MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews failed with the bat however then picked up a brace of important wickets as Melbourne Renegades posted their first win of the Ladies’s Large Bash League with a dominant 81-run win over Adelaide Strikers.
The fashionable right-hander managed solely 12, however Courtney Webb top-scored with 49 not out from 34 balls, whereas Indian batting star Harmanpreet Kaur chipped in with an unbeaten 43 from 33 deliveries to propel Renegades as much as 167 for 3 off their 20 overs.
In reply, Strikers have been humbled for 86 within the fifteenth over, Matthews claiming two for 20 from her three overs to be certainly one of 4 bowlers – Kaur (2-11), Ella Hayward (2-18), Georgia Wareham (2-23) – with two wickets.
Captain Tahlia McGrath led with 31 from 25 deliveries, however Matthews knocked her over within the twelfth to set off a terminal slide.
Renegades lie third within the eight-team standings however are certainly one of 5 sides on two factors, together with Strikers, who’re fourth.
Unbeaten Brisbane Warmth, who beat Renegades of their opening recreation final week, high the standings with 4 factors.
Despatched in at Junction Oval, Renegades misplaced Matthews within the third over to a return catch by off-spinner Georgia Adams, with 19 runs on the board.
Nevertheless, England opener Tammy Beaumont (30) and Josephine Dooley (23) placed on 51 for the second wicket earlier than Internet and Kaur mixed in an unbroken 93-run, fourth-wicket partnership to rally the again finish.
Renegades then held the benefit when 20-year-old off-spinner Hayward knocked over each openers – South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt (14) and Katie Mack (3) – cheaply. Nonetheless, McGrath hauled her facet again into competition with a knock that included 4 fours and a six.
As soon as she lofted Matthews into the lap of deep mid-wicket, nevertheless, Strikers misplaced their final seven wickets for 21 runs
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