now shelved overseas player draft<\/a> last year but was not selected by any of the eight Big Bash teams.<\/p>\nThe new Scorchers recruit said she was thrilled to finally put pen to paper with a WBBL side.<\/p>\n
“I’ve watched the WBBL from Pakistan and always wondered what it would feel like to be part of this great competition,” Sana said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“To now wear the Scorchers colours, represent such a great club and walk out at the WACA Ground … while being cheered on by people back home, is incredibly special. This really is a dream come true.”<\/p>\n
When Fatima Sana met her hero Ellyse Perry<\/p>\n
Sana made her debut for Pakistan during the side’s 2019 tour of South Africa and dismissed Hobart Hurricanes power-hitter Lizelle Lee to claim her first international wicket.<\/p>\n
The Karachi product became the first woman from her nation to receive an ICC award in 2021, when she was named as the ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year.<\/p>\n
She’s led her country permanently since the 2024 T20 World Cup and was a standout performer in this year’s edition of the event, taking 11 wickets to earn a place in the team of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Sana’s World Cup campaign was just one of many highlights for the dynamic No.7 batter in 2026.<\/p>\n
She made history by hitting the fastest fifty in women’s T20 internationals against Zimbabwe in May, reaching a half-century in just 15 balls.<\/p>\n
Two months later, Sana became the first Pakistan woman to play in ECB’s Hundred franchise tournament, representing Birmingham Phoenix in six matches.<\/p>\n
The right-arm bowler most recently lifted her nation to a bronze medal in the Asian Games last month, capping off a sensational calendar year that’s seen her produce 31 wickets and 540 runs in T20Is.<\/p>\n
No Pakistan woman has scored more runs or taken more wickets in the format this year.<\/p>\n
Fatima Sana plays an attacking sweep shot on her way to 55 not out against South Africa at the T20 World Cup 2026 \/\/ Getty<\/p>\n
Scorchers general manager Kade Harvey said the club is delighted to have signed one of the finest cricketers in the women’s game.<\/p>\n
“Fatima is one of the most exciting young allrounders in world cricket, and we’re thrilled to welcome her to Perth Scorchers for the upcoming summer,” Harvey said.<\/p>\n
“A proven performer at the age of 24, we believe she fits our list profile really well and we’re excited to see how Fatima executes on the WACA Ground wicket.”<\/p>\n
Sana’s signing completes the Scorchers’ overseas contingent for WBBL|12, having already regained England allrounder Freya Kemp and New Zealand icon Sophie Devine from the squad that reached last season’s final.<\/p>\n
Perth Scorchers WBBL|12 squad (so far)<\/p>\n
Contracted for WBBL|12: Chloe Ainsworth (W|12), Sophie Devine (New Zealand) (W|12), Amy Edgar (W|13), Ebony Hoskin (W|12), Freya Kemp (England) (W|12), Alana King (W|12), Katie Mack (W|12), Lilly Mills (W|12), Beth Mooney (W|12), Fatima Sana (Pakistan) (W|12), Ruby Strange (W|12)<\/p>\n
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Uncontracted: Maddy Darke, Mikayla Hinkley, Shea Manolini, Chloe Piparo<\/p>\n
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Coach: Becky Grundy\u00a0<\/p>\n
The trio are set to join Australian pair Beth Mooney and Alana King in orange, when the WBBL|07 champions kick off their new campaign on October 31 against Melbourne Renegades at the WACA Ground.<\/p>\n
Many of Pakistan’s men’s players have featured in the Big Bash, including former skipper Babar Azam who played for Sydney Sixers last summer.<\/p>\n
Babar was one of six Pakistani players to feature in BBL|15, alongside Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan and Hassan Ali.<\/p>\n
Currently no Pakistan player has signed with a club ahead of the new men’s season, which kicks off with a history-making match in Chennai between the Renegades and Scorchers<\/a> on December 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talented allrounder Fatima Sana will play her first WBBL season with Perth Scorchers Perth Scorchers have pulled off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-914387","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\/914387","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=914387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}