In the 2024-25 Women’s Big Bash League, Adelaide Strikers goalkeeper Bridget Patterson was seriously injured after being hit by a ball near her eye.
The 10th season of the Women’s Big Bash League, a franchise-based women’s T20 league in Australia, began on 27 October, in which 5 matches have been played so far. On October 29, in the match between Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers played at the Sydney ground, the goalkeeper of the Adelaide team, Bridget Patterson, was injured while trying to catch a ball behind the wicket, after which she had to immediately leave the field. field and return. Patterson hurt his eye while catching the ball from fast bowler Darcy Brown, while the rest of the players present on the field were also very scared when he saw it, because when the ball hit Patterson near his eye, he could not see it in absolute. I didn’t feel comfortable.
Slower was injured while catching the ball
In this match, Darcy Brown was bowling the fifth ball of the innings on behalf of Adelaide Strikers while bowling for Sydney Sixers, in which he bowled the fifth ball outside off stump where the batsman failed to hit it. The ball hit Bridget Patterson with a bounce that she didn’t understand and it bounced off the ball and hit her directly in the eye. After this, she was seen in a lot of pain and then lay down on the ground. After the physiotherapist and other support staff arrived on the field, they took Bridget out. For the rest of the game, Eli Jonston took responsibility for groundkeeping.
Great innings were seen from Patterson’s bat in the batting.
Talking about this match, Adelaide Strikers had the opportunity to bat first, in which they scored 171 runs in 20 overs. While batting, Bridget Patterson played an excellent innings of 44 runs in 32 balls in which 6 fours and a six were seen from her bat. While chasing the target, the Sydney Sixers team managed to score only 160 runs with the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
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