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Hobart Hurricanes’ poor season with the bat continued as they made just 94
Adelaide Strikers 4 for 142 (van Niekerk 44) beat Hobart Hurricanes 94 (Brown 3-19) by 48 runs
Darcie Brown played a starring role as Adelaide Strikers maintained their push for a place in the finals with a resounding 48-run victory in Mackay.
Brown removed Hobart Hurricanes’ opening pair in her first spell before returning to take Richa Ghosh’s off stump with a terrific delivery. Between those incisions Tahlia McGrath had removed the dangerous Mignon du Preez and Nicola Carey was run out by a direct hit from Amanda-Jade Wellington, moments after being dropped, as Hurricanes crashed to 5 for 44 inside 10 overs. It did not get any better from there as the legspin of Wellington and Dane van Niekerk went through the lower order.
Strikers had not hit top gear with the bat until Bridget Patterson struck 25 off 17 balls in the closing stages to form a stand of 54 in six overs with McGrath. The final over from Carey cost 17 runs including two boundaries for McGrath, a no-ball, a wide and a six by Patterson. van Niekerk’s consistent form continued with 44 off 38 balls after Katie Mack had been cleaned up in the first over of the game by a good delivery from Tayla Vlaeminck, who took 1 for 16 off her four overs, while Molly Strano kept a lid on the middle order with 2 for 23
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