Live Cricket Score | Melbourne Stars Women vs Sydney Thunder Women Live Score & Commentary | MS-W vs ST-W Scorecard, Womens Big Bash League 2021

17th T20 • University of Tasmania Stadium • Launceston

Melbourne Stars Women

108/7 (20)

Sydney Thunder Women

96/5 (20)

MS-W won by 12 runs

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Kim Garth

3/11

MS-W s

ST-W s

Info

Melbourne Stars Women s

108/7 (20)

Batters

Elyse Villani

82.54

c D Sharma b S Bates

Annabel Sutherland

42.86

lbw b I Wong

Meg Lanning

75.00

c SS Mandhana b I Wong

Maia Bouchier

110.71

c P Litchfield b LG Smith

Kim Garth

112.50

c K Peterson b D Sharma

Erin Osborne

0.00

c K Peterson b HJ Darlington

Nicole Faltum

100.00

runout (T Wilson / SS Mandhana)

Tess Flintoff

0.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 5.4)

108/7

Did not Bat

Maddy Darke, Sophie Day, Linsey Smith

Bowlers

EXT

2.75

4.75

7.00

5.00

9.00

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Annabel Sutherland

lbw b I Wong

1-10

3.4

Meg Lanning

c SS Mandhana b I Wong

2-18

5.5

Maia Bouchier

c P Litchfield b LG Smith

3-81

15.3

Kim Garth

c K Peterson b D Sharma

4-98

17.5

Erin Osborne

c K Peterson b HJ Darlington

5-100

18.3

Elyse Villani

c D Sharma b S Bates

6-107

19.5

Nicole Faltum

runout (T Wilson / SS Mandhana)

7-108

19.6

Sydney Thunder Women s

96/5 (20)

Batters

Tahlia Wilson

0.00

c M Darke b KJ Garth

Smriti Mandhana

30.00

c KJ Garth b A Sutherland

Phoebe Litchfield

0.00

lbw b KJ Garth

Corinne Hall

37.50

c M Lanning b KJ Garth

Deepti Sharma *

91.67

Not out

Anika Learoyd

60.00

b S Day

Hannah Darlington

113.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 4.8)

96/5

Did not Bat

Kate Peterson, Samantha Bates, Issy Wong, Lauren Smith

Bowlers

EXT

2.75

7.50

2.67

5.00

5.50

6.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tahlia Wilson

c M Darke b KJ Garth

1-0

0.3

Phoebe Litchfield

lbw b KJ Garth

2-0

0.4

Smriti Mandhana

c KJ Garth b A Sutherland

3-12

3.3

Corinne Hall

c M Lanning b KJ Garth

4-12

4.1

Anika Learoyd

b S Day

5-54

14.3

Match Info

Date & Time

26 Oct, 07:55 AM IST

Venue

University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston

Match

17th T20,

Womens Big Bash League 2021

Umpires

Andrew R Crozier (Australia), David Taylor (Australia)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Stars Women elected to bat

Player of the Match Kim Garth

3/11

Commentary

All in all, it's been a fantastic game, although a low scoring game, it was interesting to see the batters struggle and grit it out on a pitch that was a paradise for the bowlers. Kim Garth made good use of it, but the batters have had a day to forget. That's it from this game, but there is another thriller in the WBBL today, where the Hobart Hurricanes take on the Brisbane Heat. Switch tabs to follow all the live action from there! For now, along with Dwijesh, it is me, Ankit, signing off! Stay safe and do take care!

Melbourne Stars beat Sydney Sixers by 12 runs

Melbourne Stars needed to start off strong, by picking a wicket or two early in the powerplay to fight back in the game. They knew that the Thunder's lineup is a bit vulnerable, and they needed to use that to their advantage. To their delight, Kim Garth brought in her best performance, and picked up a couple of wickets in the first over itself, pushing her team ahead in this chase.

