Sydney Thunder Women Vs Melbourne Stars Women Match 32 10 November 2023

32nd T20 • North Sydney Oval • Sydney

Sydney Thunder Women

125 (20)

Melbourne Stars Women

121/9 (20)

ST-W won by 4 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Hannah Darlington

1(2)

5/10

ST-W

MS-W

Info

Sydney Thunder Women

125/10 (20)

Batters

Chamari Atapattu

106.25

c M Lanning b R McKenna

Tahlia Wilson

86.67

c R McKenna b A Sutherland

Phoebe Litchfield

62.50

c A Sutherland b R McKenna

Heather Knight

(C)

128.57

c S Day b A Sutherland

Marizanne Kapp

50.00

b R McKenna

Anika Learoyd

122.22

c A Capsey b S Day

Claire Moore

0.00

c N Faltum b A Sutherland

Sammy Jo Johnson

66.67

b S Day

Hannah Darlington

50.00

c A Sutherland b S Day

Lauren Smith

0.00

Not out

Samantha Bates

133.33

lbw b S Day

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.25)

125/10

Bowlers

EXT

4.50

5.50

4.50

6.00

8.75

10.00

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tahlia Wilson

c R McKenna b A Sutherland

1-30

4.5

Chamari Atapattu

c M Lanning b R McKenna

2-36

6.1

Phoebe Litchfield

c A Sutherland b R McKenna

3-39

6.6

Marizanne Kapp

b R McKenna

4-63

10.4

Anika Learoyd

c A Capsey b S Day

5-88

13.3

Claire Moore

c N Faltum b A Sutherland

6-90

14.6

Heather Knight

c S Day b A Sutherland

7-111

18.5

Hannah Darlington

c A Sutherland b S Day

8-115

19.1

Sammy Jo Johnson

b S Day

9-116

19.3

Samantha Bates

lbw b S Day

10-125

19.6

Melbourne Stars Women

121/9 (20)

Batters

Sophia Dunkley

0.00

b M Kapp

Meg Lanning

(C)

100.00

c T Wilson b HJ Darlington

Alice Capsey

142.11

c T Wilson b HJ Darlington

Annabel Sutherland

75.00

c T Wilson b HJ Darlington

Maia Bouchier

82.14

c LG Smith b HJ Darlington

Nicole Faltum

40.00

c M Kapp b S Bates

Kim Garth

0.00

b HJ Darlington

Rhys McKenna

28.57

lbw b LG Smith

Sasha Maloney

66.67

b SJ Johnson

Sophie Day *

60.00

Not out

Milly Illingworth

175.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.05)

121/9

Bowlers

EXT

9.00

6.50

4.00

2.50

7.50

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sophia Dunkley

b M Kapp

1-0

0.2

Alice Capsey

c T Wilson b HJ Darlington

2-45

5.4

Annabel Sutherland

c T Wilson b HJ Darlington

3-55

7.1

Meg Lanning

c T Wilson b HJ Darlington

4-56

7.5

Nicole Faltum

c M Kapp b S Bates

5-61

8.6

Kim Garth

b HJ Darlington

6-62

9.5

Rhys McKenna

lbw b LG Smith

7-70

11.6

Maia Bouchier

c LG Smith b HJ Darlington

8-95

16.2

Sasha Maloney

b SJ Johnson

9-103

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

10 Nov, 09:50 AM IST

Venue

North Sydney Oval

Match

32nd T20,

Womens Big Bash League

Umpires

A Hamilton (New Zealand), Troy Penman (Australia), David Taylor (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Bernard (Australia)

Toss

Sydney Thunder Women elected to bat

1 W 0 0 0 1

Over 17

Runs: 2

0 1wd 1 1 1 0 0

Over 18

Runs: 4

2 W 6 1 1 4 1

Over 19

Runs: 15

0 1 0 1 1 0

Over 20

Runs: 3

All Overs

Player of the Match Hannah Darlington

1(2)

5/10

Commentary

Thanks a lot for joining us- Rudransh Khurana and Mohul Bhowmick- for this exciting game of cricket from Sydney. Don't go elsewhere (just switch tabs) as I, Mohul, will be back with Bidipto Datta to bring to you another game from the same venue- the Sydney Sixers taking on the Hobart Hurricanes- soon!

