The allrounder’s injury on the eve of the WBBL is a huge blow for the Sixers
New Zealand superstar Melie Kerr’s participation in Weber WBBL|10 is in doubt after tearing her left quadricep.
The allrounder, who just last week was named the player of the tournament in the Kiwis’ maiden T20 World Cup success, was injured in the first one-day international against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.A statement released by the White Ferns said Kerr would return home to New Zealand and the “grade one tear would require approximately three weeks of recovery”.
It’s a big blow for the WBBL but specifically the Sydney Sixers, who pulled off a massive coup by signing Kerr in the newly-introduced pre-signing mechanism in June, luring her away from the Brisbane Heat where she had spent the past five seasons.
Kerr wasn’t set to join the Sixers until after the series in India was complete, with the final match of that series…
