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What a thriller it turned out to be in the end as Melbourne Stars Women pull off a heist, all thanks to Annabel Sutherland. With that we move on to the big one of the day, ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Finals, between Pakistan and England at MCG, don't forget to tune into that. This has been me, Pradeep signing off, stay safe and take care!
Annabel Sutherland has been adjudged the Player of the Match! Here's what she has to say: The wind was coming strong from one hand, just glad I was able to hit a couple clean hits in the final over. Glad my Dad is here, family and few friends, good see to all the crowd, good to see everyone come down. We just got to keep winning from here, simple as that, good to get this one and just roll on it and pick up some momentum from here on.
Melbourne Stars Women won the game by 5 wickets!
What a thriller of a contest we've all witnessed, until that last over, the Stars never saw them in the game but Sutherland believed that she could do it and she hit three monumental maximums that sealed the deal for them. She put the most dangerous bowler of Renegades under enormous pressure by taking her down with two lusty blows.
Stars needed 22 of the last over and who would've thought that the batting side will win it of the last delivery, unbelievable stuff from Sutherland. Smashed three maximums of the final over and helped her team go over the line single handedly and their hopes sneaking into the playoffs this season stay alive.
It wasn't all the greatest of starts for the Stars, they were 22-1 at the end of five overs and were way behind when the powerplay finished. Renegades kept squeezing in on Stars throughout and never allowed them to get on top of them but the power surge turned things around for the Stars, Sutherland clobbered Hayward for a massive 22 runs from it and from there on they were in the hunt always.
Sutherland lost partners at the other end but she never lost her hopes on pulling this one off. Renegades were brilliant with the ball, Sarah Coyte delivered pivotal blows for Stars to peg them back every time she came on to bowl and then Hayley Matthews as well picking up two crucial wickets, it all went down south for them in the final over by some masterclass hitting by Annabel Sutherland in the end.
What a final over this has been from the Melbourne Stars, Annabel Sutherland is a star, she's pulled off an improbable win for the Stars here and the Renegades look dejected.
20
overs
149/5score
2
6
6
1w
6
1
1
runs
Annabel Sutherland
62(29)
Nicole Faltum*
8(8)
Georgia Prestwidge
0/9
19.6 Georgia Prestwidge to Nicole Faltum, MELBOURNE STARS HAVE DONE IT! Faltum hits the winning runs but take a bow Annabel Sutherland as they have taken down the Renegades in a sensational fashion. Faltum lofts the length delivery well over the fielders and seal the game.
Keeper up to the stumps, plenty of fielders inside the ring.
19.5 Georgia Prestwidge to Annabel Sutherland, length delivery on the wide of off-stump, Sutherlands taps it straight to extra-cover for a single. Scores are level, Faltum need to get bat on ball and run for everything!
19.4 Georgia Prestwidge to Annabel Sutherland, SIX! BANG! Sutherland you beauty, what hitting from the superstar. Change of pace, too short on the off-stump, Sutherland gets into position and SMOKES it over long-on fence for a maximum. Need 2 off 2 now!
19.4 Georgia Prestwidge to Annabel Sutherland, WIDE! Pressure, pressure, pressure, Prestwidge bowls that one way outside the off-stump, called a wide.
That means Georgia Prestwidge to finish the last three deliveries, can she hold her nerve? She has 9 to defend of the three balls!
Molinuex slips while she finishes her delivery and she's in some pain, the physios are out and she might've hurt her ankle or something and is been taken back to the dressing room, that's a big blow for Renegades!
19.3 Sophie Molineux to Annabel Sutherland, SIX MORE! Is Sutherland on to something here? Shimmies down the track for the length delivery and CLUBBED it over deep square-leg fence for another maximum.
19.2 Sophie Molineux to Annabel Sutherland, SIX! BANG! Length delivery on the middle and off, Sutherland skips down the track and DISPATCHES it over long-on for a maximum.
19.1 Sophie Molineux to Nicole Faltum, length delivery on the off-stump, Faltum swatted it down to long-on, they take on the fielder and then sprint back for the tight brace as the throw comes to the keeper's end, whips the bails off but Faltum puts in the dive, she gets in time.
Sophie Molineux to bowl the final over!
It has gotten out of the reach of the Melbourne Stars this game now, they need 22 of the last over here.
19
overs
126/5score
1
1
0
1
1
2
runs
Annabel Sutherland
41(24)
Nicole Faltum*
7(7)
Shabnim Ismail
0/32
18.6 Shabnim Ismail to Nicole Faltum, DROPPED! What an effort that from Coyte at deep mid-wicket, she threw herself at it but can't cling on. Faltum heaves that one to deep mid-wicket where Coyte puts in a desperate dive.
18.5 Shabnim Ismail to Annabel Sutherland, nails the yorker on the leg-stump, not much Sutherland could've done about it as she drills it to deep mid-wicket for one.