Sophie Devine seems to be in the form of her life as after scoring a hundred in her last game against the Sydney Thunder Women, she went on to win the Super Over for her team Perth Scorchers Women against Adelaide Strikers Women to win to back to back games and move up to the third spot in the points table, just two points below leaders Melbourne Renegades Women.
While batting first after winning the toss, Scorchers could get to only 121-5 as the wicket was low and slow at Lilac Hill Park in Perth. Chasing the small target of 122, Strikers didn’t have a great start either as they were reduced to 88-7 in the 17th over and required 34 from 23 balls with only bowling all-rounder and experienced Tegan McPharlin in the middle alongside fast bowler Sarah Coyte.
The two were able to score 33 off the last 23 balls, which resulted in the match getting tied and as a result, Perth Scorchers and Women’s Big Bash League 2021 saw its second Super Over. In the Super Over, Strikers batted first as they had batted second in the main match. Unable to score even a single boundary against Marizanne Kapp, Strikers could reach only nine runs in the only over.
It seemed like getting close as 10 runs were required of the last over and Megan Schutt, an experienced international player, who in the main game had given only 19 runs in her four overs, was going to bowl it. However, Sophie Devine had other ideas and hit two sixes off the first two balls to end the game without any fuss whatsoever.
As far as the Indian talent was concerned, it was a mixed day as Deepti Sharma with her all-around show won the first game for Sydney Thunder against Melbourne Stars. She scored 16 off 14 balls and took 3-25 in her four overs in the defence of 133. Courtesy of her all-around show, the Thunder managed to win the game by 19 runs. Smriti Mandhana, who played in the same game failed with the bat as she was out for only three runs.
In another game, four Indians were in the fray as Melbourne Renegades faced Sydney Sixers. Harmanpreet Kaur’s 43 off 32 along with Jemimah Rodriguez’s 25 off 28 and Jess Duffin’s 41 off 32 balls pushed the Gades to 142 in their 20 overs.
Radha Yadav, bowling for Sixers did pick a wicket in her four overs, but Shafali Verma failed to get going once again as she was pushed down the order to bat at number four. She could score only 20 off 15 balls as Sixers failed to chase the total, remaining 12 runs behind the target.