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Recent Match Report – Scorchers vs Sixers 18th Match 2023/24
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Recent Match Report – Scorchers vs Sixers 18th Match 2023/24

Perth Scorchers 166 for 8 (King 33*, Gardner 3-38) beat Sydney Sixers 130 for 9 (Perry 59, Edgar 4-19) by 36 runsAmy Edgar and Alana King spun the Perth Scorchers to a clinical 36-run win over the Sydney Sixers at the WACA Ground.After King's unbeaten 33 off 14 balls lifted the Scorchers to 166 for 8, Edgar's career-best 4-19 kept the Sixers to a spluttering 130 for 9Skipper Ellyse Perry was the only Sixers batter to make any impression whatsoever against a stifling performance from the Scorchers' tweakers, with Edgar being well supported by legspinner King."We're trying to make the WACA our fortress and we've done that two games now," player-of-the-match King said. "Bowling out here it's not always spinner-friendly, so when it is we've got to make the most of it. As a spin unit, we're re...
Recent Match Report – Strikers vs Stars 4th Match 2023/24
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Recent Match Report – Strikers vs Stars 4th Match 2023/24

Adelaide Strikers 177 for 3 (Mack 86, Wolvaardt 47, Day 3-24) beat Melbourne Stars 29 (Schutt 3-3, Wellington 3-4) by 148 runsAdelaide Strikes made a sensational record-breaking start to their WBBL title defence, dismissing the Melbourne Stars for just 29 on their way to a crushing 148-run win at Karen Rolton Oval.Put in to bat, Strikers smashed their way to 177 for, with openers Katie Mack and Laura Woolvardt blasting 135 off 14.1 overs.No Stars batter made double figures with Sophia Dunkley top-scoring with 9.Captain Tahlia McGrath picked up the last two wickets to complete the embarrassingly one-sided game.The previous biggest winning margin was Sydney Sixers' 103-run victory over the Hobart Hurricanes."We started unreal with the bat with Katie and Laura and then with the ball as well ...