Cricket
Harmanpreet Kaur hit three sixes and six fours in her record breaking half-century.
Updated : Dec 09, 2018, 08:03 PM IST
Rebel Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) 2018-19: Harmanpreet Kaur, India’s T20I skipper, scored a 26-ball 56 to help Sydney Thunder beat Brisbane Heat by 28 runs on Sunday. Harmanpreet was declared the 'Player of the Match' for her efforts.
Sydney Thunder posted 192 for 4 on the platform was by an impressive 89-run opening stand between Rachel Priest (49) and Rachel Haynes (36).
Kaur hit three sixes and six fours during her stay at the crease and combined well with Alex Blackwell who scored an 18-ball 33 to propel them to a goo total on the deck.
Harmanpreet Kaur was all class in her knock of 56 off 26 balls in today's #WBBL04 clash at North Sydney Oval! pic.twitter.com/1SZLWnlAHW
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 9, 2018
Harmanpreet also took a great catch in the outfield to help her team.
Sensational catch! @ImHarmanpreet#WBBL04 #WATCHME pic.twitter.com/qwJoxhuhSV
— Rebel Women's Big Bash League (@WBBL) December 9, 2018
Brisbane Heat were all out for 162 in 18.5 overs in reply.
It was a good day for India recruits at the Rebel Women's Big Bash League as Smriti Mandhana also scored a half-century for her team the Hobart Hurricanes. Both the fifties set records as they were fastest ever for their respective teams, ICC reported. While Mandhana scored 50 off 24 balls, Kaur reached the fifty-mark in 23 balls.