Vics make it two from two to end year on Spirited high
SPIRITS are nice and high in the Victorian camp at the moment after they defeated New South Wales (NSW) for the second time in the space of a week yesterday. After Victoria posted 7/284, NSW was bowled out for only 224. A 67-run opening partnership and a 98 run third wicket partnership is what really […]
Big win over rival sees Victoria’s Spirit boosted
VICTORIA is on the board this WNCL season, after a massive seven-wicket win against old rivals New South Wales. After the Breakers were bowled out for 202, the Victorians reached the target with 11 overs spare. The Breakers made an okay start to their innings, but once their fourth wicket fell things really started to […]
Sophie’s Day helps Stars win big
IN one of their best performances of the season, Melbourne Stars defeated Perth Scorchers by 33 runs. After the Stars posted 6/157 from their 20 overs, a strong bowling performance helped them restrict the Scorchers to 9/124. The Stars got off to a pretty quick start but lost their first wicket early, but then things […]
Another mixed day for Melbourne in WBBL
SUNDAY’S action in the WBBL saw a double header at Melbourne’s Junction Oval, but things did not all go to plan for the two home sides. Hurricanes do it easy against Renegades The first half of the double header was not great for home side in the Renegades, who were easily beaten by the Hobart […]
Sydney’s Friday in the WBBL
YESTERDAY in the WBBL was a successful one for those from Sydney, with both the Thunder and Sixers picking up wins. Thunder survive nail biter The Sydney Thunder strongly defended a low total to defeat the Melbourne Stars by four runs. After the Thunder were bowled out for 125, the Stars fell agonisingly short but […]
Sophie’s Day not enough to get Stars over the line
AFTER the most agonising of defeats to the Sydney Sixers yesterday, Melbourne Stars bowler Sophie Day was understandably frustrated with how things ended up. “It’s a bit disappointing” she said. “I think we had it there and I think we did majority right. We’re just coming in a bit on the wrong side of things […]
Sixers and Strikers triumph over Vics on historic day
YETERDAY’s action in the WBBL was not a positive one for the teams from Melbourne, with the Stars and Renegades both losing, to the Sixers and Strikers respectively. Historic trip east sees Sixers prevail in nail biter The Sydney Sixers reversed the result from their last match with the Melbourne Stars, defeating them this time […]
Hurricanes help stay in touch with top half of table
THE Hobart Hurricanes picked up a crucial third win of the season, downing the Melbourne Stars by six wickets. Melbourne batted first and made 8/142, before the Hurricanes made the target with four balls to spare. The Stars’ batting innings could not have gotten off to a much worse start, falling to 1/0 and then […]
Two big wins for different reasons in WBBL
YESTERDAY’S action in the WBBL saw the Stars get back on the winners list and Adelaide make a massive statement. Stars back on winners list with win over Perth In the first match of the day the Melbourne Stars returned to the winners list with a seven run win over the Perth Scorchers. The Stars […]
Stars crash back to earth as Strikers make historic statement
THE Adelaide Strikers started their WBBL title defence in record fashion, thrashing the Melbourne Stars by 148 runs. In doing so they restricted the Stars to the record lowest WBBL total and handed themselves the record for the biggest ever winning margin in the process. The Strikers batted first, and openers Katie Mack and Laura […]
