Brisbane Heat 134 for 6 (Knott 44*) beat Adelaide Strikers 133 for 5 (McGrath 51*) by four wickets
Grace Harris had laid a base for the chase before falling to superb caught and bowled by Jemma Barsby. When Lauren Winfield-Hill was bowled by Orla Prendergast, giving the Ireland allrounder her first wicket on debut, Strikers were back in the game but by the time Anesu Mushangwe struck with her first delivery – having been held back until the 16th over – the game was all-but done despite Schutt’s intervention.
Sydney Sixers 179 for 7 (Perry 81, Bryce 36*, Wareham 3-26) beat Melbourne Renegades 178 for 8 (Wareham 61, Webb 43) by three wickets
Wareham was equally impressive with the bat. Even though Renegades’ 178 for 8 proved not to be enough, it was Wareham’s 31-ball 61 at a strike rate of 197 that set Sixers a chase of nearly nine runs per over.
She walked in when Deandra Dottin was dismissed by Bray in the ninth over, and fell only on the last ball of the 20th over. Before her dismissal though, she had smacked Sophie Ecclestone for four, six, six in the final over to lift the team’s total. Her innings was complemented by opener Courtney Webb’s 43, but Emma de Broughe (19), Dottin (15) and the captain Sophie Molineux (17) failed to capitalise on their starts, proving costly on a good batting track.
Perth Scorchers 122 for 8 (Day 3-21) beat Melbourne Stars 109 (Mckeon 50, King 3-20) by 13 runs
King struck again the same over to trap Rhys McKenna lbw and then had McKeon stumped the ball after she reached fifty, which had included a monstrous straight six off King. Scorchers’ other spinners also played a key role while Carly Leeson held a sharp return catch from a powerfully struck drive by Kim Garth. Scorchers weren’t perfect in the field, including a missed stumping by Beth Mooney, and conceded 15 wides but still had enough runs.