Women's Big Bash League 2023 Most Runs and Most Wickets after Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers (Updated) ft. Ellyse Perry

Sydney Thunder faced the Adelaide Strikers in the 48th game of the Women’s Big Bash League 2023 on Tuesday, November 21. In the second game of the day, the Brisbane Heat took on the Sydney Sixers.

Thunder won the toss and elected to bowl against the Strikers. Laura Wolvaardt helped the Strikers post a total of 121 runs for the loss of seven wickets.

Marizanne Kapp, who opened the bowling for the Thunder, took two wickets for 23 runs in four overs. Sammy-Jo Johnson, Lauren Smith, Hannah Darlington, and Heather Knight took one wicket each.

Thunder had a similar start to that of the Strikers and lost five wickets even before reaching the 50-run mark. Ultimately Thunder required seven runs to win off the last delivery. Anesu Mushangwe could only hit a boundary, and the Thunder lost the match by a mere margin of three runs.

Sydney Sixers, meanwhile, won the toss against Brisbane Heat and elected to bowl. Amelia Kerr and Mignon du Preez played a crucial role for the Heat as they posted a total of 176 runs for the loss of seven wickets on the board.

Ellyse Perry was the most successful bowler for the Sixers and picked up three wickets for 40 runs in four overs.

Perry couldn’t do much with the bat as she was dismissed after scoring 20 runs off 10 deliveries. Suzie Bates and Ashleigh Gardner added 41 runs for the second wicket.

Mathilda Carmichael and Maitlan Brown remained unbeaten till the end and ensured the Sixers crossed the line on the penultimate delivery.

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Women's Big Bash League 2023 Most Runs List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	BL Mooney (PS-W)	12	12	4	535	101*	66.87	362	147.79	1	5	1	73	9
2	AMCJK Athapaththu (ST-W)	12	11	1	451	80	45.1	335	134.62	-	5	1	61	17
3	SFM Devine (PS-W)	12	12	2	446	106	44.6	302	147.68	1	3	-	48	19
4	EA Perry (SS-W)	12	12	1	414	59	37.63	317	130.59	-	2	-	61	9
5	KM Mack (AS-W)	12	12	0	401	86	33.41	324	123.76	-	3	1	57	0
6	GM Harris (BH-W)	13	13	1	371	136*	30.91	216	171.75	1	1	-	38	21
7	M du Preez (BH-W)	13	13	1	321	61	26.75	250	128.4	-	2	-	36	3
8	H Kaur (MR-W)	12	12	2	320	52*	32	298	107.38	-	1	-	36	1
9	L Lee (HH-W)	12	11	1	298	91	29.8	211	141.23	-	3	1	34	13
10	TB Wilson (ST-W)	12	10	2	293	83*	36.62	237	123.62	-	1	-	41	2

Beth Mooney, Chamari Athapaththu, and Sophie Devine continue to remain in the first three places on this list of highest run-scorers. Mooney is the only batter among the three with over 500 runs to her name. Athapaththu has scored 451 runs in 12 matches, while Devine has amassed 446 runs in 12 innings.

Ellyse Perry has moved to fourth place after her knock of 20 runs in her latest outing. She has scored 414 runs in 12 innings at an average of 37.63 and a strike rate of 130.59. Katie Mack has slipped to fifth position from fourth and has scored 401 runs in 12 games at an average of 33.41. Grace Harris, with 371 runs in 13 games, is still in sixth place.

Mignon du Preez made 42 runs off 27 deliveries in her last outing and has moved to seventh position.

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Women's Big Bash League 2023 Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	SF Day (MS-W)	12	12	258	43	-	298	23	45071	12.95	6.93	11.21	2	1
2	A Sutherland (MS-W)	12	12	262	43.4	1	324	21	45038	15.42	7.41	12.47	2	-
3	L Cheatle (SS-W)	13	13	291	48.3	-	334	21	44970	15.9	6.88	13.85	-	-
4	AL Edgar (PS-W)	12	12	238	39.4	-	258	19	45035	13.57	6.5	12.52	1	-
5	M Schutt (AS-W)	12	12	264	44	1	281	18	44988	15.61	6.38	14.66	-	-
6	HJ Darlington (ST-W)	12	11	222	37	-	288	18	45056	16	7.78	12.33	1	1
7	A Wellington (AS-W)	12	12	234	39	-	224	17	44989	13.17	5.74	13.76	-	-
8	A Gardner (SS-W)	13	13	274	45.4	-	364	17	3/38	21.41	7.97	16.11	-	-
9	H Graham (HH-W)	12	11	229	38.1	-	298	16	44997	18.62	7.8	14.31	-	-
10	JL Jonassen (BH-W)	12	12	266	44.2	-	366	16	45036	22.87	8.25	16.62	1	-

Sophie Day, Annabel Sutherland, Lauren Cheatle, and Amy Edgar are still in the top four positions on the list of bowlers with the most wickets. Day has 23 wickets, while Sutherland and Cheatle have bagged 21 wickets each. Edgar has taken 19 wickets in 12 matches at an average of 13.57.

Megan Schutt has moved to fifth position from eighth after picking up two wickets for 23 runs in four overs in her latest outing. She has taken a total of 18 wickets in 12 matches.

Hannah Darlington has slipped to sixth position from fifth with 18 wickets in her kitty. Amanda Wellington is still in seventh place and has 17 wickets to her name. Ashleigh Gardner has slipped from sixth position to eighth.

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