This set the platform for the other bowlers to come and chip in, and they did exactly that. Flintoff opened the bowling alongside Garth, but it was Sutherland who came firing in the fourth over, to get rid of the all important Smriti Mandhana and hamper the chances of Thunder chasing the total down.

If the power play was not already a bad one for Thunder, Kim Garth continued for her third over, and got her third scalp, in the form Corinne Hall. The top 4 batters were back in the hut, with the score at merely 12! This was the worst power play for any team in the history of WBBL, and the Thunder's were struggling to stay out in the middle.

Deepti Sharma and Anika Learoyd were fighting a lost battle, but both the batters showed immense courage and the grit to not give up. They dug into their groove and kept the bowlers at bay, from running down the batting order. They might have not helped the team to a victory, but did enough to save them from an embarrassing loss.

Sharma remained unbeaten till the end, notching up 44 off 48, much like Villani's fifty in the first innings, but Learoyd lost her wicket late in the innings, after she went searching for boundaries. Darlington walked out and ensured along with Sharma that no more wickets fall, but chasing down 109 proved to be too much of an ask from the defending champions.

Many big names are missing from their team, but so are they from the other teams. Thunder's are going to have a tough time, unless their opening pair of Mandhana and Wilson start firing. Their dependency on the opening pair is more than ever, and they need those two in the best of their forms.

For Stars, things don't look as bad, but they'd love it if Lanning finds some form with the bat, and bails them out of a collapse, and leads them to big scores.

A comfortable win at the end for the Stars! Lanning and co have done it, and have done it in an impressive fashion. Defending 108 is never easy, however the pitch may be. But Lanning has executed her plans well and has done well to use her bowlers to ensure they win this one.

overs

96 /5 score

1lb

runs

Deepti Sharma

44 (48)

Hannah Darlington *

17 (15)

Kim Garth

3 /11

19.6 Kim Garth to Hannah Darlington , full length delivery, pitching just ahead of the pads. Darlington flicks it down to deep square leg for two easy runs to end the innings. But the Thunder's have come up short.

19.5 Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma , short of a full length now, angled in from around the wicket. Pitches on the leg stump, and is thumped down to long on for a single.

19.4 Kim Garth to Hannah Darlington , full and quick now, on the pads this time. Darlington misses her flick but steals a ingle as the ball deflects off her pads.

19.3 Kim Garth to Hannah Darlington , full length again, straight on the leg stump. Darlington drills it out towards deep mid wicket for a couple of runs.

19.2 Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma , full pitched delivery, on the fourth stump line, punched down towards long off for a single.

19.2 Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma , wide ball now. Full and slow, darted down the leg side, but drifts past the leg side.

19.1 Kim Garth to Deepti Sharma , FOUR! Perfect start to the over! Short of a full length delivery, angled down the leg side, paddled away past short fine leg for a boundary.

Kim Garth (3.0-3-2-0) comes back for the final over

Sharma carves a beautiful boundary over cover, but to show this sort of aggression now, is a tad bit too late. the Stars surely cannot lose from here, but Sharma is out there, who is well set and who'll be on strike. Any final twists left in this game maybe? 25 runs needed off the final over!

overs

84 /5 score

runs

Deepti Sharma *

38 (45)

Hannah Darlington

13 (12)

Erin Osborne

0 /27

18.6 Erin Osborne to Deepti Sharma, a length ball bowled on middle and leg, Sharma plays it to mid-off for a single

18.5 Erin Osborne to Hannah Darlington, a length ball bowled outside off, Darlington heaves it to midwicket for a single

18.4 Erin Osborne to Hannah Darlington, a good length ball bowled outside off, Darlington heaves and misses!

18.3 Erin Osborne to Deepti Sharma, a good length ball bowled outside off, Sharma dabs one to point for a single

18.2 Erin Osborne to Deepti Sharma, FOUR! A slightly shortish delivery bowled outside off, Sharma lifts one over the cover region for a boundary! Perhaps a few overs late this intent?

18.1 Erin Osborne to Hannah Darlington, a full ball bowled outside off, Darlington plays it to mid-off for a single