Meg Lanning’s 76 off 40 balls gave the Perth Scorchers the impetus they needed to break down the Sydney Thunder’s imposing target of 180, reaching it with just one ball to spare.
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Sydney Thunder 179-5 (RL Haynes 50, H Kaur 45, RH Priest 43, SR Taylor 24 not out; P Cleary 2-28, T Peschel 1-33, NE Bolton 1-34, KL Cross 1-35)
Perth Scorchers 180-4 (MM Lanning 76, EJ Villani 66 not out; NJ Carey 2-35, L Griffith 1-30)
Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets with one ball in hand
Sydney Sixers 132-7 (JC Silk 30, TK Curran 23 not out, MC Henriques 20,
JR Philippe 20; KW Richardson 3-22, D Wildermuth 2-22, Usman Shinwari 1-17, Mohammad Nabi 1-17)
Melbourne Renegades 99-9 (MW Harvey 30; TK Curran 3-18, BAD Manenti 2-13, SA Abbott 2-16, SNJ O’Keefe 2-19)
Sydney Sixers won by 33 runs
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