Sharmaine Gear reveals how she won SuperCoach BBL in BBL13
Just a day after turning 57, SuperCoach BBL’s newest champion received the ultimate gift when she found out she had earned a place in SuperCoach history.
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She’s the cleaner from Gympie who cleaned up in SuperCoach BBL.
Sharmaine Gear, an avid sports fan from the Queensland, scored herself $25,000 as the winner of SuperCoach BBL for BBL13.
The 57-year-old’s team Oddfellows finished second for total points — but the only team ahead of hers was ruled ineligible due to living in the UK under Australian competitions rules.
Sharmaine said she was thrilled to have won $5000 for finishing second, only to score a late birthday present when she was notified she had won the day after turning 57.
“I just thought it was a scam, I thought ‘that can’t be right’,” she said.
“I have played before, but never (finished) high up.
“This year, just the luck went my way.”
Sharmaine rose from 235th in the rankings after round 5 to be second after nine rounds, progressing from that position to 107th before rocketing into contention with a huge round 7 score of 1354.
“I had Neser as my captain and that came home,” she said.
“I thought, ‘I’m 16th, I might get in the top 10 here’. The next week, I was coming third and I thought ‘oh wow, I could get second or third here’.”
Neser scored 216 to help provide Sharmaine’s team with a platform for her tilt at glory.
Hobart Hurricanes breakout star Nikhil Chaudhary is another player she is thankful to for her success.
“I had him right from the very beginning and I didn’t know much about him,” she said.
“He was consistent for me and I thought, ‘this guy is OK’.
“And for some reason, the Scorchers are always just consistent. I had a lot of them for most of the time as well.
“One big important thing was the weather, you’ve just got to make sure they play.
“You could have lost everything on the first round. The Heat had three games … but they ended up only having two. You had to be really careful.”
And she’s not going to rest on her laurels, having already entered a team for a crack at SuperCoach NRL glory.
“I love my sport,” she said.
“I love my cricket and NRL. I just love that kind of stuff.
“ (SuperCoach) makes your brain work and you’ve just got to keep an eye on things.
“The imports, that was bugbear. You don’t know when they’re coming or going.”
Sharmaine described herself as someone who loves sport, enjoys a beer and spends her spare time playing golf.
“My brother and nephew, they’re right into their sport and they’re rapt — especially my nephew,” she said.
“He can’t believe it. They think it’s pretty awesome.
“I’ll just whack (the prizemoney) on the house, something boring.
“And I want a few things like new headphones, a new boombox and things like that.”
Originally published as Sharmaine Gear reveals how she won SuperCoach BBL in BBL13
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