Watch: Caoimhe Bray’s superb fielding dismisses Jemma Barsby for a golden duck in WBBL 2026

During the 15th encounter of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 2026 between the Sydney Thunder and the Sydney Sixers at North Sydney, Caoimhe Bray’s superb fielding effort sent back Jemma Barsby for a golden duck during their chase of 168 runs in 16 overs of the rain-curtailed contest. 

The Sydney Thunder captain, Phoebe Litchfield, won the toss and decided to bowl first on the surface, which was under cover for a little bit of rain. There was also clear anticipation of rain to play a role in the clash, for which chasing was expected to get easy in the second innings.

Caoimhe Bray’s fielding brilliance: Watch the moment that sent Jemma Barsby back for a golden duck

It was the final delivery of the 12th over of the chase for the Thunder side, when Jemma Barsby, on her very first delivery against Asleigh Gardner, was needed to play an aggressive shot as the required run rate was getting out of hand.

Watch the catch here- 

The left-handed batter used her feet and nailed the off-spinner for a massive shot. She had almost got enough power to clear the fence, but Bray’s superb fielding performance dismissed the batter as it went viral on social media platforms.

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Bray came running in with pace and jumped at the boundary rope beautifully to push the ball back inside the rope, only for Lauren Cheatle to complete the simple catch at the end and send back the southpaw for a golden duck.

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The Sydney Sixers batted first and posted a decent score of 162 runs for the loss of two wickets in their allotted 16 overs. Ellyse Perry remained unbeaten on 59 runs off 41 deliveries at a strike rate of 143.90 with the help of 11 boundaries, while captain Gardner remained undefeated on 64 runs off 25 balls with five fours and as many sixes. 

The Thunder got bundled out for 158 runs and lost the contest by nine runs in the D/L method. Only a couple of players got 30 runs each, but none of them was enough to win the clash. Bray also picked up four wickets in her four-over spell.

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Brief Scores: Sydney Sixers 162/2 (Ashleigh Gardner 64*, Ellyse Perry 59*, Lauren Bell 1/26) beat Sydney Thunder 158 (Laura Harris 35, Caoimhe Bray 4/28) by 9 runs (DLS).