Women's Big Bash League 2023: Melbourne Stars Women vs Perth Scorchers Women Match Preview, WBBL 2023

50th T20 • W.A.C.A. Ground • Perth

Melbourne Stars Women

157/6 (20)

Perth Scorchers Women

124/9 (20)

MS-W won by 33 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

22 Nov, 02:40 PM IST

Venue

W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

Match

50th T20,

Women's Big Bash League 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahmad Khan(Australia), Jamie Thomas(Australia)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Stars Women elected to bat

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

137Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

131Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PS-W

4- 6

MS-W

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Perth Scorchers Women

Melbourne Stars Women

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Beth Mooney

PS-W . WK

535 Runs

12 Matches

Sophie Devine

PS-W . ALL

446 Runs

12 Matches

Amy Jones

PS-W . WK

220 Runs

12 Matches

Top Bowlers

Sophie Day

MS-W . BOWL

20 Wkts

11 Matches

Amy Edgar

PS-W . ALL

19 Wkts

12 Matches

Annabel Sutherland

MS-W . ALL

19 Wkts

11 Matches

Player of the Match Sophia Dunkley

73(48)

MS-W

PS-W

Info

Melbourne Stars Women

157/6 (20)

Batters

Sophia Dunkley

152.08

c C Ainsworth b P Cleary

Maia Bouchier

50.00

b C Ainsworth

Alice Capsey

126.47

c P Cleary b NRS Sciver

Annabel Sutherland

(C)

64.29

c AE Jones b A Edgar

Tess Flintoff

0.00

b P Cleary

Sophie Reid

0.00

c P Cleary b L Mills

Nicole Faltum

125.00

Not out

Kim Garth

112.50

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 0, NB: 2, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.85)

157/6

Did not Bat

Sophie Day, Sasha Maloney, Milly Illingworth

Bowlers

EXT

Alana King

6.75

Chloe Ainsworth

8.67

6.25

10.00

6.00

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Maia Bouchier

b C Ainsworth

1-12

1.3

Alice Capsey

c P Cleary b NRS Sciver

2-113

12.3

Sophia Dunkley

c C Ainsworth b P Cleary

3-126

14.4

Tess Flintoff

b P Cleary

4-126

14.5

Sophie Reid

c P Cleary b L Mills

5-127

15.3

Annabel Sutherland

c AE Jones b A Edgar

6-141

17.4

Perth Scorchers Women

124/9 (20)

Batters

Sophie Devine

(C)

0.00

c S Reid b KJ Garth

Beth Mooney

60.00

c A Capsey b S Day

Maddy Darke

100.00

c S Day b A Sutherland

Natalie Sciver

82.76

st S Reid b A Capsey

Amy Jones

140.00

lbw b S Day

Chloe Piparo

120.00

lbw b SK Maloney

Amy Edgar

100.00

c ME Bouchier b S Day

Piepa Cleary

114.29

c S Day b A Sutherland

Alana King

50.00

Not out

Lilly Mills

0.00

c KJ Garth b S Day

Chloe Ainsworth *

90.91

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.2)

124/9

Bowlers

EXT

Kim Garth

3.50

Annabel Sutherland

4.75

Sophie Day

6.50

Milly Illingworth

7.50

Sasha Maloney

7.00

Alice Capsey

9.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sophie Devine

c S Reid b KJ Garth

1-1

0.2

Maddy Darke

c S Day b A Sutherland

2-6

1.1

Beth Mooney

c A Capsey b S Day

3-19

4.4

Natalie Sciver

st S Reid b A Capsey

4-52

8.6

Chloe Piparo

lbw b SK Maloney

5-64

10.4

Amy Edgar

c ME Bouchier b S Day

6-91

13.6

Piepa Cleary

c S Day b A Sutherland

7-105

15.5

Amy Jones

lbw b S Day

8-107

16.3

Lilly Mills

c KJ Garth b S Day

9-107

16.4

Match Info

Date & Time

22 Nov, 02:40 PM IST

Venue

W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

Match

50th T20,

Women's Big Bash League 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahmad Khan(Australia), Jamie Thomas(Australia)

Referee

Kent Hannam (Australia)

Toss

Melbourne Stars Women elected to bat

Player of the Match Sophia Dunkley

73(48)

Commentary

That's it for this match, folks! Hope you enjoyed our coverage. This is Rudransh and Pradeep signing off for Sportskeeda!

