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While the records stand as milestones in the game of cricket, but some are destined
to be redefined and that’s what an 18-year-old, Lucy Hamilton did as she records best
figures for the Brisbane Heat in the history of the Women’s Big Bash League.
In a sport, where the extraordinary becomes the benchmark, this young woman has
quietly set a new standard.
Prior to the game against Melbourne Stars, Lucy didn’t even have a single wicket
under her WBBL career and now in just her seventh innings, the you left-armer
nailed a fifer, also recording one of the best bowling figures in the Women’s Big Bash League.
A left armer who’s pretty lanky and charges in with a high arm action, Lucy Hamilton is this and more.
On this occasion, it is an 18-year-old girl, who has emerged and made the announcement of her arrival at a greater level. One of the most highly rated talents in the current WBBL season, Lucy Hamilton has made headlines in becoming the youngest ever to pick a fifer in
the WBBL.
In the ongoing WBBL, Brisbane Heat, the runners up of the last edition, were facing
the Melbourne Stars, who have the likes of Meg Lanning, Annabel Sutherland,
Yastika Bhatia and Deepti Sharma. The Stars looked pretty comfortable until
Hamilton started her spell and was only her second delivery which cleaned up
Yastika Bhatia’s stumps which resulted in a flood.
On the fifth delivery of the same over, Sutherland, who was sailing the ship in the
powerplay, became her second wicket and she continued her fearless spell, ending
up with the figures of 5-8 in four overs. The wickets of the Australian great, Meg
Lanning, and exceptional all-rounder, Deepti Sharma, makes this fifer even more
special.
Considering the fact that Lucy went wicketless in her first seven games of the WBBL,
this fifer will make her hungrier than before.
Breaking the record of the Caribbean giant, Hayley Matthews, Lucy Hamilton rewrites
the record in her own words.
She was also among the major contributors for the Aussies in the U-19 World Cup,
where she picked 5 wickets with an impressive average of 10.
Being the rarest kind of a bowler, the Bundaberg native, Lucy Hamilton has an added
advantage and can be soon seeing donning the yellow doing the samee.!
