Women's Big Bash League 2023: Brisbane Heat Women vs Sydney Thunder Women Match Preview, WBBL 2023

52nd T20 • Adelaide Oval • Adelaide

Brisbane Heat Women

160/8 (20)

Sydney Thunder Women

138/9 (20)

BH-W won by 22 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

24 Nov, 10:10 AM IST

Venue

Adelaide Oval

Match

52nd T20,

Women's Big Bash League 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Eloise Sheridan (Australia), Harry Singh (Australia), Andrew Crozier (Australia, TV)

Referee

Simon Fry (Australia)

Toss

Brisbane Heat Women elected to bat

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSharp Turn

1st Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

132Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

BH-W

5- 5

ST-W

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Brisbane Heat Women

Sydney Thunder Women

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Chamari Atapattu

ST-W . ALL

451 Runs

12 Matches

Grace Harris

BH-W . BAT

371 Runs

13 Matches

Mignon du Preez

BH-W . BAT

321 Runs

13 Matches

Top Bowlers

Jess Jonassen

BH-W . ALL

16 Wkts

12 Matches

Nicola Hancock

BH-W . BOWL

15 Wkts

13 Matches

Courtney Sippel

BH-W . BOWL

12 Wkts

13 Matches

Player of the Match Jess Jonassen

9(9)

4/26

BH-W

ST-W

Info

Brisbane Heat Women

160/8 (20)

Batters

Georgia Redmayne

100.00

c & b S Bates

Grace Harris

123.08

c M Kapp b ACJ Atapattu

Bess Heath

116.00

c S Bates b M Kapp

Amelia Kerr

117.65

c ACJ Atapattu b M Kapp

Laura Harris

211.11

c M Kapp b LG Smith

Mignon du Preez

150.00

c T Wilson b SJ Johnson

Charli Knott

87.50

c P Litchfield b SJ Johnson

Jess Jonassen

(C)

100.00

c HC Knight b SJ Johnson

Georgia Voll

225.00

Not out

Nicola Hancock

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8)

160/8

Did not Bat

Courtney Sippel

Bowlers

EXT

6.50

5.75

10.00

9.75

6.50

14.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Grace Harris

c M Kapp b ACJ Atapattu

1-22

3.5

Georgia Redmayne

c & b S Bates

2-42

7.1

Amelia Kerr

c ACJ Atapattu b M Kapp

3-83

12.1

Bess Heath

c S Bates b M Kapp

4-92

12.6

Laura Harris

c M Kapp b LG Smith

5-109

14.3

Charli Knott

c P Litchfield b SJ Johnson

6-127

16.4

Mignon du Preez

c T Wilson b SJ Johnson

7-128

16.6

Jess Jonassen

c HC Knight b SJ Johnson

8-144

19.1

Sydney Thunder Women

138/9 (20)

Batters

Chamari Atapattu

121.43

c C Sippel b J Jonassen

Phoebe Litchfield

109.52

c C Sippel b NM Hancock

Heather Knight

(C)

33.33

c C Knott b C Sippel

Marizanne Kapp

92.86

c G Voll b J Jonassen

Anika Learoyd

107.69

c GM Harris b J Jonassen

Tahlia Wilson

100.00

c M du Preez b J Jonassen

Olivia Porter

166.67

runout (GM Harris)

Sammy Jo Johnson

83.33

c J Jonassen b NM Hancock

Lauren Smith

200.00

runout (NM Hancock)

Samantha Bates

25.00

Not out

Ebony Hoskin *

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 12)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.9)

138/9

Bowlers

EXT

9.00

16.00

5.50

6.50

5.75

6.50

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Phoebe Litchfield

c C Sippel b NM Hancock

1-54

6.5

Heather Knight

c C Knott b C Sippel

2-66

8.3

Chamari Atapattu

c C Sippel b J Jonassen

3-70

9.5

Marizanne Kapp

c G Voll b J Jonassen

4-91

13.2

Anika Learoyd

c GM Harris b J Jonassen

5-96

13.5

Olivia Porter

runout (GM Harris)

6-103

14.2

Sammy Jo Johnson

c J Jonassen b NM Hancock

7-131

18.3

Lauren Smith

runout (NM Hancock)

8-135

18.5

Tahlia Wilson

c M du Preez b J Jonassen

9-137

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Nov, 10:10 AM IST

Venue

Adelaide Oval

Match

52nd T20,

Women's Big Bash League 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Eloise Sheridan (Australia), Harry Singh (Australia), Andrew Crozier (Australia, TV)

Referee

Simon Fry (Australia)

Toss

Brisbane Heat Women elected to bat

Player of the Match Jess Jonassen

9(9)

4/26

Commentary

We now come to the end of our coverage of the first of two WBBL games today. The second one's set to get underway in a few moments - hop tabs or click right here to enjoy our coverage of the same! This is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of Rudransh for the time being. Have a nice day!

