Match Details
The Stars lost a couple of wickets in the start, and Anabel Sutherland was the one who was hanging around for a while during the middle stages. At one point, the Stars were 55-7 and from there, they propelled to 110-9 after 20 overs. There were five ducks scripted in this innings.
Tess Flintoff played a blinder at the cue end of the innings, thereby propelling the scoreboard past the 100-run mark. They reached the score of 110 runs on the back of her 40 runs of 29 deliveries. Taneale Peschel, Lilly Mills, and Piepa Cleary bagged two wickets each for the Scorchers.
In reply, what could be an uncomplicated chase, Scorchers kickstarted things in the worst possible way. They lost skipper Sophie Devine in the second ball of the innings courtesy of a brilliant delivery from Kim Garth. After another wicket, Beth Mooney and Maddy Green stuck 34 runs together and the latter found herself in despair.
The pacers and spinners complimented each other well and controlled the run flow of the Scorchers. Wickets fell in regular intervals and 12 runs were needed from the last 12 balls with three wickets in hand. With singles, doubles, runout around the last two overs, somehow the Scorchers dragged past the finishing line with 2 balls to spare.