Hobart Hurricanes 139 for 7 (Lee 44, K Bryce 34*, Devine 4-26) won Perth Scorchers 138 (Mooney 50, A Smith 3-17) for three wickets
Hobart Hurricanes ended Perth Scorchers’ WBBL campaign as they all but secured a place in the finals after defeating the home team by three wickets.
The Hurricanes defeated Scorchers for 138 at the WACA Ground in Perth on Saturday night, after the home team lost their last seven wickets for 20 runs in 27 balls, amid a calamitous collapse of 8 for 33, before catch the target with 14 deliveries to spare. .
The pair helped the Hurricanes (10 points) leapfrog the Scorchers (nine) into fourth place in the standings and into the box seat for a place in the final.
The sixth-placed Sydney Sixers (eight points) still have a slim chance of overtaking the Hurricanes of the four. They will need to beat the Brisbane Heat at Allan Border Field on Sunday night, the final game of the competition, by a margin large enough for their net run. -rate (-0.367) to surpass that of Hurricanes (+0.189).
Devine then castled Tabitha Saville and Molly Strano in her third over to have the Hurricanes down seven in the 13th over before Bryce and Lauren Smith saved the day.
Amy Smith made a good catch to get rid of Devine, before taking the key wicket of Mooney, who took a catch to Bates. Spinners Amy Smith and Lauren Smith plus four escapes led to the dramatic demise.
