A 4-match T20I series is being played between India and South Africa. In this series, the Indian team had a great start with a win. Sanju Samson scored a quick century in the first T20I match. Thus, he achieved a major feat by scoring back-to-back centuries in the shorter format. Sanju played a brilliant 47-ball 111 in the third T20I against Bangladesh last month before playing the first T20I against South Africa in October. In doing so, Sanju became the fourth batsman in the world and the first from India to score centuries in two consecutive innings of T20I cricket. Now the same feat has been seen in Australia.
Indeed, the Women’s Big Bash League 2024-25 is currently being organized in Australia. The 25th match of the tournament was played on 13 November at Bellerive Oval, Hobart between Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers. Batting first, Hobart Hurricanes scored 191 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs. A major contributor to Hobart’s huge score was Lizelle Lee who scored a brilliant century. He scored 103 runs in 59 balls with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes. Thus Liesel achieved the feat of repeating Sanju Samson’s feat.
Lizelle Lee sets a record
Indeed, this is Liesl Lee’s second consecutive century with the bat in this tournament. With this, she became the first player in the history of the Women’s Big Bash League to score two consecutive centuries. Before this, he made a big record by playing an unbeaten innings of 150 against the Perth Scorchers in the 21st match of the tournament on 10 November. He set the record for the highest individual score in WBBL history in that match. In this record innings, he had a brilliant performance of hitting 12 fours and 12 sixes.
Lizelle Lee’s second consecutive century helped Hobart Hurricanes beat Adelaide Strikers by 28 runs. In reply to Hobart’s 191 runs, the Adelaide Strikers could score only 163 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 3 wickets. This is Hobart’s fourth win in 7 matches, giving them 8 points and the team has moved to the top of the points table thanks to a better net run rate.
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