WBBL: Ahead of the upcoming season, the WBBL is creating opportunities for athletes both on and off the field.
WBBL opening doors on and off field | 04:40Dual athlete Caoimhe Bray only celebrated her 15th birthday last month, but two of the nation’s biggest sporting codes are already fighting over her signature.
Bray, a school student in Year 9, doesn’t have a driver’s license, so rather than commuting from Newcastle to Sydney for every training session, the budding athlete will reside in Coogee during the WBBL season and complete her school term online.“A few of my school friends ask me, ‘When are you going to come back to school?’ I’m like, ‘Probably not this term’.
She was the youngest member of the Australian Under-19 squad for last month’s tri-series in Brisbane, scoring 84 and taking 4-20 during a 119-run victory over New Zealand at Ian Healy Oval. The following week, Bray’s mother received a phone call from Sixers general manager Rachael Haynes, with the teenager overhearing their conversation from the other side of the house.“My mouth was wide open,” she recalled.Caoimhe Bray of the Sixers celebrates taking the wicket of Laura Harris. Photo by Matt King/Getty ImagesBray, one of the country’s most promising young goalkeepers, made her international football debut during the AFC Under 17 Women’s Asia Cup in Indonesia.
“If you’d told me that day at the World Cup game, that four years later I’d be playing in the WBBL, I would honestly not believe you,” Bray said. Litchfield, who also made her Big Bash debut during her teens, acknowledged the WBBL’s willingness to give future superstars a platform to shine.
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