Hobart Hurricanes skipper Rachel Priest scored the first century of ongoing WBBL 07 against Melbourne Stars.
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The Women’s BBL is up and running in Australia, and finally, we saw the first century of the competition. Hobart Hurricanes captain Rachel Priest scored the first century of the tournament against the Melbourne Stars women.
Melbourne Stars asked Hobart to bat first after winning the toss. Priest came to open the innings along with Ruth Johnston, but Johnston managed to score just two runs. At one stage, Hobart Hurricanes were 39-3 after seven overs, but then came Priest’s carnage.
However, the rest of the team could not build up to Priest’s knock, but they managed to score a respectable total.
Rachael Priest century video
Priest completed her half-century on the last ball of the 11th over. Smith bowled an overpitched delivery, and Rachel easily smacked that away towards the mid-wicket boundary. She completed her fifty in just 37 balls.
Rachel’s century came in the first ball of the final over. Again the bowler was Linsey Smith, and Priest smacked it over the long-on boundary to hit the first century of WBBL 07. This was an easy full toss ball from the English spinner, and Priest was too good to miss out on that.
This is the first century by a Hobart Hurricanes player in the history of Women’s Big Bash League. Rachel became the tenth player to score a century in WBBL, and third from New Zealand. It is interesting to note that the rest of the team scored just 45 runs, whereas Rachel individually scored 107 runs for the team.
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Rachel Priest International record
Priest has scored 1694 ODI runs for New Zealand, whereas she has 873 runs under her belt in T20I cricket. She played her last game for New Zealand in 2020 against Australia in Melbourne. She is a hard-hitter wicket-keeper batter and is now currently living in Tasmania, Australia.
