Women's Big Bash League Challenger: Brisbane Heat Women beat Sydney Thunder Women to go through to Final

Friday 29 November 2024

Brisbane Heat's Jess Jonassen leads them to Final

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Brisbane Heat Women beat Sydney Thunder Women by 9 wickets in the Challenger, at the Allan Border Field, Brisbane, to go through to Final of WBBL 2024, against Melbourne Renegades Women.

Match Summary

Brisbane Heat Women vs Sydney Thunder Women, Challenger

Brisbane Heat Women 134/1 (15.2 ov)

Sydney Thunder Women 133/7 (20 ov)

Result - Brisbane Heat Women won by 9 wickets

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Match Analysis

Georgia Redmayne and Jemimah Rodrigues guided Brisbane Heat to a comfortable chase in the Challenger to book Finals spot

Brisbane Heat have stormed into a second consecutive Weber WBBL Final after thrashing Sydney Thunder by nine wickets, setting up a mouth-watering showdown with Melbourne Renegades at the MCG.

Set a below-par target of 134 for a spot in Sunday's decider, Georgia Redmayne anchored the chase with an unbeaten 41-ball 51, aided by Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 30) and Charli Knott (19 off 16), as the Heat got home with 4.4 overs to spare in front of a sold-out home crowd at Allan Border Field.

It means the in-form Heat, who have now won six games on the bounce, will board a flight to Melbourne on Saturday, where they will meet the resurgent Renegades in a final beginning at 1.20pm AEDT on Sunday.

Put in to bat on a humid evening in Brisbane, a WBBL record eighth-wicket stand of 67 between Hannah Darlington (40no from 29) and Taneale Peschel (24no from 16) rescued the Thunder from a precarious position at 7-69, helping them post a target of 7-

Match Stats

Brisbane Heat Women Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Georgia Voll - 4.1 ov), 2-42 (Chamari Atapattu - 7.1 ov), 3-51 (Tahlia Wilson - 8.5 ov), 4-56 (Phoebe Litchfield - 10.2 ov), 5-56 (Georgia Adams - 10.5 ov), 6-61 (Sammy Jo Johnson - 11.3 ov), 7-69 (Anika Learoyd - 13.5 ov)

Sydney Thunder Women Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Grace Harris - 1.3 ov)