Sydney Thunder captain Rachael Haynes returns from cat-caused injury

Sydney Thunder skipper Rachael Haynes, who missed out on Sunday’s clash against Perth Scorchers, returned to action with Tuesday’s crucial match at the WACA. Chasing Scorchers 151, the Thunders fell short of the target by 7 runs last Sunday. Regular skipper Rachael Haynes was ruled out of the game due to an infected foot.

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Sydney Thunder: Rachael Haynes returns to action after cat injured her foot

The reason behind her foot injury was later revealed to be through her cat. Apparently, Haynes was bitten on the foot when she was trying to break off a fight between her pet and a stray. Her Sydney Thunder teammate Hannah Darlington, however, saw the lighter side of the situation. While speaking with cricket.com.au, Darlington said that she initially had no idea about what happened. But then she became intrigued when she found out her cat was behind her injury. Darlington added that she found the entire incident quite funny because it is not something one can expect would happen to Rachael.

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Rachael Haynes was part of the Australian women’s squad which recently whitewashed the Sri Lankan women’s team at home. In a three-match ODI series, Haynes top-scored with 237 runs which included a match-winning 118 in the second ODI. Overall, the left-hander has represented Australia Women in 57 ODIs and 56 T20Is. With an average of 34.34, she has scored 1,614 runs in 50-overs contests and 527 runs at 29.27 in the shortest format of the game. Since her debut against England in 2009, the cricketer has also played five Test matches for the country.

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