Heat hot in WBBL, Harmanpreet ruled out with back injury

Georgia Redmayne and Amelia Kerr excelled with bat and ball, respectively, to lift Brisbane Heat to second place 10 days into the Women’s Big Bash League. Wicketkeeper-batter Redmayne (in pic) made useful contributions with the bat — including an unbeaten 9■ and a 49 — and leg-spinner Amelia Kerr backed them up with productive bowling spells, picking up seven wickets in four games.

Harmanpreet Kaur, one of Melbourne Renegades’ key players, was ruled out of the tournament with a back injury. Jemimah Rodrigues played just a couple of matches for her team, Melbourne Stars, but got out for a duck the only time she got a chance to bat.

Smriti Mandhana had opted out of WBBL to ease her workload.