Brisbane Warmth 139 for 4 (Rodrigues 45) beat Melbourne Stars 138 (Garth 31*, Hamilton 5-8)
Rodrigues hit 45 from 31, smashing two huge sixes down the bottom and 5 fours earlier than being deceived by an Annabel Sutherland slower ball.
Warmth’s third straight win moved them again up into third on the ladder, whereas Stars’ season is now nearly over with two wins from seven matches.
Hamilton was essential, after the 18-year-old entered Sunday’s match with no wicket in her eight-game WBBL profession. Weeks after ending her QCE exams in Bundaberg and together with her pals partying on the Gold Coast, she had the most important day of her profession.
After Sutherland acquired out of the blocks quick with 21, the left-armer bowled each her and Yastika Bhatia in her first over. She additionally had Meg Lanning caught behind for 13 edging a large half volley, earlier than having hazard lady Tess Flintoff caught driving on the as much as mid-off.
Hamilton then trapped Deepti Sharma lbw, changing into the primary Warmth bowler in historical past to take a five-wicket haul within the WBBL. Her figures sit second solely to Megan Schutt’s 6 for 19 within the competitors’s historical past, and degree with Amanda-Jade Wellington’s two returns of 5 for 8.
“All my mates are at schoolies in the mean time, on the Goldy residing it up,” stated Hamilton, including she could not imagine what had simply occurred. “Going on the market at the moment I used to be simply attempting to again myself. Getting my first wicket and getting 5-fa, all the women had been getting round me. It was actually thrilling. I’ve needed to be affected person, performed a couple of video games, and it lastly got here and was actually thrilling.”
A part of Australia’s Below-19 aspect, Hamilton will lastly transfer to Brisbane within the coming months after routinely making the five-hour commute down from Bundaberg.
“I used to be speaking to my bowling coach the opposite day, and it is now about engaged on standing the seam up and simply backing myself to swing the ball again in,” Hamilton stated. “Progressive coaching will assist that, but it surely’s having the arrogance to have the ability to try this.”
Solely late hitting from Kim Garth and Maisy Gibson gave Stars a faint hope, however Warmth nonetheless chased the goal down with ease.
