On Thursday, 27 June 2024, Hobart Hurricanes announced that 30-year-old Nicola Carey is extending her stay with them in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) by signing a one-year deal.
Carey has been part of the Hurricanes since the 2019 season and expressed her excitement to return to the Purple Army for another season.
“I’ve loved my time with the Hurricanes over the last few years, and I’m looking forward to another season in purple!” stated Carey.
In her WBBL career, Carey has featured in 125 matches, scoring 1433 runs at an average of 18.37, taking 125 wickets (sixth in the overall wicket-taking tally), and making 42 catches. She previously played for Sydney Thunder from the 2015/16 to the 2018/19 seasons. In WBBL|09, Carey had a successful season with both bat and ball, scoring 173 runs and taking 12 wickets, despite the Hurricanes finishing sixth.
For Australia, Carey has represented the national team on 23 occasions in ODIs and in 27 T20I matches. Her current form is exceptional, coming off one of the strongest Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) seasons of her career. Carey will be looking to carry her 50-over form into the shorter format of the game. She won the Player of the Match in the WNCL Final and the WNCL Player of the Year, dominating the competition by scoring 696 runs and taking 14 wickets.
High Performance General Manager, Salliann Beams, expressed her delight in seeing Nic Carey continue her career for the Hurricanes.
She emphasized that they are fortunate to have a player of Carey’s calibre as a crucial part of their team, noting her ability to impact a match in all three facets of T20 cricket. Beams shared her pride in watching Carey’s game continue to improve since moving to Tasmania and expressed confidence in Carey’s potential to help guide the team to success in Hurricanes Purple.
“We are blessed to have a player of Nic’s standard be a crucial aspect of our list, she has the ability to change a match in all three facets of T20 cricket.
“It has filled me with pride watching her game continue to improve since coming down to Tasmania, and I know that she can help guide us to success in Hurricanes Purple,” discussed Beams.
Nicola Carey joins Heather Graham, Ruth Johnston, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Amy Smith, Lauren Smith, Molly Strano and Rachel Trenaman as Hurricanes players under contract ahead of WBBL|10.
