Strikers pip winless Heat<\/a><\/p>\nThe Adelaide Strikers pull off a tense WBBL victory over the struggling Brisbane Heat.<\/p>\n
She said the form in the 20-over format was achievable for the Heat.<\/p>\n
“If we win one game we are on the up,” Redmayne said, grinning.<\/p>\n
“To be more serious, pre-season has been really good and winning the WNCL was massive for us with a lot of the same core group, so we know we are still a winning team.<\/p>\n
“We just have to tweak a few things to be successful in that T20 format. We have got our first game at home (on Friday night) against the Sixers, which is always a good rivalry.<\/p>\n
“Last year we didn’t really turn up in the high-pressure moments \u2026 but hopefully we go back to the winning ways which we were known for in the past”<\/p>\n
Redmayne said she got a lot out of returning to work as a doctor after a few years where cricket took centre stage.<\/p>\n
“I actually came back to it this year. It was really nice,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I did a bit of a stint in April and another stint in August\/September this year at Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane.<\/p>\n
“It helps provide a great bit of grounding for me, especially when you go away playing cricket.<\/p>\n
“You can think it is the be-all and end-all playing professional sport, but it is literally grounding seeing some real world problems.”<\/p>\n
Redmayne has been a great success at the top of the order for the Brisbane Heat and was the leading run scorer in three consecutive seasons from 2020-2022.<\/p>\n
Grace Harris, her opening partner much of the time, topped the aggregates in 2023 and 2024. The Heat made the finals in all five of those years and were runners-up twice.<\/p>\n
The Heat moved Redmayne down the order last season, but it did not work, so a return to opening with Harris would be a good place to start for the side to turn their form around.<\/p>\n
“(Opening) is somewhere I really enjoy batting and where I would like to bat,” Redmayne said.<\/p>\n
“My favourite time playing cricket was always opening the batting with Grace. We had a couple of very successful seasons.<\/p>\n
“Last year our order was very changeable. I started at number eight and ended up at number four.<\/p>\n
“I don’t mind where I bat, so long as we are winning games.”<\/p>\n
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