South Africa batter Mignon du Preez on Thursday re-signed with Hobart Hurricanes ahead of the eighth season of the women's Big Bash League (WBBL), making the upcoming season her second consecutive outing in the purple jersey.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the last season, she finished as the top run-scorer for the Hurricanes with a total of 414 runs at a strike rate of 115, with the highest score of an unbeaten 87 runs off just 61 deliveries against the Sydney Thunder.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mignon will join her fellow South African, ex-international opener Lizelle Lee, and newly-announced captain, Australia's Elyse Villani. Ironically, she played alongside the duo during her time at the Melbourne Stars.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I can't wait to return to Australia. I love the Big Bash. It was a big decision for me to make the move to the Hurricanes last season, but I can honestly say I had such a great time both on and off the field. I got to know a lot of the girls really well, and as we got to know each other better as a team, our cricket really improved too."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We have a lot of the same team we had last year heading into WBBL|08, plus some pretty great additions too, and knowing first-hand what players of the quality of Junior (Elyse Villani) and Lizelle (Lee) can bring to a T20 team, I think that puts us in a pretty good position."<\/p>\r\n\r\n