RECORD RUN SCORER FOR HURRICANES

SOUTH Africa’s all-time highest ODI and Twenty20 run-scorer Mignon Du Preez has been snapped up by the Hobart Hurricanes for this summer’s women’s Big Bash.

The former South African captain in all three forms of the game joins the Cane Train from WBBL|06 finalists, the Melbourne Stars, where she has played the entirety of her WBBL

career. “I’m really looking forward to starting this new chapter playing with the Hurricanes,” Du Preez said.

“I’ve loved my time playing with the Stars but am really looking forward to this new challenge with the Hurricanes.

“From afar, the Hurricanes have been running a great program for several years now and have been building a great list over the off-season, so I can’t wait to experience it for

myself. It’s a great competition, the WBBL, involving the best group of female cricketers in the world.”

Du Preez joins Nicola Carey, Maisy Gibson, Rachel Priest, Chloe Rafferty, Amy Smith, Naomi Stalenberg, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman, Belinda Vakarewa and Tayla Vlaeminck as the players contracted to the Hurricanes for WBBL|07.

Du Preez is the Hurricanes’ second of three

international signings to be announced for WBBL|07, alongside Priest.

At the international level, she is a mainstay of the South African team, having represented her country in 108 T20 Internationals, 137 One-Day Internationals, and one historic Test.

Du Preez has scored 5312 runs across all formats of the game and captained her country for almost five years.