5:55 PM IST and 10:25 PM Local Time: The Brisbane Heat go down to the Sydney Thunder by a big margin here! They were outplayed in all facets, and the scorecard reflects that appropriately.
The Heat won the toss and put the Thunder into bat. Tahlia Wilson was the star of the show with a remarkably constructed 79. She was supported well by Georgia Voll (20), Phoebe Litchfield (31) and Heather Knight (41). With good contributions from everyone they got to 200. That was an above par total.
Lucy Hamilton had a good day with the ball as she finished with figures of 1-28. The other bowlers from the Heat were expensive.
The chase was a steep one and the Thunder made it tougher with some excellent bowling. They put pressure on the Heat right from the get-go. They had them 64-5. That is when a little bit of a partnership was building between Nadine de Klerk (43) and Mikayla Wrigley.
However, once the Thunder got their 6th wicket, they looked unstoppable again. From 112/5, the Heat went to 116/8. There was some late order hitting from Annie O'Neil and Nicola Handcock, but all that did was saved them a bit of a NRR hit as the chase was lost long back.
The pick of the bowlers for the Thunder was Samantha Bates for her 2-23 and Emily Arlott for her 3-35. In the end the Thunder were just too strong for the Heat!