Melbourne Renegades Vs Sydney Thunder match highlights
Melbourne Renegades Vs Sydney Thunder match highlights: Melbourne Renegades recorded their second win of the tournament after defeating Sydney Thunder by 5 wickets in the 35th match of the Women’s Big Bash League on Sunday. Let us look into detail at MR-W Vs ST-W Match Highlights.
The low-scoring game was all set to slip out from Melbourne’s hand when they lost three early wickets in the run-chase, but the skipper Sophie Molineux’s led the team home by scoring an unbeaten 55 off 45 and also helped the side to climb up on the points table.
Earlier, Ella Hayward starred with ball for Melbourne as she took 2 wickets in her 4 overs by giving just 14 to restrict the Sydney side for just 121 for 6 in 20 overs.
MR-W Vs ST-W Match Highlights
After winning the toss Sydney opted to bat first. They started the campaign on a defensive note and lost their first wicket in the process when they had only 7 runs on board in the 4th over.
Amy Jones and Sammy-Jo Johnson, however, steadied the ship for them and added 58 for the second wicket. But Elle Hayward, who was bowling just brilliant in the game removed Johnson for 19.
She didn’t stop there and then dismissed the well-set Amy Jones for 53.
Jones took 48 bowls to score 53 with the help of 5 fours. Her knock, however, was crucial as apart from her no other stayed for long at the crease.
With just 86 on board in 15.2, Melbourne needed a solid finish to put up a good score but they failed to do so and only managed to add decent 35 on the last 28 balls and set a target of 122 for Sydney.
Ella Hayward grabbed two wickets for Melbourne by giving just 14 in her 4 overs. Apart from her, Shabnim Ismail also bagged two. While Hayley Matthews took a single wicket.
Melbourne Renegades Vs Sydney Thunder match highlights: Melbourne Renegades to chase 122 in 20 overs
In reply, it was again looking like that Melbourne will again surrender this time, even in a low-scoring game.
They lost their top-3 batters at the score of 30. But it was Sophie Molineux and Courtney Webb’s 52-run partnership for the fourth wicket that brought Melbourne back in the game.
Webb, however left the crease after scoring 29, but Sophie the skipper remained their till the very hand to led her side to the victory.
This victory was important for the Melbourne side, who already lost 6 out 8 games in the tournament so far.
With this win, Melbourne now moved to seventh spot at the points table. While Sydney slipped to the last position.
Melbourne Renegades Vs Sydney Thunder match highlights: Player of the match
Sophie Molineux, the skipper of Melbourne, who rescued her side from collapse and handed a victory by playing an unbeaten knock of 55 off 45 has won the player of the match award.
