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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Megan Maurice

From a broken bat to fixture woes: WBBL season starts with more than one bang

Chamari Athapaththu hits a four
Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu has stood out in the WBBL’s opening rounds, hitting two half centuries for the Sydney Thunder. Photograph: Mark Evans/Getty Images

Only a quarter of the way through the ninth iteration of the Women’s Big Bash League, it already feels like enough has happened on and off the field to fill a new version of Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start The Fire. Sure, it wouldn’t be in line for any Grammys, but it might go a little something like this:

Grace Harris broken bat, do we need the golden hat? / Melbourne Stars 29, draft picks sublime / Athapaththu out to impress, give us more DRS / Alyssa Healy dog bite, why aren’t more games played at night? / We didn’t start the fire.

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