Brisbane Heat sign Leg-Spinner Poonam Yadav for upcoming WBBL07

On Friday, India’s ace leg spinner Poonam Yadav became the eighth Indian player to be signed to play in the seventh edition of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) starting from October 14. There are seven other Indians that have already signed to play the WBBL.

 

Indian Player	Team
Deepti Sharma	Sydney Thunder
Harmanpreet Kaur	Melbourne Renegades
Jemimah Rodrigues	Melbourne Renegades
Radha Yadav	Sydney Sixers
Richa Ghosh	Hobart Hurricanes
Shafali Verma	Sydney Sixers
Smriti Mandhana	Sydney Thunder

 

The 30-year old leg spinner will play for Brisbane Heat. She has replaced New Zealand’s all-rounder Amelia Kerr, who has withdrawn from the tournament due to personal reasons. This will be Poonam’s first WBBL outing as she will make her debut in this Australia’s T20 league.

Poonam is the third overseas player for the upcoming season of the WBBL. South Africa’s all-around duo of Anne Bosch and Nadine de Klerk are the other two overseas players in the side that will be led by Australian left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen.

🇮🇳 players in WBBL this year 👇

Smriti Mandhana – Thunders
Deepti Sharma – Thunders
Shafali Verma – Sixers
Radha Yadav – Sixers
Richa Ghosh – Hobart
Jemimah Rodrigues – Renegades
Harmanpreet Kaur – Renegades
Poonam Yadav – Brisbane

8 Indians will feature in this competition 🥳

— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) October 8, 2021

Poonam made her T20I debut for India in 2013 and since then has featured in 71 T20Is for India and has scalped 98 wickets at an economy of 5.7 and best of 4-9.

Ashley Noffke, the Brisbane Heat head coach, said, “We know there is a lot of upside to Poonam coming on board this summer. When we lost Amelia Kerr, we were confident we could back our group to give a good account of themselves regardless. But adding Poonam’s skill and her competitiveness is a huge result. She is a different type of bowler to Melie, and we are clear on how we can best utilise her talents in our line-up. Jess Jonassen has played against her and as captain, she is very keen to work alongside her now she is with the Heat. We’re really keen for her to share those insights with our players during the tournament and will urge the group to learn as much as they can.”

Brisbane Heat’s schedule in the WBBL 2021

Date, Day	Match	Venue	Time (IST)
Oct 17, Sun	Perth Scorchers Women vs Brisbane Heat Women, 4th Match	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	4:45 AM (Oct 17)
Oct 19, Tue	Brisbane Heat Women vs Perth Scorchers Women, 7th Match	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	11:20 AM
Oct 23, Sat	Melbourne Stars Women vs Brisbane Heat Women, 11th Match	Invermay Park, Launceston	8:30 AM
Oct 24, Sun	Adelaide Strikers Women vs Brisbane Heat Women, 14th Match	Invermay Park, Launceston	4:45 AM (Oct 24)
Oct 26, Tue	Hobart Hurricanes Women vs Brisbane Heat Women, 18th Match	Aurora Stadium, Launceston	11:20 AM
Oct 30, Sat	Brisbane Heat Women vs Hobart Hurricanes Women, 24th Match	Aurora Stadium, Launceston	2:00 PM
Oct 31, Sun	Brisbane Heat Women vs Melbourne Stars Women, 27th Match	Aurora Stadium, Launceston	8:10 AM
Nov 06, Sat	Melbourne Renegades Women vs Brisbane Heat Women, 31st Match	Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide, South Australia	4:45 AM (Nov 06)
Nov 07, Sun	Sydney Thunder Women vs Brisbane Heat Women, 34th Match	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	4:45 AM (Nov 07)
Nov 09, Tue	Sydney Sixers Women vs Brisbane Heat Women, 37th Match	Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide, South Australia	9:05 AM
Nov 13, Sat	Brisbane Heat Women vs Sydney Sixers Women, 44th Match	Harrup Park, Mackay	1:35 PM
Nov 14, Sun	Brisbane Heat Women vs Adelaide Strikers Women, 45th Match	Harrup Park, Mackay	4:45 AM (Nov 14)
Nov 19, Fri	Brisbane Heat Women vs Sydney Thunder Women, 50th Match	Harrup Park, Mackay	1:35 PM
Nov 20, Sat	Brisbane Heat Women vs Melbourne Renegades Women, 54th Match	Harrup Park, Mackay	1:35 PM

 

Source: www.brisbaneheat.com.au