That's all from today's live coverage of match 11 of WBBL 2024 between Melbourne Renegades Women and Perth Scorchers Women from the Junction Oval, Melbourne, Australia.
I am Aditya Agarwal, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Deepak Prakash and scorer/analysts Bishal Mandal and Chandan Kumar Singh. Thank you for joining us. Stay tuned for all cricketing actions around the world. BYE!!
Hayley Matthews (Player of the Match): "Yeah, it’s really good to get our first win. It’s a short tournament, so it was important to turn things around today. Hopefully, we can build some momentum from here.
When you look at the wickets, many were caught on the boundary, which shows that the bowlers had strong plans and were able to execute them effectively. Yeah, we just wanted to stay really positive and look to target areas where the field was up, and it felt like we were able to do that really well."
Player of the Match: Hayley Matthews
12:20 PM IST and 05:50 PM Local Time | Melbourne Renegades Women register their first win of the tournament as they crush Perth Scorchers Women and beat them by 6 wickets.
Here’s a review of what happened in the match.
Earlier, Perth Scorchers Women won the toss and opted to bat first. Beth Mooney started off in great fashion but got out after getting set. Sophie Devine too got the start as she made 22 runs from 23 balls but she fell shortly after . After her demise, wickets fell at regular intervals.
Sophie Molineux then bowled an outstanding spell and spun the web around Scorchers Women batters. She finished with the figures of 4 for 17 in her 4 overs.
Alana King came in and hit some lusty blows but got out soon after. As a result Perth Scorchers Women were bundled out on a mere 140.
Chasing 141, Courtney Webb and Hayley Matthews smashed the Scorchers Women bowlers to all parts of the ground from the ball one. The opening duo put up a solid and match-winning 102-run partnership. Courtney Webb top-scored for her side with her knock of 61 runs from 40 balls.
She got equal support from Hayley Matthews at the other end who scored 41 runs in 27 balls before getting out.
In the end, Renegades Women were way ahead of the game and Georgia Wareham and Deandra Dottin ensured there were no more hiccups in the chase as they got their side over the line and win by 6 wickets remaining and 14 balls to spare
OVER 18
Melbourne Renegades Women
145/4
Deandra Dottin
6(3)
Georgia Wareham
10(12)
Alana King
2-35(3.4)
17.4 A King to D Dottin
6 SIX! The 'World Boss' finishes things in style and Melbourne Renegades Women open their winning account in the ongoing WBBL! Flighted leg break on the leg stump line. Dottin sits down on a knee and this time connects with the slog sweep. Gets it from the meat of the bat and the cork swirls over deep backward square leg for a maximum. Melbourne Renegades Women win by 6 wickets and 14 balls to spare.
17.3 A King to D Dottin
0 Full and at the stumps. Dottin leans forward and defends it back.