Perry’s Unbeaten 84 Seals One-Run WBBL Thriller as Sixers Stay Perfect

Ellyse Perry turned back the clock at Junction Oval on Friday night, striking an unbeaten 84 from 57 balls to steer the Sydney Sixers to a heart-stopping one-run win over the Melbourne Stars in WBBL|12.

The Sixers had stumbled to 25 for 2 early on, but Perry rebuilt the innings with 13 fours and a six, adding useful stands with Ashleigh Gardner, who made 34 from 23, and Erin Burns, who chipped in with 29 from 21, as Sydney posted 160 for 5.

Melbourne lost Rhys McKenna to the first ball of the chase and captain Meg Lanning for just two, yet a late flurry from Danielle Gibson, 31 from 20, and an unbeaten 21 from 13 by Georgia Prestwidge dragged them to the brink. Needing eight from the final over, the Stars fell one short as Sarah Coyte held her nerve, conceding only six runs to leave them on 159 for 7.

Coyte delivers when it matters

Coyte finished with modest figures of 1 for 27, but her final over was the difference — Gibson holed out in the deep and the Stars could not find the boundary they needed to steal the points.

Sixers stay perfect

The win keeps Sydney unbeaten at 3-0 and top of the early standings, while the Stars slip to 1-3 after a third defeat in four outings.

Source: cricket.com.au