WBBL: Grace Harris played a stormy innings with her broken bat, created a series of records
WBBL: In the Women’s Big Bash League, Brisbane Heat opener Grace Harris created a stir by scoring 136 runs with the help of 11 sixes in 59 balls in the match played against Perth Scorchers on Sunday (22 October). Despite Grace Harris’s bat breaking while playing her stormy innings, she manages to hit a six with her bat.
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Grace Harris’s highest score in Women’s Big Bash League history
While scoring the highest score in Women’s Big Bash League history, Grace Harris also sent a strong message to the national team selectors. The selectors were not selected in Australia’s squad for the recent T20 series against West Indies.
Grace Harris hits a six with a broken bat
During the 14th over of Brisbane’s innings, Grace Harris hit a six over mid-wicket despite her bat being broken. While playing this shot, the willow of his bat got uprooted and fell away while its handle remained in his hands. But the surprising thing is that his shot still crossed the boundary. After taking the new bat, Harris hit a four on the next ball.
She told her team that she needed a new bat but before that, she said, “Add this, I will still hit with it.”
Harris scored 70 runs in 37 balls with the old bat and scored 66 runs in just 22 balls with the new bat.
Grace Harris scored 136 runs in 59 balls and hit 12 fours and 11 sixes
With the help of Grace Harris’s strong innings of 136 runs. Brisbane Heat scored a huge score of 229/7 in 29 overs while playing first against Perth. This is the second-highest score of any team in the history of the Women’s Big Bash League.
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Harris hit 12 fours and 11 sixes in her innings, which is a new record in the Women’s Big Bash League. He scored his century in just 48 balls.
This is Grace Harris’s third century in the Women’s Big Bash League
This is Grace Harris’s third century in the Women’s Big Bash League. She becomes the third cricketer after Sydney Sixers’ Alyssa Healy and Perth Scorchers captain Sophie Devine to achieve this feat