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So, that will be it from the first of the two matches in the WBBL today. The next one is in Brisbane between the Heat Women and the Sixers Women in about an hour. Do join us for that. Right now, this is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!
Laura Wolvaardt is the Player of the Match!
Adelaide Strikers Women win by 3 runs!
Laura Wolvaardt 70* (61) | Megan Schutt - 2/23 (4) Tahlia Wilson 33 (23) | Marizanne Kapp - 2/23 (4)
This was a match which was very much done and dusted till the 16th over or so in the second innings but suddenly, a flurry of runs from both ends saw the final over of the match get really interesting!
Adelaide Strikers Women, who bossed the innings from start through to the middle, felt the pressure of the 7th wicket partnership between Tahlia Wilson and Sammy-Jo Johnson big time and ended up giving away far too many runs for their liking.
The equation came down to 9 runs required off 6 balls. It had to then be three dot balls first up from Anesu Mushangwe to derail the hopes of a superb comeback win. Eventually, the Strikers Women were the victors. But they will be wondering how they let their opponents in this towards the end!
Like in the first innings, boundaries came in numbers towards the end here. However, the batting from the Sydney Thunder Women up to the beginning of the 7th wicket stand was highly disappointing. It is as if without a Chamari Atapattu or a Phoebe Litchfield firing, they are cut to size as a batting unit.
But this is yet another impressive win for the defending champions, a win under extreme pressure right from the word go! Always handy to get these under the belt before the bigger ones coming up just to get used to all kinds of challenges.
20
overs
118/7score
0
0
0
1
W
4
runs
Lauren Smith*
4(1)
Sammy-Jo Johnson
26(14)
Anesu Mushangwe
2/24
19.6 Anesu Mushangwe to Lauren Smith, FOUR! MUSHANGWE HOLDS ON TO HER NERVE! What a thriller of an encounter this turned out to be as Mushangwe defends 9 of the final over to give her team a win here. Length delivery on the stumps, Smith has a wild slog and goes one bounce into the ropes at deep mid-wicket but it doesn't matter as Strikers pull off a incredible win here.
Lauren Smith, RHB, is at the crease.
19.5 Anesu Mushangwe to Tahlia Wilson, OUT! HOLES OUT AT DEEP MID-WICKET! Sensational final over from Mushangwe. Wilson skips down the track for the short delivery, looks to heave but has skied it and Mack comes around and pouches it safely.
Tahlia Wilson c Katie Mack b Anesu Mushangwe 33 (23b, 5x4, 0x6)
Eight runs needed from two legitimate balls.
19.4 Anesu Mushangwe to Sammy-Jo Johnson, length delivery, drifts into the batter. Johnson shimmies down the track and lifts it over mid-wicket for just one.
Three dot balls in a row! 9 runs to get off 3 balls.
19.3 Anesu Mushangwe to Sammy-Jo Johnson, fires the length delivery on the leg-stump, Johnson down the track and goes for another ugly hock and misses, thuds on the pad. Three dots, what an over from Mushangwe so far.
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Sydney Cricket Ground
Lauren Smith
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Anesu Mushangwe
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