78/8 (9.0)
CR : 8.67
173/4 (20.0)
CR : 8.65
Melbourne Stars Women won by 16 runs (DLS METHOD)
Player of the Match
Meg Lanning
90(55)
8.5
4
K Garth to L Mills
FOUR!!! Thrashed over covers. Pitched up by Garth outside off, Mills gives herself some room and lifts it over covers. Times it superbly and Kapp out on the boundary has no chance of stopping that one.
8.6
W
K Garth to L Mills
High in the air and taken. A wicket on the final ball of the contest. Garth with a leg-cutter on the stumps, Mills looks to heave it across the line but gets a top edge. Gibson from short fine leg moves to her left and takes a good catch.
L Mills 12(7)
c D Gibson b K Garth
4s/6s
2/0
SR
171.43
Over 9
Perth Scorchers Women 78/8
Lilly Mills12(7)
Chloe Ainsworth8(6)
Kim Garth2-16(2.0)
MLSW won by 16 runs (DLS METHOD)
1:17 PM IST, 6:17 PM Local Time | Melbourne Stars Women win their first game of the season! An emphatic win by 16 runs (DLS Method), and if they had one more over, they would have bundled out the opposition in this rain-curtailed chase!
Perth Scorchers Women won the bat flip and decided to bowl first! It would prove to be a false dawn as Melbourne Stars Women, led by Meg Lanning's superb and unbeaten 90 runs off 55 balls on her 100th WBBL appearance, established a total of 173/4 after their 20 overs.
For the Perth Scorchers Women, Lilly Mills was their best bowler with 2/22 from her 4 overs. Chloe Ainsworth and Amy Edgar Louise contributed with a solitary wicket each.
The game saw a pause as the rain gods decided to have a siesta during the mid-innings and reduced the target to 95 runs from 9 overs.
Come the chase, Perth knew they had to fire from the first ball, and they went for it. However, Meg Lanning's bowlers were on fire as they kept picking up crucial wickets at a brisk pace to never let the Scorchers get out of first gear.
Mooney was the first to go as Garth found her bails on the final ball of the powerplay. From there on, it was a story of 1 wicket per over for Perth as they quickly found themselves reeling at 44/4 after 4.4 overs, losing Devine, Mack, and Kemp in the process.
It did not help matters when Sophie Day produced a triple-wicket over to remove King, Hinkley, and Scholfield, leaving Perth to score 37 runs from the final 12 balls with Ainsworth and Mills in the middle.
Sophie Day bowled the game-changing over and finished with 3/7. Kim Garth picked up 2/16 to help the cause.
In the end, it was too much to do for the batters, and Perth Scorchers Women fell short of the mark with only 1 wicket remaining in their kitty. They lost their 2nd game of the season and fell to 5th place on the points table. While Melbourne Stars Women bounce back from the defeat in the first game to claim 2 points and move to 3rd on the points table.
Sophie Day bowled the game-changing over and finished with 3/7. Kim Garth picked up 2/16 to help the cause.
In the end, it was too much to do for the batters, and Perth Scorchers Women fell short of the mark with only 1 wicket remaining in their kitty. They lost their 2nd game of the season and fell to 5th place on the points table. While Melbourne Stars Women bounce back from the defeat in the first game to claim 2 points and move to 3rd on the points table.
Player of the Match: Meg Lanning
Meg Lanning (Player of the Match): "I couldn’t get enough off the square in the end. Probably, was a bit tried. The wicket was pretty good. Got my rhythm and nice to get some runs.
It’s taken me a little while to find the right balance. I have the idea now about how much I want to train. Certainly enjoying myself and happy to get those runs.
It’s an incredible competition. It has come a long way and it’s fun to be a part of. Hopefully, we make a good season for the Stars. It’s changed a fair bit for the batter. It’s enjoyable and hopefully, I keep having fun with the Stars.
It’s nice to get on board early. We didn’t get the result because of the rain. Everyone is happy with today’s result."
It’s taken me a little while to find the right balance. I have the idea now about how much I want to train. Certainly enjoying myself and happy to get those runs.
It’s an incredible competition. It has come a long way and it’s fun to be a part of. Hopefully, we make a good season for the Stars. It’s changed a fair bit for the batter. It’s enjoyable and hopefully, I keep having fun with the Stars.
It’s nice to get on board early. We didn’t get the result because of the rain. Everyone is happy with today’s result."
That's it from this match, folks! Melbourne Stars Women open their account on the points table! Hop tabs to join our coverage from the rest of the cricketing action playing out!
This is Anirudh Modi, signing off along with my colleagues Akshay Bhide and Raju Khariya! See you at the next one.
This is Anirudh Modi, signing off along with my colleagues Akshay Bhide and Raju Khariya! See you at the next one.