WBBL 2025: Perth Scorchers star Alana King reveals she’s been bowling through a broken finger

Perth Scorchers star spinner Alana King has revealed she’s been bowling through a broken finger on her spinning hand almost all season.

King copped the injury to her pinky finger in the second match of the season against Brisbane Heat on November 12 at Allan Border Field.

And despite needing to battle through the pain just to send the ball down every delivery, the international leggie is not happy with her performances so far in WBBL12.

King’s returns have been well down on her usual output, taking five wickets at 46.2, and the star says she has some thoughts on how she can improve ahead of the Scorcher’s crunch clash with Brisbane Heat on Saturday.

“From a bowling point of view, there are areas we can tighten up, myself included,” King said in the wake of Perth’s 30-run victory over Melbourne Renegades at the WACA on Tuesday night.

“I’d love to start my overs a lot better than I have been this whole tournament, and it’s something I will definitely work on for Saturday’s game.

“I probably haven’t had the season that I wanted to, these nine games, but I can’t really do much with a little broken digit. I’m still battling away with that and trying to contribute in any way that I can for this team.

“I love playing for the orange team. I’d just like to tidy up my first one or two overs. No doubt I’ll have a chat with my bowling coaches and come up with a few plans with the skipper.

“But (Sophie Devine) backs me in and I have the best hands behind the stumps (in Beth Mooney) always backing me in as well.”

The finger troubled King during her whirlwind 22 off eight with willow in hand as well on Tuesday.

Perth is likely to need to follow up Tuesday’s result with another triumph over the Heat, with the finals race set to come down to net run rate, as a logjam of teams all remain within a win of playing finals.

“It has been a close season, and I guess a few rain-affected games have brought the comp a lot closer together,” King said.

“We knew how important this game was coming to the pointy end of the season, so we’ve ticked off one, and we’ve got one more to come against the Heat on Saturday.

“As a group, we’re really trying to hit our straps come the pointy end of the season.”