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Hobart Hurricanes Women square off against Perth Scorchers Women

Friday, 20-Oct-2023, 06:16 AM
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The third match of the recently started Women’s Big Bash League will see the face-off between Hobart Hurricanes Women and Perth Scorchers Women on Friday at Aurora Stadium in Launceston. During the last edition of the tournament, Hobart Hurricanes had a significantly good campaign with their seven victories out of fourteen matches. Hobart Hurricanes Women had made it to the eliminator but lost the battle to Brisbane Heat Women in the eliminator. Now, Coming into this new edition of the tournament as it would also be their first match of the tournament, Hobart Hurricanes Women would hope for a strong start to their campaign. Perth Scorchers Women, on the other hand, remained on the sixth position at the end of the last edition as they had won six matches out of fourteen matches which also saw them getting eliminated from the tournament. This will be a new beginning for them as well in the tournament which they would want to start off well. 

Hobart Hurricanes Probable XI: Nicola Carey, Elyse Villani (c), Maisy Gibson, Heather Graham, Shabnim Ismail, Lizelle Lee (wk), Emma Manix-Geeves, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Bryony Smith, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman.

Perth Scorchers Probable XI: Sophie Devine (c), Lauren Winfield-Hill, Amy Jones (wk), Danni Wyatt, Charis Bekker, Piepa Cleary, Amy Edgar, Alana King, Beth Mooney, Taneale Peschel, Georgia Wyllie

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