdown in Hobart Creates Uncertainty over WBBL, Marsh Cup Goes Ahead after Delay

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City is scheduled to host four WBBL matches over the weekend

The WBBL is in a state of flux following news that the city of Hobart, which is set to host four matches over the weekend, will go into a snap three-day lockdown from 6pm on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Marsh Cup clash between Western Australia and Tasmania in Perth has gone ahead following an hour delay with the Tasmania squad undergoing Covid-19 tests after four players had flown in directly from Hobart to join the rest who had travelled from South Australia.

WBBL up in the air after snap three-day lockdown in Hobart  Getty Images

The WBBL is in a state of flux following news that the city of Hobart, which is set to host four matches over the weekend, will go into a snap three-day lockdown from 6pm on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Marsh Cup clash between Western Australia and Tasmania in Perth has gone ahead following an hour delay with the Tasmania squad undergoing Covid-19 tests after four players had flown in directly from Hobart to join the rest who had travelled from South Australia.

Seven of the eight WBBL teams are currently in Tasmania after the tournament got underway on Thursday. Perth Scorchers announced on Friday that they will delay their travel by 24 hours with their first match scheduled for Sunday in Hobart. This, however, a response to the scarcity of training facilities in Hobart given seven other teams were already there.

The first 20 matches of the WBBL are scheduled to be played in Tasmania and the tournament is then scheduled to shift to Adelaide, Perth and Mackay in Queensland. But there is no word yet on any potential schedule changes following the news of the snap lockdown with the WBBL releasing a statement on Friday afternoon.

“We are currently working with the Tasmanian Government on options for the upcoming Weber WBBL 07 matches at Blundstone Arena, Hobart this weekend,” the statement said.

“All players, staff and match officials in Tasmania for the Weber WBBL have received Covid-19 vaccinations and received the required negative Covid-19 test results. All are currently participating in training at Blundstone Arena or at team hotels.

“The League will provide further updates in due course.”