Match Details

MLRW vs SYSW 14th Match, WBBL 2023

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MLRW
158-920.0
Sydney Sixers Women won by 6 runs 🏆
SYSW
20.0164-7
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S Kennedy Logo
S Kennedy Jersy

S Kennedy

1

(2)

S Kennedy
1(2)
4s: 0
6s: 0
SR:50.00
+
E Hayward Logo
E Hayward Jersy

E Hayward

3

(3)

E Hayward
3(3)
4s: 0
6s: 0
SR:100.00
A Gardner Logo
A Gardner Jersy

A Gardner

2-37

(4.0)

A Gardner

2-37(4.0)
Econ: 9.25
18th Over:
6
4
6
wd
1
4
4
 
= 26
Last Over:
W
1
2
4
2
0
 
= 9
This Over:
1
2
W
1lb
1
1
 
= 6

Player of the Match

Ashleigh Gardner Logo
Ashleigh Gardner Jersy
Ashleigh Gardner
Sydney Sixers Women
2/37
37(30)
MLRWMLRW - 2nd Innings
SessionOpenPASS
6 Over 4751
10 Over 8474
15 Over 11599
SYSWSYSW - 1st Innings
SessionOpenPASS
6 Over 3839
10 Over 7268
15 Over 113108
20 Over 158164
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Player of the Match- Ashleigh Gardner
09.25 AM IST, 02.55 PM Local Time: It was a fantastic performance by the Sydney Sixers Women, defeating the Melbourne Renegades Women by just 6 runs. This victory marks their first win of the season. 

Earlier, Sydney Sixers Women won the toss and opt to bat first. They made a promising start, with Ellyse Perry and Suzie Bates contributing 15 runs in their opening partnership. However, Bates was dismissed for 10, and Ashleigh Gardner, a seasoned campaigner, stepped in to provide impetus. Her aggressive batting compensated for Perry's slower start, propelling the Sixers to a total of 68 runs with just one wicket down in the first 10 overs.

As Gardner departed after scoring 37, Erin Burns joined Perry at the crease. Perry began to accelerate, accumulating 50 runs from 41 balls before her dismissal. Unfortunately, Burns couldn't make a significant impact. The real highlight of the innings came from Chloe Lesleigh Tryon, who played a blazing cameo, scoring 41 runs off just 16 balls, including five maximums. Her performance ensured the Sixers posted a competitive target of 165 runs for the Melbourne Renegades Women.

Hayley Kristen Matthews starred with the ball, taking three key wickets while conceding only 17 runs in her four overs. Georgia Wareham picked two wickets while Ella Hayward and Sarah Coyte took a wicket each for Renegades.

In the chase of 165 runs, Melbourne Renegades Women had a great start with openers Hayley Kristen Matthews and Tammy Beaumont forging a strong partnership of 59 runs in 6.4 overs, led by Beaumont's explosive 43 off 24 balls. However, a mid-innings collapse slowed their progress, with Josephine Dooley contributing 19 runs and a run-out dismissal for Harmanpreet Kaur at 8 runs.

In the death overs, Georgia Wareham and Sarah Coyte attempted to revive the chase with a 36-run partnership for the 8th wicket, but they fell just short. Wareham scored 30 runs, and Coyte added 21 runs to the total, resulting in the Renegades finishing at 158/9 in 20 overs

Sydney Sixers Women's bowlers, including Ashleigh Gardner, Lauren Cheatle, and Maitlan Brown, each picked up a couple of wickets, while Erin Burns claimed one. The Sixers secured a narrow but crucial victory in the end, highlighting their bowling prowess and defending their total effectively.

OVER 20
Melbourne Renegades Women
158/9
Ella Hayward
3(3)
Sara Kennedy
1(2)
Ashleigh Gardner
2-37(4.0)
19.6 A Gardner to S Kennedy
1 Sydney Sixers Women gets their first victory of the season as Ashleigh Gardner turns the game for them in the final over! On fullish length and at the stumps. Debutant Sara Kennedy plays it to Chloe Lesleigh Tryon at long-on and completes a run. Melbourne Renegades Women remained just 7 runs short from the target and Sixers clinched a win in the nail-bitter contest!
19.5 A Gardner to E Hayward
1 Full length delivery at the middle stump. Hayward lofts it to the right of the long-off fielder for a run.
19.4 A Gardner to S Kennedy
1lb Leg bye run. On good length, turning to the leg stump. Kennedy tries to play it through the leg side but gets hit on her pads.
Debutant Sara Kennedy last batter comes in.
19.3 A Gardner to G Wareham
W IS THAT THE GAME!! Ashleigh Gardner fired a full length delivery straight at the off and middle stump line. Wareham created room on that delivery and tried to drive this through the off side but got beaten by the pace and the ball went straight into her stumps.
Oh dear missed the run out opportunity. Noew, 10 runs off 4 balls.
19.2 A Gardner to G Wareham
2 Full length ball at the stumps. Wareham punches this straight to beat the bowler and collects a couple.
19.1 A Gardner to E Hayward
1 Gardner starts the final over of the game from over the wicket and bowls a full ball at the fourth stump. Hayward plays this away to midwicket area to give strike to Wareham.
Now, the Renegades require 13 runs in the last over. Gardner with last over in her hand.

OVER 19
Melbourne Renegades Women
152/8
Georgia Wareham
28(19)
Ella Hayward
1(1)
Lauren Cheatle
2-23(4.0)
18.6 L Cheatle to G Wareham
0 Dot ball, a crucial one! Cheatle bowls a good length ball at the pads. Wareham fails to play it through the leg side and wears it on the pads.
18.5 L Cheatle to G Wareham
2 Good length ball taking the pace off at the off stump. Wareham plays this to the right of the deep midwicket fielder and quickly collects two runs.
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