Women's Big Bash League 2024: Melbourne Renegades Women vs Brisbane Heat Women Match Preview, WBBL 2024

Final • Melbourne Cricket Ground • Melbourne

Melbourne Renegades Women

141/9 (20)

Brisbane Heat Women

90/6 (12)

MR-W won by 7 runs (DLS method)

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

01 Dec, 07:50 AM IST

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground

TV/Streaming

Hotstar

Match

Final,

Women's Big Bash League 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Andrew Crozier(Australia), Claire Polosak(Australia), Troy Penman(Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis(Australia)

Toss

Brisbane Heat Women elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

126Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

107.19Avg SR

2nd Innings

102Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

105.12Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

MR-W

4- 6

BH-W

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Melbourne Renegades Women

Brisbane Heat Women

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Grace Harris

BH-W . BAT

277 Runs

11 Matches

Jemimah Rodrigues

BH-W . BAT

266 Runs

9 Matches

Hayley Matthews

MR-W . ALL

255 Runs

9 Matches

Top Bowlers

Jess Jonassen

BH-W . ALL

16 Wkts

11 Matches

Sophie Molineux

MR-W . BOWL

15 Wkts

6 Matches

Hayley Matthews

MR-W . ALL

12 Wkts

9 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

126Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

107.19Avg SR

2nd Innings

102Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

105.12Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

63%Bat First Bowl First37%

Team Batting First

47%Wins Losses53%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 28 • Nov 15 • Women's Big Bash League

MS-W 161/8 (20)

MR-W 170/6 (20)

MR-W won by 9 runs

vs live score

Match 54 • Nov 25 • Womens Big Bash League

MS-W 118/10 (20)

MR-W 27/2 (5.3)

MS-W won by 8 runs (DLS method)

vs live score

39th Match • Jan 1 • Women's Big Bash League

MS-W 101/7 (20)

MR-W 149/5 (20)

vs live score

42nd Match • Jan 20 • Women's Big Bash League

MS-W 118/6 (20)

MR-W 118/6 (20)

Match tied (Melbourne Stars Women won the one-over eliminator)

vs live score

27th Match • Jan 6 • Women's Big Bash League

MR-W 142/6 (20)

MS-W 145/3 (19)

vs live score

27th Match • Jan 1 • Women's Big Bash League

MS-W 127/3 (20)

MR-W 52/1 (5.3)

vs live score

35th Match • Jan 2 • Women's Big Bash League

MS-W 85/9 (20)

MR-W 86/5 (19.5)

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Melbourne Renegades Women

Brisbane Heat Women

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

MR-W

4- 6

BH-W

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

151

Average Score

138

186/1

Highest Score

175/6

106/8

Lowest Score

47/1

Player of the Match Hayley Matthews

69(61)

2/24

MR-W

BH-W

Info

Melbourne Renegades Women

141/9 (20)

Batters

Hayley Matthews

113.11

c L Hamilton b C Knott

Courtney Webb

112.50

c J Rodrigues b NM Hancock

Sophie Molineux

(C)

120.00

c L Harris b C Knott

Deandra Dottin

0.00

runout (G Redmayne / C Knott)

Georgia Wareham

100.00

c GM Harris b G Parsons

Naomi Stalenberg

133.33

c GM Harris b G Parsons

Nicole Faltum

125.00

c J Jonassen b L Hamilton

Georgia Prestwidge

33.33

b C Knott

Sarah Coyte

50.00

st G Redmayne b J Jonassen

Milly Illingworth

0.00

Not out

Charis Bekker

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.05)

141/9

Bowlers

EXT

8.67

9.00

7.00

4.75

7.25

6.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Courtney Webb

c J Rodrigues b NM Hancock

1-15

1.6

Sophie Molineux

c L Harris b C Knott

2-23

3.6

Deandra Dottin

runout (G Redmayne / C Knott)

3-23

4.1

Georgia Wareham

c GM Harris b G Parsons

4-64

9.5

Naomi Stalenberg

c GM Harris b G Parsons

5-109

15.1

Nicole Faltum

c J Jonassen b L Hamilton

6-116

16.3

Georgia Prestwidge

b C Knott

7-123

17.4

Sarah Coyte

st G Redmayne b J Jonassen

8-129

18.6

Hayley Matthews

c L Hamilton b C Knott

9-139

19.4

Brisbane Heat Women

90/6 (12)

