Lizelle Lee will remain with Hobart Hurricanes for at least another two seasons after she signed with the club ahead of the WBBL draft. Lee, who has lived in Tasmania forever since resigning from global cricket in 2022-23, was Tropical storms' driving run-scorer last season with 409 at 37.18 and a strike-pace of 146.07 which incorporated an unbeaten 101 against Melbourne Rebels. "I feel like the group gained areas of strength for some last season, and I'm anticipating assuming my part and regular game as we hope to bring Tasmania and the Tropical storms their most memorable WBBL prize," Lee said. Cricket Tasmania's head supervisor Salliann Shafts was amped up for the possibility of Lee and Elyse Villani continuing their matching at the highest point of the request. "With her and Junior at the highest point of our request, I think we have ostensibly the most experienced and skilled opening matching in the WBBL," she said. "She furnished us with extraordinary flexibility with our abroad pre-marking, and taking into account we had the main pick in the WBBL draft it seemed OK for us to pre-sign somebody who we know can assume a part for us. "She can change the game with the bat and in the field, having done so endlessly time again in global cricket for South Africa and in the WBBL." Tropical storms' lead trainer Jude Coleman has recently shown they will hope to get one more top four player during the draft. They additionally have maintenance freedoms for South Africa fast bowler Shabnim Ismail who took 13 wickets last season.