154/9 (20.0)
CR : 7.70
184/5 (20.0)
CR : 9.20
Perth Scorchers Women won by 30 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Sophie Devine
4/2540(28)
19.4
1
L Mills to S Coyte
Full length delivery at the leg and middle stump. Coyte comes down the track and chips it short of Freya Kemp at long-on for one.
19.5
2
L Mills to I Wong
A short of length delivery at the off stump. Wong rocks back and swings her bat. She gets a massive top edge that lands to the left of Kemp at long-on. Two runs.
19.6
1W
L Mills to I Wong
WICKET to end the game! Perth Scorchers have got a victory by a fair margin of 30 runs. Fuller delivery at the leg and middle from Mills. Wong tucks it towards forward square leg and completes the single. She calls for the second run to reduce the margin of defeat although there was no run there. Beth Mooney collects the throw from the fielder and takes the bails off with Wong nowhere near the crease. Melbourne Renegades Women finish with 154/9.
I Wong 4(3)
Run Out (k Mack/B Mooney)
4s/6s
0/0
SR
133.33
Over 20
Melbourne Renegades Women 154/9
Isabelle Wong4(3)
Sarah Coyte5(6)
Lilly Mills1-19(2.0)
PRSW won by 30 runs
5:49 PM IST, 8:19 PM LOCAL TIME: Fire with the bat. Ice with the ball. And Perth walk away smiling in the WACA. So, Perth Scorchers Women put up 184/5, defended it with confidence, and sealed a 30-run win over the Melbourne Renegades. A complete performance. A statement win. Meanwhile, the Renegades will look back and think - the game was there, but the moments slipped. Their chase had patches of brilliance, but pressure kept pulling them back.
How did the chase begin? Smooth or shaky? Let’s just say… rocky. Very rocky. First over? Dottin tried to go big but mis-hit and was caught at mid-off. Ainsworth gave Perth the perfect start. Then, Devine stepped in and made it even worse - swinging the ball both ways like she owned the breeze. Webb went for a duck. Capsey and Molineux tried rebuilding, but the scoreboard after four overs read just 26/3. And with a target of 185, that wasn't the start of any batting lineup dreams of.
A spark somewhere? Yes. After the top order collapsed, Georgia Wareham and Nicole Faltum stepped up. Calm heads. Smart cricket. A 65-run partnership that changed the tempo and silenced the Scorchers briefly. They milked singles. Put away the loose ones. And when the Power Surge arrived, they made it count - 27 runs in those two overs. Momentum shifted. The chase suddenly had life.
Enter Alana King, and enter the turning point. She dismissed Faltum for 28 and then removed Wareham for 43, crushing the middle-order resistance. Just when the Renegades were breathing again, Perth slammed the door. After that? The final stretch belonged to Devine, who took control, removed Flintoff, removed Stalenberg, and removed hope. Four wickets. One spell. One match-winner.
Tess Flintoff tried. Hit boundaries. Looked sharp. But again - Devine wasn’t in the mood to negotiate. Wong got run-out in the final delivery, and the Renegades wrapped up at 154/9, falling short by 30 runs. A chase full of effort but missing the finishing punch.
Earlier, how did Perth get to 184? Easy hitting or planned chaos? A mix of both. Mack started with boundaries, 18 off 13, before falling LBW. Mooney looked solid and made 21 off 18, but couldn’t kick on. Maddy Darke scored 36 off 32, but her pace slowed things down. The real surge? Devine’s power hitting with 40 off 28 - 3 sixes and intent. Then came fireworks from Freya Kemp and Alana King. Kemp smashed 28 off 13. King added another quick 22 off 8. The finish? Brutal. Exactly what a strong total feels like.
Were the Renegades bowlers off-colour or unlucky? A little bit of both. Illingworth bowled well early and took the wicket of Mack. Wong was the standout with 2 for 34. Wareham and Capsey chipped in with a wicket each. But the extras, the loose balls, the missed lengths during death overs, and that’s where the total stretched from defendable to problematic.
How did the chase begin? Smooth or shaky? Let’s just say… rocky. Very rocky. First over? Dottin tried to go big but mis-hit and was caught at mid-off. Ainsworth gave Perth the perfect start. Then, Devine stepped in and made it even worse - swinging the ball both ways like she owned the breeze. Webb went for a duck. Capsey and Molineux tried rebuilding, but the scoreboard after four overs read just 26/3. And with a target of 185, that wasn't the start of any batting lineup dreams of.
A spark somewhere? Yes. After the top order collapsed, Georgia Wareham and Nicole Faltum stepped up. Calm heads. Smart cricket. A 65-run partnership that changed the tempo and silenced the Scorchers briefly. They milked singles. Put away the loose ones. And when the Power Surge arrived, they made it count - 27 runs in those two overs. Momentum shifted. The chase suddenly had life.
Enter Alana King, and enter the turning point. She dismissed Faltum for 28 and then removed Wareham for 43, crushing the middle-order resistance. Just when the Renegades were breathing again, Perth slammed the door. After that? The final stretch belonged to Devine, who took control, removed Flintoff, removed Stalenberg, and removed hope. Four wickets. One spell. One match-winner.
Tess Flintoff tried. Hit boundaries. Looked sharp. But again - Devine wasn’t in the mood to negotiate. Wong got run-out in the final delivery, and the Renegades wrapped up at 154/9, falling short by 30 runs. A chase full of effort but missing the finishing punch.
Earlier, how did Perth get to 184? Easy hitting or planned chaos? A mix of both. Mack started with boundaries, 18 off 13, before falling LBW. Mooney looked solid and made 21 off 18, but couldn’t kick on. Maddy Darke scored 36 off 32, but her pace slowed things down. The real surge? Devine’s power hitting with 40 off 28 - 3 sixes and intent. Then came fireworks from Freya Kemp and Alana King. Kemp smashed 28 off 13. King added another quick 22 off 8. The finish? Brutal. Exactly what a strong total feels like.
Were the Renegades bowlers off-colour or unlucky? A little bit of both. Illingworth bowled well early and took the wicket of Mack. Wong was the standout with 2 for 34. Wareham and Capsey chipped in with a wicket each. But the extras, the loose balls, the missed lengths during death overs, and that’s where the total stretched from defendable to problematic.
Player of the Match: Sophie Devine
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