Australian cricketer Grace Harris recently took a playful jab at her male counterparts David Warner, Steve Smith, and Cameron Bancroft while recounting her experiences from the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. The tournament, held in South Africa last year, saw Australia defeat the host team in the final to claim the title.
Harris, part of that victorious squad, shared that she names her bats after burgers, though ICC regulations prohibit players from writing on their bats. During a conversation with The Grade Cricketer, she was asked about a broken bat from the WBBL last year and gained viral attention for hitting a six with it.
“Well, I actually didn’t really think it was broken. When it snapped, I was like well, second best bat, Zingy Stacker. So, Zingy Stacker rolled on out,” Harris recalled.
When asked what did Zingy Stacker mean, Harris responded: “I named all my bats after burgers because they are all stickered the same. Some people number them whatever, I was like, nah, stuff it, I like burgers. So, I named mine after burgers and McCrispy broke.”
The hosts were intrigued and inquired how she identified her bats, given that all of them had the same stickers.
“It’s written just where the hyper stickers are, it’s written just on the top of the handle. I have to stop doing that because throughout the ICC World Cup, they said, you can’t have writing on your bat. So I walked around South Africa asking for sandpaper, which as an Australian obviously (laughs),” Harris joked.
When Grace Harris hit a six with a broken bat in the WBBL
Grace Harris was alluding to the notorious ball-tampering incident during Australia’s 2018 tour of South Africa, where David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, and Steve Smith were penalized for attempting to alter the ball’s condition in a Test match.
The discussion began with Harris’ broken bat. In a match against the Perth Scorchers while playing for Brisbane Heat, her bat broke, but she continued using it and surprisingly hit a six off Piepa Cleary’s bowling.
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