In the Women's Big Bash League 2024-25, Adelaide Strikers team's wicketkeeper Bridget Patterson was badly injured after being hit by a ball near her eye.
The 10th season of the Women's Big Bash League, a women's franchise-based T20 league in Australia, started from October 27, in which 5 matches have been played so far. On October 29, in the match between Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers played on the Sydney ground, Adelaide team's wicketkeeper Bridget Patterson got injured while trying to catch a ball behind the wicket, after which she had to immediately leave the field and return. Patterson injured his eye while catching the ball of fast bowler Darcy Brown, while the rest of the players present on the field were also very scared after seeing him, because when the ball hit Patterson near his eye, he could not see it at all. Was not feeling comfortable.
Slower got injured while catching the ball
In this match, Darcy Brown was bowling the 5th over of the innings on behalf of Adelaide Strikers while bowling to Sydney Sixers, in which she bowled the 5th ball of her over outside the off stump in which the batsman failed to hit it. The ball reached Bridget Patterson with a bounce which she failed to understand and bounced off the ball and hit her straight in the eye. After this, she was seen in a lot of pain after which she lay down on the ground. After the physio and another support staff arrived on the field, Bridget was taken out. In the rest of the match, Eli Jonston took over the responsibility of wicketkeeping.
Great innings were seen from Patterson's bat in batting.
Talking about this match, Adelaide Strikers got the chance to bat first, in which they scored 171 runs in 20 overs. While batting, Bridget Patterson played an excellent inning of 44 runs in 32 balls in which 6 fours and one six were seen from her bat. While chasing the target, Sydney Sixers team managed to score only 160 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
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