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The world No.1 ranked tennis player in women's rankings, Ashleigh Barty was seen playing a leg-glance with the tennis racquet and ball during her practice session in the ongoing Australian Open 2022. Ashleigh was once a professional cricketer and has played for Brisbane Heat in the Women's BBL.

In a fixture between Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars, Glenn Maxwell caught a stunner with his left hand running behind while fielding at mid-on to dismiss Sam Heazlett on a score of 9 . Brisbane Heat scored 149/6 in the first innings setting a target of 150 for the opposition to chase.

Brisbane Heat captain Jimmy Peirson grabbed a stunning one-handed catch on Sunday, diving across to his left behind the stumps to dismiss Sydney Thunder's Alex Ross, who tried to scoop a Mark Steketee delivery. Sam Billings smashed a 27-ball 64 to guide the Thunder to a total of 196/7.

Poonam Yadav has signed for the Brisbane heat replacing Amelia Kerr and became the eighth Indian cricketer to appear in the upcoming edition of the tournament. Brisbane Heat will begin their campaign on October 17 versus Perth Scorchers and Poonam will play a crucial role with her leg-spin.