WBBL round-up: Mack’s fifty ensures Adelaide Strikers keep rolling

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Brisbane Heat could only post 94 against a Strikers attack that applied huge pressure

Adelaide Strikers 2 for 98 (Mack 54*) beat Brisbane Heat 7 for 94 by eight wickets

Adelaide Strikers made it four wins in a row and completed a strong weekend as they aim for a place in the finals. The bowlers set up the victory as Brisbane Heat failed to make it to three figures before Katie Mack‘s half-century guided the chase home with 22 balls to spare.
Strikers’ attack kept the pressure on throughout and Heat struggled to push above four runs an over for much of the innings until a late cameo from Laura Kimmince who struck 22 off 11 balls. Megan Schutt and Darcie Brown sent down 28 dot balls between them while Amanda-Jade Wellington and Jemma Barsby contributed a joint tally of 24.

Wellington had struck twice in her first over when she held a sharp return catch to remove Georgia Redmayne then added Georgia Voll three balls later.

Heat were given some hope when Courtney Sippel produced another excellent new-ball spell to remove Dane van Niekerk and Laura Wolvaardt in consecutive balls. van Niekerk was held very low at cover, a catch that was referred to the TV umpire, the Wolvaardt edged a wild drive. However, any thoughts of a collapse were put to bed by Mack, with a 46-ball fifty, and Tahlia McGrath who never had any run-rate pressure to worry about. Mack’s eight fours were more than Heat managed in their whole innings.

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