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25th T20 • Eastern Oval • Ballarat

Sydney Thunder Women

79/2 (13.5)

Melbourne Stars Women

Match Abandoned Due To Rain

Info

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Scorecard

Playing XI

ST-W s

Info

Sydney Thunder Women s

79/2 (13.5)

Batters

Amy Jones

108.57

c T Flintoff b S Day

Phoebe Litchfield

100.00

c LW Hill b A Sutherland

Rachael Haynes

78.95

Not out

Anika Learoyd *

40.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(13.5 Ov, RR: 5.71)

79/2

Did not Bat

Chloe Tryon, Sammy Jo Johnson, Olivia Porter, Lea Tahuhu, Sam Bates, Lauren Smith, Belinda Vakarewa

Bowlers

EXT

2.50

5.00

8.00

5.67

1.5

3.82

Alice Capsey

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Phoebe Litchfield

c LW Hill b A Sutherland

1-33

5.4

Amy Jones

c T Flintoff b S Day

2-69

11.1

Match Info

Date & Time

31 Oct, 09:30 AM IST

Venue

Eastern Oval, Ballarat

Match

25th T20,

Women's Big Bash League

Umpires

Daryl Brigham ( Australia), Gaurav Bawa (Australia)

Referee

Bob Parry ( Australia)

Pitch Report

Bowling friendly pitch.

Toss

Melbourne Stars Women elected to bowl

Commentary

So both teams share a point apiece but have plenty of catching up to do as the season heats up. It's been a pleasure bringing the coverage of this contest to you and we thank you for your patience all the way through. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda for further cricketing news and updates though, including those from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup where Australia's title defense hangs on the line when they lock horns with Ireland in over an hour from now. For the moment though, this is the duo of Srivathsa Vennelaganti and Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave. Buh-bye and wishing you a great week ahead!

Match summary: Sydney Thunder 79/2 (13.5 overs). Match abandoned due to rain.

Amy Jones 38 (35) | Phoebe Litchfield 19 (19)
Annabel Sutherland 1/7 (1.5) | Sophie Day 1/17 (3)

The weather in Victoria continues to play spoilsport and alas, we've had to witness another washout. It was shaping into a tantalizing contest and both teams needed a win to move up the ladder too but they have to settle for splitting points instead.

The Stars elected to bowl and began with two extremely tidy overs. The in-form Phoebe Litchfield soon flicked a switch and tore into Tess Flintoff before Amy Jones caught up herself. A steady opening stand ensued and it was Annabel Sutherland who cut it short with a deceptive slower delivery.

Skipper Rachael Haynes shored herself up the order but took quite a bit of time to get adjusted to the middle. Jones though, carried on efficiently at the other end and the Thunder were well-placed at the halfway mark. They didn't opt for the Power Surge though and with Jones falling prey to a screamer of a catch from Flintoff, that was only pushed back even further.

Haynes and Anika Learoyd were tasked with kicking on but the rain intervened. It absolutely poured down heavily and such was the impact that there was no further play possible.

It was something we feared given how it started bucketing down but it's official now - the match has been abandoned due to rain and both teams will share a point each!

We'll split the points again 🌧️

Our match against the Thunder has been abandoned due to rain 😞 pic.twitter.com/IGcpoaE2iv
— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL) October 31, 2022

5:15 PM local time (11:45 AM IST): We still don't have an update on the weather or a possible resumption just yet. Safe to say we've lost a fair number of overs already at the very least. Keep your fingers crossed though that we get a positive update soon enough!

Still no updates from the venue. In the meantime, here's a look at the first wicket that fell with Annabel Sutherland prizing out Phoebe Litchfield!👇

Annabel Sutherland strikes first for the Stars!

Litchfield departs for 19 after a bright start. LIVE: https://t.co/D8qjLFTWoc #WBBL08 pic.twitter.com/jYshlKfHZA
— Weber Women's Big Bash League (@WBBL) October 31, 2022

The first leg between these two sides was also rained out last Sunday, remember.👇

Seems like the weather doesn't like us playing against the Thunder 🌧 pic.twitter.com/rwCVuna0ZF
— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL) October 31, 2022

Should the rain impact the number of overs left in or if it gets to a stage where we've seen the last of this innings, you'd have to say the Thunder have missed a big opportunity by not activating the Power Surge post the drinks break. More so, with Amy Jones well-set and batting with fine rhythm.

Boo! The heavens have opened up and it's bucketing down heavily now at the Eastern Oval. Off go the players and on come the groundstaff with the covers. This could take a while given how it's hosing down but let's hope that it's not too long before we resume.

13.5 Annabel Sutherland to Rachael Haynes, short on the stumps, pulled to deep square

13.4 Annabel Sutherland to Rachael Haynes, shortish and sliding down, Haynes pulls and misses, flicked the pad on the way to the keeper

13.3 Annabel Sutherland to Anika Learoyd, good length outside off, pulled to deep mid-wicket

13.2 Annabel Sutherland to Anika Learoyd, good length off-cutter angled in, forward and defended

13.1 Annabel Sutherland to Anika Learoyd, good length outside off, dabbed to short third man

Annabel Sutherland [1.0-0-5-1] is back into the attack.

Here's a look at that brilliant diving catch by Tess Flintoff that sent Amy Jones on her way back!👇

Tess Flintoff takes a brilliant diving catch to claim the big wicket of Amy Jones in Ballarat #WBBL08 pic.twitter.com/imxGYppZTI
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 31, 2022

overs

77 /2 score