da betano casino： Teenagers Reanna Browne and Kasee Marxsen will make their Women’sNational Cricket League debuts for the Konica Queensland Fire team intheir opening round of matches at Allan Border Field this weekend.
Queensland Cricket20-Nov-2002Teenagers Reanna Browne and Kasee Marxsen will make their Women’sNational Cricket League debuts for the Konica Queensland Fire team intheir opening round of matches at Allan Border Field this weekend.Browne, 18, and Marxsen, 17, are the only new faces in the Fire teamthat meet the Southern Scorpions in one-day matches on Saturday andSunday.Browne, a leg-spinner who is regarded as one of the best fielders in theteam, is originally from Longreach. She played for Queensland inpractice matches last season against World Cup champions New Zealand butwill make her official Fire debut this weekend.Marxsen is a right-hand bat who scored 134 for her club sideSandgate-Redcliffe in her first game in first grade late last seasonafter moving to Brisbane from Gladstone.The Fire will also welcome in their ranks the presence of formerAustralian player Joanne Broadbent who is making a comeback afterretiring at the end of the 2000-01 season.Broadbent, an Australian player for more than a decade, will playagainst her old team that is led by Southern Stars trump Karen Rolton.The left-handed Rolton scored a century and 59 last week for SouthAustralia against defending champions NSW and is regarded as one of thetop two batters in the world along with Australian captain BelindaClark.Broadbent, a 36-year-old left-hander, was the first woman to score aTest double century, on the 1998 Ashes tour.She moved to Brisbane in 2001 to work as a Regional Cricket Manager forQueensland Cricket and coached the Konica Queensland U-17 and U-19women’s teams last season.Also returning to the Fire team is former Australian Youth allrounderKelly Klibbe who missed all of last season after having a shoulderoperation.The team will be captained by Australian wicket-keeper Julia Price, oneof six Australian squad members in the team along with Melissa Bulow,Sally Cooper, Tricia Brown, Cindy Kross and Belinda Matheson.This weekend will also mark the WNCL debut of Fire coach RichardMcInnes, who coached the Queensland Country men’s team to the AustralianCountry Cricket title in Warrnambool last season.Konica Queensland Fire v Southern Scorpions, Saturday and Sunday, atAllan Border Field: Julia Price (c), Belinda Matheson, Melissa Bulow,Joanne Broadbent, Sally Cooper, Tricia Brown, Kasee Marxsen, MeganWhite, Reanna Browne, Cindy Kross, Kelly Klibbe, Kristen Pike. Coach:Richard McInnes.