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Thunder skipper right on top of her game with WBBL|06 just around the corner
A superb innings of 96 from 104 balls by Thunder’s WBBL captain Rachael Haynes has earned her the Player of the Match and Player of the One-Day Series awards against New Zealand.
Deputising as captain for the injured Meg Lanning, Haynes hit 10 fours and two sixes helping Australia to a 232-run win at Allan Border Field, Brisbane, securing a three-nil series victory. The left-handed opener finished the three-match series with 222 runs at an average of 74.
The victory was the 21st successive One-Day International victory for the Australian Women’s Cricket Team setting a new world record for consecutive wins at that level.
Opening the batting with Alyssa Healy (87), Haynes shared a 144-run partnership in a massive total of 5/325. New Zealand was bowled out for 93.
Haynes’ innings followed 82 from 89 balls on Monday during Australia’s four-wicket win that claimed the Rose Bowl. All three One-Day and three T20 Internationals were played at AB Field.
Sydney Thunder begin their WBBL|06 campaign on October 25 in the Sydney Smash against the Sixers.
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The Sydney Thunder is an Australian professional cricket team competing in the Big Bash League (BBL). Based at Sydney Showground Stadium, the Thunder, along with the Sydney Sixers, succeeded the New South Wales Blues from the defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.
