Shafali Verma's half-century powers Sydney Sixers Women win over Hobart Hurricanes Women by 5 wickets.

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The 4th match of the Womens Big Bash League 2021 played today between Hobart Hurricanes Women vs Sydney Sixers Women at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, in which Sydney Sixers Women won the match by 5 wickets.

Sydney Sixers Women won the toss and invited Hobart Hurricanes Women to bat first, Hobart Hurricanes Women batted first, started the inning very badly, apart from Richa Ghosh and Sasha Moloney no batsman could play well, Richa Ghosh played a brilliant inning of 46 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in 46 balls, and Sasha Moloney scored 22 runs in 16 balls, apart from this, Rachel Priest dismissed just for 2 runs, Ruth Johnston 10 off 14, Mignon du Preez dismiised just for 1 run, Nicola Carey 12 off 17, Naomi Stalenberg dismissed just for 1 run, Belinda Vakarewa 2 runs, Tayla Vlaeminck 1 run, Molly Strano remins unbeaten for 11 runs in 7 balls, and Amy Smith remians unbeaten for 2 runs, in this way, Hobart Hurricanes Women batted first after losing the toss, start the inning very badly, wickets keep falling one after another, and end of the result the entire team could score just 125 runs for losing 9 wickets in sipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 126 runs in front of Sydney Sixers Women.

Sydney Sixers Women bowlers performed very brilliantly, Ellyse Perry took 2 wickets just for 9 runs in 2 overs, Maitlan Brown took 2 wickets just for 23 runs, Nicole Bolton took 2 wickets just for 29 runs, Radha Yadav took 2 wickets for 31 runs, and Ashleigh Gardner got 1 wicket.

Sydney Sixers Women chasing 126 runs in the second inning achieve the target after losing just 5 wickets in the third ball of the last over and won the match by 5 wickets. Sydney Sixers Women also started the inning not very well, Shafali Verma and Alyssa Healy came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for just 7 runs in 1.3 over, Alyssa Healy dismissed just for 3 runs in 6 balls, next batsman Ashleigh Gardner came to bat, and she also dismissed just for 3 runs in 3 balls as second wicket in 2.2 over, the team score was 14 runs, followed by Ellyse Perry came to bat, handled the inning and played a briliant half-century partnership of 63 runs with Shafali Verma for 3rd wicket, the third wicket has gone for 77 runs in 12.3 over, Alyssa Healy dismissed after scoring 27 runs in 33 balls, next batsman Nicole Bolton came to bat, and played well with Shafali Verma, the fourth wicket has gone for 119 runs in 18.3 over, Shafali Verma dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 50 balls, next batsman Angela Reakes came to bat, and she dismissed just for 4 runs in 4 balls as fifth wicket in first ball of the last over, followed by Maitlan Brown came to bat, and she remains unbeaten for 4 runs in 2 balls with Nicole Bolton, and Nicole Bolton played unbeaten victory inning of 17 runs in 19 balls, in this way, Sydney Sixers Women chasing 126 runs in the second inning achive the target for the loss of just 5 wickets in 19.3 over, and won the match by 5 wickets.

Hobart Hurricanes Women bowlers, Molly Strano performed very brilliantly took 3 wickets just for 19 runs, Tayla Vlaeminck and Nicola Carey got 1-1 wicket.

Sydney Sixers Women batsman Shafali Verma was selected for the Man Of The Match, she played a brilliant half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 50 balls.
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