West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews scored 69 and took two wickets as Melbourne Renegades beat Brisbane Warmth to win a rain-affected girls’s Large Bash League ultimate.
Renegades had been victorious by seven runs on the DLS technique to safe their first silverware within the tenth season of the event.
Matthews led their cost, hitting her runs off 61 balls earlier than being dismissed within the ultimate over as her aspect made 141-9.
Rain started falling within the fourth over of the Warmth’s run chase once they had been 15-2, with the covers approaching on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
Their innings was decreased to 12 overs and Warmth had been set a revised 98-run goal to win.
However Georgia Redmayne fell for 16 quickly after the restart earlier than Matthews eliminated Charli Knott and Laura Harris in successive balls.
Captain Jess Jonassen did her finest to get them over the road with an unbeaten 44 off 28, however Warmth completed on 90-6 to undergo a second successive WBBL ultimate defeat.
“It is pure elation. It has been an extended 10 years on the Renegades, loads of highs and lows,” stated Melbourne skipper Sophie Molineux.
“It is simply been so good this yr. I am simply actually glad for everybody concerned. It does imply so much.”
