Bundaberg teen Lucy Hamilton has made headlines with equal-second-best figures in WBBL history when she claimed 5-8 in her eighth appearance for the Brisbane Heat.
Cricket Australia reported on her impressive performance against Melbourne Stars which saw her miss out on a schoolies trip to the Gold Coast to play in the Weber WBBL.
But it was an easy decision for the Aussie U19s player as the latest rising quick to put her name up in lights this season.
Hamilton has been part of the Heat squad for three seasons and highly rated by coaching staff but had scant opportunity to play in her first two years with the club.
But Heat coach Mark Sorell earmarked the 18-year-old as one to watch in the lead-up to WBBL|10, noting the gains she had made during Queensland’s pre-season, and on Sunday she showed why.
Hamilton ran riot against Melbourne Stars at Drummoyne Oval, taking 5-8 – the equal-second-best figures in the league’s history.
They were no minor scalps, either, as the left-armer dismissed former Australia captain Meg Lanning, current Aussie star Annabel Sutherland, India imports Yastika Bhatia and Deepti Sharma, and rising allrounder Tess Flintoff.
Hamilton, who hails from Bundaberg, only completed her final high school exams earlier this month.
“All my mates are at schoolies at the moment, on the Goldy living it up,” Hamilton told Cricket Australia, saying she could not believe what had happened.
“Going out there today I was just trying to back myself.
“Getting my first wicket and getting 5-fa, all the girls were getting around me.
“It was really exciting.
“I’ve had to be patient, played a few games, and it finally came and was really thrilling.”
Hamilton debuted for the Heat in 2022, playing two games in her first season and three in her second.
Hamilton is set to play a key role in Australia’s Under-19 T20 World Cup campaign in January.
The rising star took her first international wicket in 2023 and told Bundaberg Now putting on the Australian uniform to play for her country was a dream come true.
“It’s crazy to think that when I was 10-years-old playing cricket in the backyard with my brothers that only six years later I would be playing for Australia,” the former Shalom College student said in 2023.
Information and quotes about Lucy’s achievements in the WBBL were reported by Cricket Australia’s Laura Jolly.
