Published: Sep 19, 2015, 12:29 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 19, 2015, 12:29 PM (IST)
Australia‘s women players— Jess Jonassen and Grace Harris have signed up for Brisbane Heat franchise which is one of the teams for Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 2015. WBBL is a T20 competition which will start in Australia in December’ 2016. There shall be eight teams in the tournament. This declaration concurs with the launch of a new cricket league— the Heat Girls Cricket League. It will take place at Brisbane Premier clubs. Jess Jonassen is a left-hand aggressive batswoman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She scored a brilliant 99 in her lone Test in Women’s Ashes 2015. She has played 25 ODIs and has a brilliant strike rate of 87.55 in it. With time she is destined to reach greater heights. She has also taken 33 ODI wickets. Talking of Harris; she is a destructive batter and has only played T20Is as of now. Her strike rate is 170.68 from six T20Is. READ: Women’s Big Bash League to feature 8 teams
Harris was quoted by Cricket Australia’s official website saying, “It’s going to be great fun. The girls have been talking about it a lot and we are all keen to be a part of something so exciting for the sport.” There will be 59 matches in the tournament played in just 51 days. It is expected that WBBL will be a success since women’s cricket has witnessed more crowd support and media attention in the last few years. The most classic example was Women’s Ashes 2015 where a record number of spectators came to view the matches. Women’s Ashes 2015: Ellyse Perry lauds Jess Jonassen