Jess Jonassen (Player of the Match): Very happy. The carrot was dangling for the past few matches. Kerr's catch helped us turn it around. We knew there were things in our control we could tidy up. It was like the elephant in the room, the more you talked about it, the more people got tensed up. Grace Harris finally came back to the team and her words of wisdom helped.

Match summary:

Brisbane Heat Women win by 22 runs

Bess Heath 29(25) | Jess Jonassen 4/26 (4)
Chamari Athapaththu 34(28) | Sammy-Jo Johnson 3/39 (4)

With that outcome, we now have a third team in the playoffs, and another facing elimination. No, it's not the team that lost today, but their local rivals - the Sydney Sixers who are out of contention for the playoffs. The Thunder are still in it, though, and guess the team they'll play their last league game against? Yes - it's the Sydney Sixers - the local rivals, and the pink outfit will certainly look to spoil the Thunder party, given they need one win to claim that fourth playoff spot.

The Thunder openers - Chamari Athapaththu and Phoebe Litchfield - got them off to a strong start, fetching 47 in the first six overs. The opening partnership lasted 5 balls after that, following which Litchfield had to depart to an absolutely stunning effort on the field from Amelia Kerr, backed up equally well by Courtney Sippel. Kerr was brought back into the attack right after that, but went for 11, and the Thunder looked to keep at it.

Athapaththu needed someone to play second fiddle at the other end. Heather Knight, having played a few too many dots for her liking, threw her wicket away with a rash shot, and Thunder's troubles began right there. The pressure of scoring was always going to get to Athapaththu post that, and the Sri Lankan ended up holing out the very next over, leaving the Thunder in a heap.

Marizanne Kapp and Anika Learoyd tried to put up a brief fight, but departed in quick succession. The Heat bowlers, backed up by some quality fielding, succeeded on keeping a tight lid on the Thunder middle over across the middle overs. The slowness of the surface, the sluggish outfield and the long boundaries meant that boundaries were few and far in between, and eventually, the Thunder fell well short. Having claimed the honours in this game, Brisbane Heat make it to the finals!

overs

138 /9 score

runs

Samantha Bates *

1 (4)

Ebony Hoskin

1 (1)

Jess Jonassen

4 /26

19.6 Jess Jonassen to Samantha Bates, good length ball on the middle, Bates looks to reverse sweep it and misses. The 'keeper appealed but Jonassen wasn't interested. That's it! Heat qualify for the Finals!

19.5 Jess Jonassen to Ebony Hoskin, good length ball on the middle, pushed to mid-wicket for one

Ebony Hoskin, RHB, comes to the crease

19.4 Jess Jonassen to Tahlia Wilson, OUT! CAUGHT! Short and wide, Wilson looks to cut it in the air but the ball loops high for an easy catch at point

19.3 Jess Jonassen to Samantha Bates, good length and wide, Bates drives and gets an outside edge that runs to third for one

19.2 Jess Jonassen to Samantha Bates, good length ball on off, pushed to point for no run

19.1 Jess Jonassen to Tahlia Wilson, good length ball on the middle, flicked to deep square for one

Jess Jonassen (3-0-23-3) is back into the attack

Final over, then. 26 to get for the Thunder, but they haven't been able to find the boundaries towards the latter stages. The Heat are almost there!

overs

135 /8 score

1wd

1lb

runs

Samantha Bates *

0 (1)

Tahlia Wilson

15 (14)

Nicola Hancock

2 /22

18.6 Nicola Hancock to Samantha Bates, short and on the stums, Bates bails out of any shot

Samantha Bates, RHB, comes to the crease

Lauren Smith was heading for nowhere! Wilson might end up being stranded at the non-striker's end at this rate!

18.5 Nicola Hancock to Lauren Smith, IS THAT ANOTHER RUN OUT? YES IT IS! The field was set for a bouncer but Hancock went for yorker on the pads. Smith didn't get any bat on it and got hit on the pads and got confused about where the ball was. Hancock ran, grabbed it and threw the ball at the stumps in almost one motion!

Lauren Smith run out (Nicola Hancock) 4 (2b, 1x4, 0x6)

18.4 Nicola Hancock to Lauren Smith, FOUR! What a shot! Full outside off, Smith was looking for the scoop but changes her mind at the last moment and opens the face of her bat at the last moment to send it soaring over third!

Lauren Smith, RHB, comes to the crease