Sophia Dunkley is the Player of the Match!

That'll do! The Strikers take a third-consecutive win over the Scorchers! The latter have to be happy with the second placer after a massive loss at home.

End of the match!

Melbourne Stars win by 33 runs!

Sophia Dunkley 73 (48) | Sophie Day (4/26)
Amy Jones 42 (30) | Piepa Cleary (2/30)

You watch that match without knowing the teams' positions on the points table and you'd think it's the Strikers who are fighting for that top spot in the points table. This is such a clinical win. 157 looked enough on this pitch with a bit of swing movement and extra bounce but they made it look so much bigger.

Sutherland and Garth set the tone with the new ball, extracting a lot of seam movement and bowling in the perfect areas to send both Devine and Darke back early. Mooney watched it all unfold from the other end until Day came on and prized her out too. With the score at 19/3, Sciver-Brunt and Amy Jones did a rebuild. Both timed the balls well, and ticked of 6-7 runs every over to keep Scorchers in the game.

Capsey's wicket of the former was the match-turning one. From then on, Jones never really found any support. She herself got dropped twice and despite finding boundaries comfortably, saw wickets tumble in heaps from the other end, courtesy of Day and Sutherland's astute bowling changes.
Eventually Day pinned Jones on the pads and the Scorchers' lower order couldn't do much else except stretching the match to the final over.

overs

124 /9 score

runs

Chloe Ainsworth *

10 (11)

Alana King

5 (10)

Annabel Sutherland

2 /19

19.6 Annabel Sutherland to Chloe Ainsworth, THAT'S IT! Melbourne Stars make it three straight wins and it's a resounding win here tonight and Scorchers have to wait to go back to the top of the table here. Ainsworth clubbed the length delivery down to long-on for just one.

19.5 Annabel Sutherland to Chloe Ainsworth, pace off, back of a length outside the off-stump. Ainsworth waits and cuts it hard, but went striaght to over fielder. Last ball coming up!

19.4 Annabel Sutherland to Alana King, length delivery on the stumps, King swings at it and takes the outside edge, doesn't carry to point fielder who slides across as they pick up another single.

19.3 Annabel Sutherland to Chloe Ainsworth, OH DEAR! Just evades the keeper there. Well disguised slower one that Ainsworth fails to read and that takes the outside edge and goes over the keeper as they pick up a single.

19.2 Annabel Sutherland to Alana King, full on the stumps, King slams it down the ground to long-off and picks up another single.

19.1 Annabel Sutherland to Chloe Ainsworth, single taken.

Only a matter of time now. Any runs the Scorchers score are only to help their NRR.

overs

119 /9 score

1lb

runs

Chloe Ainsworth *

7 (7)

Alana King

3 (8)

Sasha Maloney

1 /28

18.6 Sasha Moloney to Chloe Ainsworth, drops it short on the middle and leg, Ainsworth has a big swipe across the line and misses, pings on the thigh and they sneak in a leg-bye.

18.5 Sasha Moloney to Alana King, length delivery on the stumps, King slog swept it to deep mid-wicket for another single.

18.4 Sasha Moloney to Chloe Ainsworth, length delivery on the stumps, Ainsworth clubbed it down to long-on for just one.

18.3 Sasha Moloney to Chloe Ainsworth, OH! Just short of deep backward square-leg, fielder comes charging forward and dives, but doesn't carry as Ainsworth swipes it in the air, they come back for a couple.

18.2 Sasha Moloney to Alana King, short outside the off-stump, King hangs back and swatted it down the ground to long-off for another single.

18.1 Sasha Moloney to Chloe Ainsworth, drops it short on the middle and off, Ainsworth swipes it to deep mid-wicket for just a single.

overs

112 /9 score

1wd

runs

Alana King *

1 (6)

Chloe Ainsworth

3 (3)

Kim Garth

1 /13