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BHW vs SYTW, Challenger T20, WBBL 2024 live

BHW

134-1(15.2)

Brisbane Heat Women won by 9 wickets 🏆

SYTW

(20.0)133-7

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That's all from us for the live coverage of the Challenger of WBBL 2024 between Brisbane Heat Women and Sydney Thunder Women. Heat Women have won the game and will play the final on Sunday against Melbourne Renegades Women.

For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshay Bhide and our scorer/analyst Paras Yadav. Don't go anywhere. Stay tuned to our network to catch the coverage of a plethora of cricket actions happening all over the world.

Grace Parsons (Player of the Match): "Unreal. I’m lost for words to be honest. You kind of dream for it as a kid. Hopefully, we’ll take it all the way. But great to have a chance to play in the final.

Yeah, I think our bowling attack is pretty strong. We kind of set the tone by picking wickets and the girls took it from there. Hopefully, it will take us all the way in the tournament.

I think mom and dad and brothers and sisters will come to the final.

I think we kind of stuck together as a team. Certainly, we are putting our best foot forward and reaching the final, it sounds great.

Jemimah is a tough player. We’ll see how her wrist is. Hopefully, she’ll be fine."

Player of the Match: Grace Parsons

4:40 PM IST and 9:10 PM Local Time | Brisbane Heat Women have emerged out victorious in the Challenger of WBBL 2024 beating the Sydney Thunder Women by 9 wickets and with 28 balls remaining to seal their spot in the final.

Sydney Thunders Women were off to a good start as Georgia Voll hit a few boundaries to escalate the run rate in the powerplay. But she got out on 20. Chamari Athapaththu was struggling and his innings didn't propagate much as she perished on 11. After that, only Phoebe Litchfield reached the two-figure mark as she scored 15. Tahlia Wilson, Anika Learoyd, Georgia Adams and Sammy-Jo Johnson failed horribly.

Scenario changed for the Thunder as they registered a vital partnership for the 8th wicket partnership. Hannah Darlington and Taneale Peschel played two valuable knocks to give their bowlers some resources to defend. Darlington scored 40 from 29 balls facing 4 fours and 2 maximums. Peschel scored 24 runs from 16 balls with a solitary boundary and two maximums.

For the Brisbane Heat Women, Grace Parsons was the star of the show with the ball picking up 3 wickets for just 10 runs from her 3 overs. She was well assisted by her skipper Jess Jonassen who took 2 wickets. Nicola Hancock and Lucy Hamilton took one wicket each.

Coming to chase the 134-run target, Grace Harris started the innings with a boundary. But Samantha Bates took better off her at 7. Jemimah Rodrigues was out at number 3 but she was unable to score runs in her first 7 balks and her catch got dropped by Learoyd at point. But she recovered well afterwards and started smashing the loose balls. She was accompanied by Georgia Redmayne and together they helped their side to cruise through. Rodrigues and Redmayne scored 75 in their partnership before the former retired hurt. Jemimah Rodrigues scored a fine 43 off 30 balls. Charli Knott replaced her in the crease and the Heat Women scored runs easily. Redmayne remained unbeaten on 50 as she finished the run chase with a boundary. Charli Knott scored 19 from 16 balls to play a second fiddle to it.

For the Sydney Thunder Women, only Samantha Bates took a wicket.

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OVER 16

Brisbane Heat Women

134/1

Georgia Redmayne

50(41)

Charli Knott

19(16)

Samantha Bates

1-25(3.2)