SHE'S already battled the Heat and faced a rampant Blaze this summer, and now Lisa Griffith is ready to fight Fire.
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The talented Bathurst all-rounder will return to New South Wales Breakers duties on Thursday when its Women's National Cricket League season re-commences with a match against the Queensland Fire.
Griffith got a chance to skipper the Breakers, who are chasing a 21st WNCL title this season, in two matches to begin their title defence in September. One of those was a six-wicket triumph against South Australia.
In the four months since then the right-arm seamer has played in the Women's Big Bash League for the Sydney Thunder and New Zealand's Super Smash for the Otago Sparks - both Twenty20 competitions.
For Thunder she claimed two wickets from her 138 deliveries, of which 38 were dot balls, and from her limited chances with the bat, scored at a 102 strike rate. The competition was won by the Brisbane Heat.
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Griffith then played five games for the Sparks, including two fixtures against the defending champions Wellington Blaze. Her best effort with the ball a 1-30 against Auckland.
Queensland Fire are the side that the Breakers beat in last season's final and as such, Thursday's clash should be fiercely contested.
Griffith has been named in a strong Breakers squad which includes returning skipper and Australian representative Alyssa Healy as well as others who have worn the green and gold such as Rachael Haynes and off-spinning allrounders Ash Gardner and Erin Burns in a 14-player squad.
The match starts at 10am at Hurstville Oval.