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Melbourne Stars beat Sydney Sixers by 32 runs

North Sydney Oval, . Melbourne Stars won the toss and chose to bat.

Melbourne Stars195/420 ov
Sydney Sixers56/48.3 ov
Melbourne Stars won by 32 runs (DLS method)
Melbourne Renegades won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Melbourne Stars won the toss and chose to bat. Melbourne Stars made 195 for 4 in 20 overs, Meg Lanning 58 not out from 36 balls and Rhys McKenna 52 from 22 balls.

Sydney Sixers made 56 for 4 in 8.3 overs, Ellyse Perry 31 not out from 25 balls.

Melbourne Stars won by 32 runs (DLS method).

Key performers

Melbourne Stars innings

195/4(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Yastika Bhatia †c CG Sippel b C Brayc CG Sippel b C Bray362832128.57
Ines McKeonc M Brown b A Gardnerc M Brown b A Gardner242450100.00
Meg Lanningnot outnot out58*3653161.11
Annabel Sutherlandc & b S Ecclestonec & b S Ecclestone121020120.00
Rhys McKennac CG Sippel b EA Perryc CG Sippel b EA Perry522273236.36
Marizanne Kappnot outnot out4*110400.00
Extras(lb 2, w 6, nb 1)(lb 2, w 6, nb 1)9
Total20 Ov (RR 9.75)20 Ov (RR 9.75)195/4
Fall of wickets: 39-1 (IY Mckeon, 6.3 ov), 68-2 (YH Bhatia, 10 ov), 86-3 (A Sutherland, 12.5 ov), 190-4 (R McKenna, 19.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Lauren Cheatle4043010.7595211
Ashleigh Gardner403418.5084100
Ellyse Perry4042110.50124320
Sophie Ecclestone4041110.2564200
Caoimhe Bray403318.25116020
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stYH Bhatia 15(15) & IY Mckeon 24(24)3939
2ndMM Lanning 5(8) & YH Bhatia 21(13)2921
3rdMM Lanning 5(7) & A Sutherland 12(10)1817
4thR McKenna 52(22) & MM Lanning 48(21)10442
5thM Kapp 4(1) & MM Lanning 0(0)5*1

Sydney Sixers innings

56/4(8.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Ellyse Perrynot outnot out31*2550124.00
Alyssa Healy †c †YH Bhatia b KJ Garthc †YH Bhatia b KJ Garth4410100.00
Sarah Brycec & b T Flintoffc & b T Flintoff451080.00
Ashleigh Gardnerc †YH Bhatia b A Sutherlandc †YH Bhatia b A Sutherland170014.29
Hollie Armitagec & b S Dayc & b S Day14911155.56
Siow Tzin Yeenot outnot out0*1000.00
Extras(lb 1, w 1)(lb 1, w 1)2
Total8.3 Ov (RR 6.59)8.3 Ov (RR 6.59) · Target 89 from 8.2 ov56/4
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (AJ Healy, 1.5 ov), 20-2 (SJ Bryce, 3.3 ov), 31-3 (A Gardner, 5.3 ov), 56-4 (HJ Armitage, 8.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Marizanne Kapp301204.00122000
Kim Garth10919.0032000
Tess Flintoff201517.5052010
Sophie Day1.301016.6740100
Annabel Sutherland10919.0032000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stEA Perry 6(7) & AJ Healy 4(4)1011
2ndSJ Bryce 4(5) & EA Perry 6(5)1010
3rdA Gardner 1(7) & EA Perry 8(5)1112
4thHJ Armitage 14(9) & EA Perry 11(8)2517
5thSiow Tzin Yee 0(1) & EA Perry 0(0)0*1

Commentary

End of innings: SS 56/4 (8.3 ov)
8.30
S Day to Siow Tzin Yee, no run
8.2W
S Day to HJ Armitage, OUT
HJ Armitage c & b S Day 14(9) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 56/4 (8.2 ov)
8.16
S Day to HJ Armitage, SIX
End of over 86 runsSS 50/3001014
EA Perry 31(25)HJ Armitage 8(7)M Kapp 3-0-12-0
7.64
M Kapp to EA Perry, FOUR
7.51
M Kapp to HJ Armitage, 1 run
7.40
M Kapp to HJ Armitage, no run
7.31
M Kapp to EA Perry, 1 run
7.20
M Kapp to EA Perry, no run
7.10
M Kapp to EA Perry, no run
End of over 79 runsSS 44/3411012
HJ Armitage 7(5)EA Perry 26(21)T Flintoff 2-0-15-1
6.62
T Flintoff to HJ Armitage, 2 runs
6.51
T Flintoff to EA Perry, 1 run
6.40
T Flintoff to EA Perry, no run
6.31
T Flintoff to HJ Armitage, 1 run
6.21
T Flintoff to EA Perry, 1 run
6.14
T Flintoff to EA Perry, FOUR
End of over 69 runs, 1 wktSS 35/341W400
HJ Armitage 4(3)EA Perry 20(17)A Sutherland 1-0-9-1
5.60
A Sutherland to HJ Armitage, no run
5.50
A Sutherland to HJ Armitage, no run
5.44
A Sutherland to HJ Armitage, FOUR
5.3W
A Sutherland to A Gardner, OUT
A Gardner c †YH Bhatia b A Sutherland 1(7) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 31/3 (5.3 ov)
5.21
A Sutherland to EA Perry, 1 run
5.14
A Sutherland to EA Perry, FOUR
End of over 55 runsSS 26/211101Lb1
EA Perry 15(15)A Gardner 1(6)S Day 1-0-4-0
4.61
S Day to EA Perry, 1 run
4.51Lb
S Day to A Gardner, 1 leg bye
4.40
S Day to A Gardner, no run
4.31
S Day to EA Perry, 1 run