Sixers teen Caoimhe Bray takes four wickets against Sydney Thunder
The 17-year-old opened the bowling for the two-time champions, and the Sixers are undefeated in the WBBL|12 season so far.
Sydney Sixers teenager Caoimhe Bray took a match-winning four-wicket haul against Sydney Thunder on Sunday, Cricket Australia said in a statement.
The 17-year-old opened the bowling for the two-time champions and dismissed both Thunder openers, Aussie stars Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll.
Later in the innings, she also removed South Africa international Nadine de Klerk and power-hitter Laura Harris in the 11th over, showing she can be used at different stages of an innings.
Bray has played 23 WBBL matches, and in her third Big Bash season she has become one of the Sixers' most important players.
She is often compared with her Sixers and New South Wales teammate Ellyse Perry, a comparison she has discussed on The Scoop Podcast.
"When I was younger, I just wanted to be like Ellyse Perry," Bray said.
Bray said she now sees Perry as a person as well as a cricketer, and that the two are very different people.
Bray said she had spent the preseason working on swing bowling and understanding it more.
Two years ago, Bray was playing as a goalkeeper for the Young Matildas at the 2024 Under-17 Asia Cup, a team Perry had also played for before moving to the senior squad.
Bray made headlines at 15 when she hit the winning runs as the youngest debutant in WBBL history.
The Sixers, coached by Ash Gardner, are undefeated this season and sit second on the WBBL standings, behind the ladder-leading Perth Scorchers on net run rate.
The Sixers will next face the Melbourne Renegades at Junction Oval on Thursday, then host the WBBL|10 champions at North Sydney Oval.