Hobart Hurricanes 191 for 2 (Lee 103, Carey 64) won Adelaide Strikers 163 for 3 (Wolvaardt, Mandhana 51) for 28 runs
The Hobart Hurricanes’ opener managed 103 off 59 deliveries as their team beat a struggling Adelaide Strikers team by 28 runs. Lee’s knock, which featured 13 fours and four sixes, came after she hit the WBBL’s highest score of 150 not out against Perth Scorchers on Sunday.
The Hurricanes scored 191 for 2 and restricted the bottom-placed Strikers to 163 for 3 to jump to the top of the table with three matches in hand before the final.
South Africa’s Lee, who retired from international cricket in 2022, had to change bats after hitting a six in the second over. She fell twice in the 20s due to Anesu Mushangwe’s spin in the fourth over and made Strikers pay a heavy price. He made his half-century off just 35 balls with a six before reaching triple figures in the 14th over with a boundary.
Youngster Amy Smith stopped the Strikers in the middle overs and finished with an impressive 1 for 16 in four overs. South African import Laura Wolvaardt was undefeated at 63 for 40, but it wasn’t enough.
