HH-W vs ST-W

Women's Big Bash League · 10th Match

Recent overs

Ov 19
W
0 runs
Ov 18
044101
10 runs
Ov 17
1W002W
3 runs
Ov 16
W00121
4 runs

Commentary

That's it from us in terms of coverage of this match. We will be back with more throughout the day and then tomorrow. Stay tuned with us; for now, this is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of myself and Pradeep. Have a nice evening!
Match summary:
Sydney Thunder won the toss and opted to bowl

Hobart Hurricanes 144/7 (20 Overs)
Lizelle Lee 41(29) | Sammy-Jo Johnson 3/34 (4)

Sydney Thunder 95 all out (18.1 Overs)
Phoebe Litchfield 28(21) | Hayley Jensen 2/13 (4)

Hobart Hurricanes win by 49 runs

Vakarewa whacked a couple of boundaries towards the end, but by then the match went into a contextless stage, with the Hurricanes effectively notching up a victory. The main factor between these two sides were that the Hurricanes were able to take their catches and were a lot more pro-active in their ground fielding as well. The lack of partnerships also contributed to the Thunder's downfall eventually. Having lost both their English overseas early on, skipper Rachael Haynes came together with Phoebe Litchfield to try and salvage the innings and the chase. but once the two of them got out, even with the power surge present, it was always going to be a tall ask from thereon. The middle-order fell like a pack of cards due to the pressure of the run-chase, and in the end, debutant Olivia Porter remained stranded on 17 as the Thunder were bundled out for 95.
18.1 Heather Graham to Belinda Vakarewa, OUT! THAT'S IT, IT'S ALL OVER! CLEANED HER UP! That's a thumping win for the Hurricanes, they are back to winning ways here. Vakarewa backs away, exposes all her stumps to hoick and misses the full delivery, that makes a mess of the stumps.

Belinda Vakarewa b Heather Graham 9 (5b 2x4 0x6)
Heather Graham (3-0-13-1) is back into the attack
Molly Strano finishes with figures of 1 for 20 in her 4 overs.
18Ov0/0Score
0441000 runs
17.6 Molly Strano to Olivia Porter, keeps low, short on the outside off, Porter on the backfoot, turned it down to long-on for a single.
17.5 Molly Strano to Olivia Porter, OH! Yorker on the outside off, Porter was looking to sweep but too full in the end and misses, through to the keeper.
17.4 Molly Strano to Belinda Vakarewa, short from around the wicket, on the leg-stump, Vakarewa swipes it to deep square-leg for just one.
17.3 Molly Strano to Belinda Vakarewa, FOUR MORE! Length delivery on the outside off, Vakarewa makes room and smashes it over the covers this time, that just had enough in the end to go past the ropes for another boundary.
17.2 Molly Strano to Belinda Vakarewa, FOUR! Length delivery on the stumps, Vakarewa backs away and slammed it well over the mid-off fielder, runs away and picks out the ropes.
17.1 Molly Strano to Belinda Vakarewa, length delivery on the off-stump, Vakarewa smacked it into the off-side for no run.
Molly Strano (3-0-11-1) is back into the attack

The Hurricanes are just one wicket away from wrapping this up.
Belinda Vakarewa, RHB, comes to the crease
17Ov86/9Score
1W002W3 runs
Olivia Porter17 (14)
Sam Bates*2 (4)
Maisy Gibson2/15
16.6 Maisy Gibson to Sam Bates, RUN-OUT! ANOTHER DIRECT-HIT! Did Bates make it in? NO, she hasn't, Bates has to walk back. Length delivery on the stumps, Bates clipped it straight to mid-on, takes off immediately and du Preez darts it into the dives, Bates puts in the desperate dive but she's just short and has to go!
16.5 Maisy Gibson to Sam Bates, drags it short on the off-stump, Bates cuts it in the gap between point and backward point for a quick brace.
16.4 Maisy Gibson to Sam Bates, length delivery on the stumps, looped into Bates nicely as he leans and knocked it straight back to the bowler.
16.3 Maisy Gibson to Sam Bates, OH! Length delivery on the stumps, Bates lunges and chips it into the off-side for a dot.
Samantha Bates, RHB, comes to the crease