Maia Bouchier will play for her second Big Bash club as the Strikers round out their overseas signings<\/p>\n
Adelaide Strikers have added international firepower to their top order, recruiting England’s Maia Bouchier for Weber WBBL|12.<\/p>\n
Bouchier has penned a one-year deal with the club, joining left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone and South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt to round out the Strikers’ overseas contingent.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old has been in red-hot form of late, having re-established herself in England’s ODI side following the retirement of Tammy Beaumont in July.<\/p>\n
She struck a one-day hundred against Ireland earlier this month, following it up with back-to-back centuries for Hampshire in county cricket, where she played alongside new Strikers teammate Amanda-Jade Wellington.<\/p>\n
Bouchier fills the overseas slot occupied by Beaumont in WBBL|11, as she joins a second Big Bash club having previously played for the Melbourne Stars.<\/p>\n
“I’m really excited to be joining the Adelaide Strikers and adding to an already talented squad,” Bouchier, who will be reunited with former Southern Brave coach Luke Williams, said.<\/p>\n
“They’ve built a strong reputation in the WBBL, and I’m looking forward to doing everything I can to help the group achieve success and make a deep run into the finals.<\/p>\n
“I’m also thrilled to be reuniting with Luke Williams. We’ve worked together before and I have a lot of respect for him as a coach, so I’m looking forward to working with him again and getting to know my new teammates.”<\/p>\n
Blistering Bouchier brings Stars back from the brink<\/p>\n
Bouchier made her T20I debut against New Zealand in 2021 and has played 48 matches for England in the format.<\/p>\n
Her most recent appearance came against New Zealand in May this year, before the return of captain Natalie Sciver-Brunt from injury and opener Danni Wyatt-Hodge from parental leave squeezed her out of England’s T20 World Cup squad.<\/p>\n
Williams said Bouchier’s attacking style and experience would suit the Strikers.<\/p>\n
“Maia is an outstanding talent and someone who has established herself as one of the most exciting batters in international cricket,” Williams said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“She brings a proven ability to score quickly at the top of the order, as well as valuable experience from playing in major competitions around the world.<\/p>\n
“Having worked with Maia before, I know the quality she possesses both as a player and as a person. We’re delighted to welcome her to the Strikers and look forward to seeing the impact she can have this season.”<\/p>\n
The Strikers have now confirmed 10 players for the upcoming season, with five spots left to fill.<\/p>\n
Coach: Luke Williams<\/p>\n
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List spots filled: 10<\/p>\n
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Contracted for WBBL|12: Maia Bouchier (England), Darcie Brown, Sophie Ecclestone (England), Ellie Johnston, Eleanor Larosa, Tahlia McGrath, Bridget Patterson, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)<\/p>\n
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In: Maia Bouchier (Stars)<\/p>\n
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Out: Tammy Beaumont<\/p>\n
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Uncontracted: Jemma Barsby, Anesu Mushangwe, Maddie Penna, Tabatha Saville, Ella Wilson, Maggie Clark (LRP), Emmerson Filsell (LRP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maia Bouchier will play for her second Big Bash club as the Strikers round out their overseas signings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-903446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}