Four games at two Launceston venues will keep cricket lovers enthralled this Saturday as WBBL07 heads to the end of its Tasmanian hub.
Sunday will see three matches played with the weekend's 7 total fixtures set to go a long way to sorting out the competition table. So far the Adelaide Strikers remain undefeated from their two matches to top the table with the Sydney Sixers also in two wins from their three starts.
WBBL 07 Matches This Weekend
Saturday
10.15 am AEDST Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes Invermay Park, Launceston
2 pm Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat Invermay Park, Launceston
3.40 pm Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers UTAS Launceston
7.05 pm Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers UTAS Launceston
Sunday
10.15 am Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat Invermay Park, Launceston
13.40 pm Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades UTAS Launceston
5.15 pm Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder UTAS Launceston
OTHER WBBL NEWS
Indian aces all in for WBBL Sydney derby
Four Indian players will take centre stage in this WBBL season's first derby between defending champions Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers.
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, the key factors why many are tipping India to dominate women's cricket in years to come, have a clear idea of where they stand on the eve of Saturday's WBBL derby.
"We might do some sledging in Hindi, so nobody understands," Mandhana laughs.
Verma is in step with her mentor.
"I want to get her ... and sledging her, it will be good," the 17-year-old quipped.
Injured Wareham to miss Ashes, World Cup
Australia are set to be without first-choice legspinner Georgia Wareham for the women's Ashes and one-day World Cup after she suffered a serious knee injury.
Wareham was hurt while fielding for the Melbourne Renegades in Wednesday night's WBBL loss to Adelaide, going down as she ran across the boundary.
Scans have confirmed a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the 22-year-old's left knee.
The news is a serious blow to Australia ahead of the Ashes, given Wareham is their first-choice wrist spinner and one of the world's best leggies.
McGrath thanks psychologist for sharp rise
Tahlia McGrath credits her meteoric rice to being the form allrounder of Australian women's cricket partly to her sports psychologist.
Player of the series against India earlier this month, McGrath has started the WBBL with a bang in Adelaide's unbeaten start to the tournament.
But the 25-year-old is the first to admit she's had to learn the hard way you can't put an old head on young shoulders.
An Australian debutante at 21 in the 2017 Ashes, McGrath managed just one international between that series and the start of this summer.
She has made the most of her recall through injuries, averaging 79 with the bat against India while also taking four wickets.
That came before scores of 42 and 50no for the Strikers, as well as 3-17 in the opening game against the Sydney Thunder.
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