WBBL 2022 – Schutt Claims Record, Perry Shines, Rain Saves Heat, Kershaw Eliminates Scorchers

Adelaide Strikers 144 for 4 (Wolverhampton 75*, Darlington 2-36) Sydney Thunder 118 (Beaumont 37, Shutt 6-19) by 26 runs

Megan Schutt became the first bowler in WBBL history to take six wickets in a match while Laura Wilwardt hit a brilliant 75 not out to lead the Adelaide Strikers to second and third place against the Sydney Thunder in North Sydney on the final day of the season. Helped make it to the home final. Oval

Needing a win to overtake the Brisbane Heat in the table, avoid the eliminators, and secure hosting rights for the challengers, Schutt and Wolvaardt provided the goods for the Strikers and Thunder captain Rachael Haynes retired from the professional game. Refused to be. Instead, the former Australian batsman was given a guard of honor and a standing ovation by both teams at the end of the match.

Chasing 145 for victory, the Thunder were in a position to set up an upset. After losing Haynes for just 6 runs in his final WBBL innings, Tommy Beaumont had reached 37 and was joined by the dangerous Chloe Tryon as the Thunder were left with just 80 runs from 60 balls and seven wickets. were

Beaumont was left lbw by Gemma Barsby two balls later. Trayvon and Olivia Porter hit two fours and two sixes in the next five overs to bring the equation to 53 for 30. But Shutt dashed all hopes by taking three wickets in the 16th over. She returned to take two more in the last over, before bowling Phoebe Litchfield, to finish with the best figures of 6 for 19 in WBBL history.

None of this would have been possible without Woolward’s one-woman show with a bat. After the Strikers were sent off for 75 not out off 56 balls, he batted in the innings as the Strikers posted 4 for 144. He hit 12 fours in an extraordinary performance. Deandra Dutton and Madeline Pena were the only other batters to reach double figures, but both struck out at unusually low strike rates.

The Strikers will now face the winner of the eliminator between Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes. The eliminator will be played at Cairn Rolton Oval in Adelaide on Wednesday night with the winner taking on the Strikers at the same venue on Thursday night. The winner of the Challenger will play the Sydney Sixers at North Sydney Oval in Saturday’s final.

Sydney Sixers 157 for 2 (Perry 56*, Gardner 45*). Hobart Hurricane 156 (du Preez 38, Pietersen 3-31) by 8 wickets

Captain Ellis Perry’s brilliant all-round show has put the WBBL on notice as the Sydney Sixers cemented their status as the team to beat for the title after a comfortable eight-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes at North Sydney Oval. has been confirmed.

Perry scored 56 not out off 39 balls to help guide his side in the chase as he claimed 2 for 16 with the first ball, including 12 dot balls in his four overs. I helped restrict the Hurricanes to just 156. The Sixers were already the top qualifiers to host the finals. And the Hurricanes had already confirmed their place in the finals after defeating the Perth Scorchers on Sunday. They had a chance to finish second on the table and avoid the third vs. fourth eliminator with a win.

But Perry and Ash Gardner dashed all hopes with an unbeaten partnership of 88 runs in just 9.3 overs. Gardner scored an unbeaten 45 off 29 balls. She survived a panic moment when she thought she was caught behind by Nicola Carey but failed to get the ball to Liesel Lee behind the stumps.

Perry and Gardner hit 11 fours and two sixes between them as the Hurricanes struggled to contain their combination of power and finesse. They rallied after Alyssa Healy and Suzie Bates gave the Sixers a solid start but they still needed eight runs from an over in the final 10 overs of the chase.

Earlier, Kate Pietersen took 3 for 31 and threatened to post big numbers to keep the Hurricanes at bay alongside Perry’s miserly spell. Pietersen knocked on the dangerous trio of Lee, Elise Villani and Carey. Nicole Bolton took the crucial wicket of Mignon du Preez who played a brilliant innings of 38 off 29 balls. The Hurricanes were well prepared at 88 for 3 in the 12th over but lost 68 for 7 off the last 50 balls of the innings.

The Hurricanes will now travel to Adelaide for a cut-throat eliminator against the Heat on Wednesday night.

Melbourne Stars 49 for 1 (Winfield-Hill 22*) against Brisbane Heat 5 for 104 (White 52, Moloney 1-12) – No result.

A late rainout in Moe handed the Brisbane Heat a point and denied the Melbourne Stars the chance to chase down an impressive run to end their season.

Stars were 49 for 1 after just 3.5 overs chasing 105 after the first 10 overs were postponed due to rain affecting Melbourne Renegades’ match against Perth Scorchers in the double-header.

Lauren Winfield-Hill and Sophie Reid got off to a flying start with four fours and a six as the run rate hovered around 13 per over in a low powerplay. But the moment the red fell on Amelia Kerr, the rain stopped and the match was over with a point apiece for both teams.

Earlier, Danny White smashed a brilliant half-century of 52 off just 24 balls to send Heat to 5 for 5 in a 10-over sprint to 104 runs. He hit seven fours and two sixes in a storming innings before Sophie Day and Sasha Moloney rounded things off with two wickets.

The Stars finished sixth in the WBBL table with five wins and three draws. The Heat slipped to third place and need to win three games away from home to clinch the title.

Melbourne Renegades 4 for 58 (Kershaw 34*, Mills 3-9) Perth Scorchers 46 for 2 (Dwayne 24*, Ismail 1-12) from 6 wickets (DLS Method)

A brilliant cameo from Melbourne Renegades left-hander Erica Kershaw ended Perth Scorchers’ WBBL title hopes in a rain-affected eight-over encounter at Moe.

Kershaw scored an unbeaten 34 off just 18 balls to help the Renegades reach Duckworth Louis Stern’s adjusted target of 57 with six wickets to spare after falling to 4 for 15 in the fourth over. . Defeat means the Scorchers will finish fifth in the table and miss out on the finals just a year after winning the title with a very similar squad.

Had they won, the Scorchers could have survived but needed other results to go their way with all eight teams playing their final qualifying game of the season on Sunday. Lily Mills’ 3 for 9, including two wickets in the first over of the chase, saw the Scorchers take control of the game. Chamari Athapatthu and Hayley Mathews both tried to attack the off-spinner. She also claimed Courtney Webb off just four balls when Josephine Dooley fell to Alana King in the third over to leave the Renegades in deep trouble.

But Kershaw played a fearless innings hitting five fours and two sixes. He relentlessly attacked the spinners at mid-wicket and clipped seamers square from the offside to reach the target. Carly Leeson provided steady support at the other end in an unbeaten 44-run stand.

Earlier, the Scorchers’ innings was curtailed by rain when the match was initially reduced to a side game of 16 overs due to a wet outfield. The Scorchers cruised to 46 for 2 with Sophie Devine and Marizan Cup just starting to roll after early losses to Beth Mooney and Maddie Green. Mooney fell for Ella Hayward’s first ball while Shabnam Ismail bowled the green in the fourth over. But rain intervened before the Scorchers had a chance to accelerate and the innings ended, leaving them to defend an adjusted target of 57.

The Renegades finished seventh with four wins in 14 games.

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