Batters

Georgia Redmayne

106.67

c C Bekker b S Molineux

Grace Harris

0.00

c SJ Coyte b C Bekker

Jemimah Rodrigues

20.00

c S Molineux b M Illingworth

Charli Knott

70.00

c G Prestwidge b H Matthews

Jess Jonassen *

(C)

157.14

Not out

Laura Harris

0.00

b H Matthews

Lauren Winfield Hill

60.00

c H Matthews b DJS Dottin

Nicola Hancock

216.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(12 Ov, RR: 7.5)

90/6

Did not Bat

Lucy Hamilton, Shikha Pandey, Grace Parsons

Bowlers

EXT

5.00

6.50

7.33

6.00

8.00

13.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Grace Harris

c SJ Coyte b C Bekker

1-5

0.6

Jemimah Rodrigues

c S Molineux b M Illingworth

2-11

1.6

Georgia Redmayne

c C Bekker b S Molineux

3-27

4.2

Charli Knott

c G Prestwidge b H Matthews

4-37

6.5

Laura Harris

b H Matthews

5-37

6.6

Lauren Winfield Hill

c H Matthews b DJS Dottin

6-68

9.5

Match Info

Date & Time

01 Dec, 07:50 AM IST

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground

TV/Streaming

Hotstar

Match

Final,

Women's Big Bash League 2024

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Andrew Crozier(Australia), Claire Polosak(Australia), Troy Penman(Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis(Australia)

Toss

Brisbane Heat Women elected to bowl

0 1 4 1 1 1

Over 9

Runs: 8

6 4 2 1 W 0

Over 10

Runs: 13

0 4 1 4 1 1

Over 11

Runs: 11

1 1 1 1 1 6

Over 12

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Hayley Matthews

69(61)

2/24

Commentary

The Renegades Women pose with the WBBL trophy and that would be all from this magnificent night of history at the MCG. This is Dwaipayan Mukherjee, signing off with my hardworking and dedicated co-commentator, Bidipto. See you soon!

Sophie Molineux (Melbourne Renegades Women captain) : It is just pure elation. It has not quite sunk in completely. It has been 10 long years with this franchise. Many highs and many lows but our fans is the most loyal lot. We did not panic after not getting off to the best start in the season, we believed in the quality that existed in our squad and even our coaches played a crucial role in ensuring there is cohesion in the group. It is a real honour for me to lead the side, the club means a lot to me, so many people have stepped up and done endless work to look after us as well as they have. The sustained success for Heat to get into one final after the other is quite envious and there is so much for all of us to learn. All our partners have been massive, we would not be where we are without their support. Everyone that work in the office day in and day out to ensure all of this unfolds in a seamless manner, we are appreciative for all those efforts. The Women's Big Bash keeps getting better year after year and it is heartening to see so many young boys and girls turn up to the stands and hopefully we are inspiring them to pick up a bat or a ball and follow their dreams. Last and not the least, the girls have been spectacular. Thanks to the fans and they richly deserve this.

The Melbourne Renegades players are now collecting their champion medals. Each player is making their way to the stage individually.

Jess Jonassen (Brisbane Heat Women captain): We found it hard today. But it was great to have such a wonderful crowd to support a wonderful game of cricket! Congratulations to Sophie Molineux and her team, they were superb right through this tournament and deserve this triumph. Our girls and the support staff did an incredible job! Many wrote us off but here we are in the final again! Let's just keep it going and get to the final yet again next season, to go one better!

Hayley Matthews (Player of the Match, 69 runs off 61 balls and 2/24 off 3 overs): Had to assess conditions up front. I wanted to bat deep, and I am glad I could do that. 140 was about par, and we get there. So many of these girls in this group have been around from WBBL season 1, they have given it their all and finally, after three years of not doing well, we are here! The group showed a lot of character and that reflected in our performances.

It's time for the post-match presentation!

