Perth Scorchers Women beats Adelaide Strikers Women by 12 runs to win the maiden WBBL title.
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The final match of the Womens Big Bash League 2021 was played yesterday between Perth Scorchers Women and Adelaide Strikers Women at Perth Stadium, Perth, in which Perth Scorchers Women beats Adelaide Strikers Women by 12 runs to win another Womens Big Bash League title.
Adelaide Strikers Women won the toss and invited Perth Scorchers Women to bat first, Perth Scorchers Women batted first, started the inning very brilliantly, Sophie Devine and Beth Mooney came to start the inning and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 52 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 52 runs in 7.5 over, Beth Mooney dismissed after scoring 19 runs in 25 balls, next batsman Chloe Piparo came to bat, and played well with Sophie Devine, the second wicket has gone for 67 runs in 10.4 over, Sophie Devine dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 35 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 33 balls, followed by Heather Graham came to bat, after few moments the third wicket has gone for 75 runs in third ball of the 12th over, Chloe Piparo dismissed after scoring 14 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Marizanne Kapp came to bat, and played well with Heather Graham, the fourt wicket has gone for 116 runs in 16.5 over, Heather Graham dismissed after scoring 23 runs in 20 balls, followed by Mathilda Carmichael came to bat, and she dismissed just for 2 runs in 5 balls as fifth wicket in 18.4 over, the team score was 128 runs, next batsman Alana King came to bat, and finish the inning very brilliantly with Marizanne Kapp, Alana King played a very brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 14 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in just 5 balls, and Marizanne Kapp also played a brilliant quick unbeaten inning of 31 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 23 balls. In this way, Perth Scorchers Women batted first after losing the toss, scored 146 runs for the loss of just 5 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 147 runs for Adelaide Strikers Wome.
Adelaide Strikers Women bowlers Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Amanda Wellington, and Tahlia McGrath got 1-1 wicket.
Adelaide Strikers Women chasing 147 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 134 runs for losing 6 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the final match by 12 runs. Adelaide Strikers Women started the inning very badly, lost 2 wickets in just 12 runs, Katie Mack and Dane van Niekerk came to start the inning, the first wicket has very quickly just for 12 runs in first ball of the 5th over, Dane van Niekerk dismissed just for 6 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Laura Wolvaardt came to bat, meanwhile Dane van Niekerk also dismissed just for 6 runs in 13 balls as second wicket in first ball of the 6th over, the team score was 12 runs, next batsman Tahlia McGrath came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 65 runs with Laura Wolvaardt, the third wicket has gone for 77 runs in third ball of the 14th over, Tahlia McGrath dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 36 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 29 balls, next batsman Bridget Patterson came to bat, after few moments the fourth wicket has dismissed for 81 runs in second ball of the 15th over, Laura Wolvaardt dismissed after scoring 25 runs in 28 balls, followed by Madeline Penna came to bat, and played well with Bridget Patterson, the fifth wicket has gone for 105 runs in 16.4 over, Bridget Patterson dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Bridget Patterson came to bat, and she good strike rotate with Madeline Penna for a while, the sixth wicket has gone for 120 runs in second ball of the 19th over, Amanda Wellington dismissed just for 4 runs in 4 balls, followed by Tegan McPharlin came to bat, and she remains unbeaten for 2 runs with Madeline Penna, and Madeline Penna played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 30 runs with help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in just 21 balls, but unfurtunatly they can't reach to the target by 12 runs, and lost the final match by 12 runs.
Perth Scorchers Women bowlers Taneale Peschel took 2 wickets just for 23 runs, Heather Graham took 2 wickets for 30 runs, Marizanne Kapp and Sophie Devine got 1-1 wicket.
Perth Scorchers Women's all-rounder Marizanne Kapp was selected as the best player of the match, she performed very brilliant batting as well also in bowling, scored 31 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 23 balls, and got 1 wicket for 25 runs.
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