Sydney Thunder 212 for 5 (Voll 92, Litchfield 49) won Adelaide Strikers 148 (Mack 51, Bates 4-21, Ismail 3-18) by 64 runs
In a record-breaking charge at the North Sydney Oval, Voll’s 92 off 55 balls helped the Thunder to their highest total – 212 for 5.
The result marked the Thunder’s strongest victory in the competition’s 10-year history, and their second win in three games to start the year.
Two-time defending champion Adelaide is now 1-2 entering the summer in the shortened 19-game season.
And Voll was the star on Friday for Thunder, in just the 21-year-old’s third WBBL game since moving from the Brisbane Heat.
Brought to the Thunder on a three-year deal with the opportunity to open, the Queenslander smashed three sixes and 12 boundaries in his knock.
He scored only his second half-century in 61 WBBL games, but offered a glimpse of what is possible at the top of the order.
“Definitely [that’s the best I’ve hit them]” Voll said. “I’ve been up and down the order, so it’s good to be placed at the top of the order, play my role very well and have the support to make my shots.
“It was nice to be able to bat for a long time because I came out pretty cheap in the first two games.”
She effortlessly swept Megan Schutt for an early six, removed Darcie Brown for another six and put spinner Anesu Mushangwe deep in the North Sydney Hill.
The right-hander looked set for a maiden century, before picking out Amanda-Jade Wellington at short fine leg as she tried to remove Orla Prendergast.
Voll’s runs came in the 54-run opening stand with Chamari Athapaththu, before she and Phoebe Litchfield combined for a 96-run second-wicket stand off 52 balls.
Litchfield also peppered the leg boundary in his 49, as he brought in his creative strokeplay with a typical mix of scoops and reverse sweeps.
At one point, the pair added six boundaries in seven balls, taking the game away from Strikers.
Heather Knight scored 28 for 15 in the end as Thunder surpassed their previous high total of 204 and posted the third-highest score of any team in WBBL history.
In response, the Strikers were barely in contention. Only Katie Mack’s 51 kept the innings together early as Shabnim Ismail took 3 for 18 before Bates ran through the middle and lower order.
