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WBBL 2024: Hurricanes' Lizelle Lee Smashes Record Books With Scintillating Sydney Ton

Lee’s innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground, included a 51-ball ton, scoring more than half of Hurricanes’ total, h💃itting a world record 12 maximums in the process

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Lizelle L💝ee celebrates her ton against Perth Scorchers Photo: X|WBBL
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Hobart Hurricanes’ Lizelle Lee rewrote the history books by scoring the highest Women’s Big Bash League score, notching up a monstrous unbeaten 150 from just 75 balls against the Perth Scorchers on Sunday, November 10. (More Cricket News)

Lee’s innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground, included a 51-ball ton, scoring more than half of Hurric🌱anes’ tota♛l, hitting a world record 12 maximums in the process. 

Overall, it was also the fifth-highest score iไn all women’s T20s and the highest for a full member nation.

The innings eclipsed the record set by Grace Harris with her unbeaten 136 during the last ♍WBBL. ;

The 32-year-old hit 12 fours and 12 sixes, and her incredible knock powered the H𓃲urricanes to 203 for༺ the loss of just three wickets. 

In replay, the Scorchers were bu❀ndlౠed out for just 131, handing a comfortable victory. 

“I have to give credit to everybody💮 in our team that kept on believing in me and when I was doubting myself and crying, and couldn't stop, they were there," Lee told Australia's Channel Seven while reflecting on the innings. 

The innings has set a platform for Lee’s comeback with the opener struggling for runs previously, having scored ju🍰st 71 runs in her l🍃ast five WBBL innings. 

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