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Star recruit voted Player of the Tournament by Thunder teammates
Heather Knight has crowned a memorable debut season for Sydney Thunder by being awarded the Alex Blackwell Medal for WBBL|06.
Recruited from the Hobart Hurricanes, the experienced England captain played a pivotal role in Thunder’s title-winning campaign.
Knight scored a career-best 446 runs – the most runs ever made by a Thunder batter in one WBBL season – and claimed 10 wickets.
She declared her intent to dominate the opposition early in the season with a brilliant 83 from just 39 deliveries against the Adelaide Strikers at Sydney Showground Stadium.
As a result of her standout performances, Knight was named in the WBBL|06 Team of the Tournament and voted the third-best Player of the Tournament.
Runners Up
1. Heather Knight (21.5 points)
2. Hannah Darlington (19 points)
3. Shabim Ismail (16.5 points)
4. Sammy-Jo Johnson (16 points)
Previous Winners
WBBL|05 – Hannah Darlington
WBBL|04 – Rachel Priest
WBBL|03 – Rachael Haynes
WBBL|02 – Harmanpreet Kaur
WBBL|01 – Stafanie Taylor
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.
