Sydney Sixers Women beat Sydney Thunder Women by 9 wickets in 56th Match of the WBBL 2023.

TOSS- Sydney Thunder Women won the toss and opted to bat.

Sydney Thunder Women- Sydney Thunder Women batted first after winning the toss and started the inning not very well, the entire team dismissed just 123 runs in the fifth ball of the final over. Heather Knight scored 38 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 38 balls, Phoebe Litchfield scored 34 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 25 balls, Chamari Athapaththu scored 26 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 31 balls, apart from this no batsman could touch figure out of 10 runs, Tahlia Wilson dismissed just for 2 runs in 7 balls, Marizanne Kapp 1 run in 3 balls, Anika Learoyd 2 runs in 3 balls, Olivia Porter 4 runs in 6 balls, Sammy-Jo Johnson 4 runs in 3 balls, Lauren Smith 1 run in 1 ball, Hannah Darlington dismissed without scoring, and Samantha Bates remains unbeaten without playing a ball. In this way, the entire team all-out just for 123 runs in 19.5 overs and set a target of 124 runs in front of Sydney Thunder Women.

Sydney Thunder Women bowlers- Sydney Thunder Women bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Ashleigh Gardner took 4 wickets just for 26 runs in her spell, Linsey Smith 2 wickets just for 19 runs in 3.5 overs, Ellyse Perry 1 wicket for 20 runs in her spell, Jess Kerr was wicketless for 27 runs in her spell, Lauren Cheatle also wicketless for 28 runs in her sepll.

Sydney Thunder Women Inning- Sydney Sixers Women chasing 124 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for the loss of just 1 wicket in the third ball of the 18th over and won the match by 9 wickets. Sydney Thunder Women started the inning very strongly, Ellyse Perry and Suzie Bates came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a half-century partnership of 59 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket was dismissed for 59 runs in 8.5 overs, Suzie Bates dismissed after scoring 18 runs in 23 balls, next batsman Ashleigh Gardner came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Ellyse Perry, Ellyse Perry played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and a victory inning of 82 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 60 balls, and Ashleigh Gardner also played an unbeaten inning of 21 runs in 22 balls. In this way, Sydney Sixers Women chased the target very easily for the loss of just 1 wicket in just 17.3 overs and won the match by 9 wickets.

Sydney Thunder Women bowlers- Hannah Darlington only got 1 wicket for 35 runs in 3 overs, apart from this all bowlers are wicketless, Samantha Bates was wicketless just for 14 runs in her spell, Marizanne Kapp was wicketless for 33 runs in 3.3 overs, Lauren Smith wicketless for 20 runs in 3 overs, Sammy-Jo Johnson wicketless for 12 runs in 2 overs, and Chamari Athapaththu also wicketless for 12 runs in 2 overs.

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PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Sydney Thunder Women all-rounder Ellyse Perry was selected as the player of the match, she performed very brilliant batting as well as also in bowing, played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and a victory inning of 82 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 60 balls, and also took 1 wicket just for 20 runs in her spell.
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