Courtney Webb, Melbourne Renegades Women : It is a whirlwind of emotions, it still does not feel real. The last couple of overs is when we started to think that is it really happening for us. Jonassen made us all feel nerves and it looked as if she would win it from her own bat but glad that we could finish at the right side of the result. This is a special occasion.

Georgia Wareham, Melbourne Renegades Women: There have been a lot of ups and downs for the Renegades, so, to win this is amazing! We kept the momentum going, kept ourselves fresh through the week and were focused for today.

Nicole Faltum, Melbourne Renegades Women: It's amazing! Incredible to win in front of the home crowd and family! It's a winning team and that is because of a happy, energetic dressing room! I'm so pleased for Sophie Molineux, she is an incredible human being and a tremendous player!

Melbourne Renegades (141 for 9) defeat Brisbane Heat (90 for 6) by 7 runs

Jess Jonassen - 44* (28) | Georgia Redmayne - 16 (15)
Hayley Matthews - 2/24 | Charis Bekker - 1/5

Melbourne had only won 2 games last season. And today, they are WBBL10 champions! From wooden spooners to tournament champions - the Renegades win the title for the first time in their history!

Grace Harris was dismissed for a duck in the last ball of the first over of the chase. That was a key blow for Heat. Illingworth is one of the fastest bowlers of this competition, and she averaged 120 KMPH in her opening over today as well. She has been slightly wayward to begin with. 3 wides in her opening act. But she emerged with another big wicket when Rodriguez was dismissed as the 2nd victim in as many overs of the chase.

The rain gods decided to make an appearance happened after 3.2 overs with the score on 19 for 2. After a 35 minutes hiatus, the target became 98 runs to win from 12 overs.

Redmayne got a top edge in the first ball that she faced after the rain break against Illingworth. Molineux dismissed Redmayne in the 2nd over after resumption of play which reduced Heat to 27 for 3. That put the last year's finalists under a pretty tense situation.

Jess Jonassen has been averaging 35 with a strike rate of 124.3 - she was tasked with an uphill battle with 68 runs needed from the last 7 overs! Wareham came to the bowling attack and was able to convince her captain to review a LBW decision. Even though it was an umpire's call, she went for only 2 runs in her opening over.

Hayley Matthews made it a memorable night for herself as she picked up a couple of wickets in her first over to send shivers down the spine of the Heat side. Both Harris sisters departed for ducks in the big night as the score read a dreadful 37 for 5.

Dottin was summoned for her bowling services when the single over Power Surge was taken. With 43 runs needed from 18 balls, Jess Jonassen started with a six and a four. The Heat skipper kept throwing one punch after the other and it came down to 20 needed from the last over with Jonassen on strike and Molineux deciding to take matters into her own hands.

She closed it out in fine fashion as Melbourne script their first ever WBBL victory. Presentations to follow!

overs

90 /6 score

runs

Nicola Hancock *

13 (6)

Jess Jonassen

44 (28)

Sophie Molineux

1 /22

11.6 Sophie Molineux to Nicola Hancock, MELBOURNE RENEGADES WOMEN WIN THE WBBL! Good length ball around off-stump. Hancock slams this one across the line on the charge and connects well enough to clear long-on, but it does not matter for them! The Renegades celebrate their first over title triumph and the Heat are in despair after coming so close!

11.5 Sophie Molineux to Jess Jonassen, good length ball on off-stump. Thumped on the charge to wide long-on for just one run! Last ball coming up!

11.4 Sophie Molineux to Nicola Hancock, full toss on off-stump. Whacked on the charge to long-on for just the single again!

11.3 Sophie Molineux to Jess Jonassen, FALLS IN NO WOMAN'S LAND! Good length ball on off-stump. A top-edged sweep to the deep square-leg area for a single only.

11.2 Sophie Molineux to Nicola Hancock, really full on middle-stump. Squirted away on to the on-side from deep in the crease for a single!

11.1 Sophie Molineux to Jess Jonassen, round the wicket, good length slower ball on middle-and-leg. Hoicked around on the charge to the deep square area for just the single!

Sophie Molineux [2.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack

19 runs to win from the last over - Jonassen on strike!

overs

79 /6 score