4
1
W
4
0
0
= 9
Match Details
MLSW vs SYSW 9th Match, WBBL 2024
SYSW
56-48.3
Melbourne Stars Women won by 32 runs (DLS METHOD) 🏆
MLSW
20.0195-4
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P'ship : 0(1)
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That brings the curtains on our live coverage of this Women's Big Bash League Game. For now, it's Soumarya Dutta, signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Aditya and Gourav besides our Scorer/Analyst Chandan Singh. See you soon!
Player of the Match - Rhys McKenna
04:30 PM IST and 10:00 PM Local Time | Melbourne Stars Women register their first win of the tournament as they beat Sydney Sixers Women comprehensively by a margin of 32 runs from DLS Method.
Here’s a review of what happened in the match.
Earlier, Melbourne Stars won the toss and opted to bat first. This decision proved to be great for them as they posted a mammoth score of 195/4 on the board, their highest every in the WBBL history.
Yastika Bhatia and Ines Mackeon played steady innings before both of them getting out. Sydney Sixers Women got back into the game with back to back wickets.
At the halfway point, Melbourne Stars Women were 68 for 2. It was then an outstanding and a match winning partnership between Meg Lanning and Rhys McKenna of 104 from just 43 balls which turned the tide of the game. Both of the batters reached to their fifties and helped their team to a mounting score of 195/4.
On the other hand, Apart from Caoimhe Bray, every Sixers Women's bowlers were put under the pump by the Melbourne Stars batters.
Chasing 196, Sydney Sixers Women lost their star opener Alyssa Healy inside the powerplay. Sarah Bryce was the next batter to walk back to the pavilion as the Sydney Sixers Women could only manage to score 21 in the 4 over powerplay for the loss of 2 wickets.
Pressure kept mounting on the batters, Ash gardner and Hollie Armitage departed early too leaving the score to 56-4 before the rain came. The rain got heavier and the players decided to shake the hands with each other. As a result, Melbourne Stars Women won the match by 32 runs on the back of DLS Method.
OVER 9
Sydney Sixers Women
56/4
Elsa Hunter
0(1)
Ellyse Perry
31(25)
Sophie Day
1-10(1.3)
04:02 PM IST and 09:32 PM Local Time | The rain has gotten a bit more heavier. The groundsmen have rushed into the field with the covers. The players have walked off the field.
8.3 S Day to E Hunter
0 Angled into the middle stump line. Hunter hits it back to the bowler. No run.
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