Hannah Darlington is the Player of the Match, let's hear from her: We were a little bit stressed at the end. I didn't like when we didn't have a lot of control but we showed what we wanted to do! There was a bit in the wicket. That's the first time I just tried to bowl as fast as possible instead of using variations. Loved every bit of it. Pre season was pretty hard but it's all worth it in moments like this. We are just having so much fun, Chamari's been a great addition. We are much more rounded and not relying on one player. (Heather Knight) I have been a bit of shadow to her. The calmness, reassurance she gives is incredible. She's also a bit of a kid and is having a great time!

Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Stars by 4 runs!

Heather Knight 45 (35) | Hannah Darlington 5-10
Alice Capsey 27 (19) Sophie Day 4-35

Even the most ardent of the Sydney Thunder Women supporters would not have thought that their team would put up such a stunning bowling performance.

Hannah Darlington was the star of the show for the women in fluorescent green and who ensured that the Stars were sent packing. Chasing such a modest total of 126 must have seemed like a walk in the park for the Stars, but none of their batters chose to take up the responsibility needed to see them through.

Only skipper Meg Lanning batted for a while but after she was gone, it seemed like a virtual circus. Annabel Sutherland, Alice Capsey and Sophia Dunkley, the other senior batters in the side, all flattered to deceive.

The Thunder did not give up on this game and were bang on target from the get-go. Marizanne Kapp's beautiful inswinger that castled Dunkley for a two-ball duck was what started the show for the Thunder.

The Stars relied heavily upon their skipper Lanning, but she was unable to provide them with much comfort. This win will give the Thunder a lot of confidence going further into the competition.

Absolute heartbreak for Illingworth! She brought the Thunder back into the game, but could not quite finish it off!

overs

125 /10 score

1lb

5wd

runs

Samantha Bates *

4 (3)

Lauren Smith

0 (1)

Sophie Day

4 /35

19.6 Chamari Athapaththu to Milly Illingworth, MILLY MISSES IT! The 18-year-old brought her team so close when they had no hope but missed this tossed up delivery outside the off-stump! Chamari's experience prevails, Thunder sneak in another win by just 4 runs!

Oopsie! Athapaththu tries to run Day out at the non-striker's end while delivering the ball but pulls out at the last moment!

19.5 Chamari Athapaththu to Sophie Day, outside the leg-stump, pushed to deep square and Milly is back on strike!

19.4 Chamari Athapaththu to Milly Illingworth, BRINGS OUT THE REVERSE SWEEP! Full outside the leg stump and she goes for it but gets as far as third man

Just a few singles...

19.3 Chamari Athapaththu to Sophie Day, full on fourth stump, Day drives it down the ground to bring Milly back on strike

19.2 Chamari Athapaththu to Milly Illingworth, oh! Full outside the off-stump and sends it just past Chamari's fingers for one

19.1 Chamari Athapaththu to Milly Illingworth, good length ball outside the off-stump, Milly lines up to go over deep square but misses the pull!

Chamari Athapaththu [1-0-9-0] will bowl the final over.

The Stars need just nine runs to win this game! Illingworth appears to have a calm head upon her shoulders. She can try to take her team towards glory.

overs

117 /9 score

2nb

runs

Milly Illingworth *

12 (4)

Sophie Day

4 (8)

Sammy-Jo Johnson

1 /30

18.6 Sammy-Jo Johnson to Milly Illingworth, short and wide, cut to point! She almost got it in the gap again but would take the single

Things are changing completely here!