Adelaide Strikers 169 for 6 (Wolvaardt, Mandhana 41, Mack 41, King 3-29) won Perth Scorchers 139 (Halliday 47, Schutt 3-19) for 30 runs
With two games remaining, Scorchers remain in fifth place with eight points and trail fourth-placed Hobart Hurricanes by a considerable difference in run rate.
The forwards, champions of the last two tournaments, rose from the bottom of the standings to seventh place: they have six points but only one game left.
The strikers were sent to the bat openers. Mandhana and Mack made an instant impact, taking 40 off the opening four overs. They reached 81 in the 10th over when Mandhana was caught at mid-off off Sophie Devine’s bowling, ending a knock with five fours and a six.
Just eight balls later, Mack advanced down the field, but was beaten by a perfect delivery from Alana King and stumped.
Wolvaardt soon took center stage with her rapid innings with three fours and three sixes, two off consecutive balls from Chloe Ainsworth.
The South African was caught at the cover boundary with three balls remaining and King finished with another knock off the last ball, giving her figures of 3 for 29.
The Scorchers’ chase started terribly with Maddy Darke bowled by Schutt’s second ball. And in the third over, Schutt struck with consecutive deliveries, dismissing Dayalan Hemalatha and bowling Amy Edgar for a golden duck with a top-order inswinger, to boast figures of 3 for 6.
Schutt was denied a hat-trick by Scorchers stalwart Beth Mooney, who fell in the next over for 6 as the Scorchers fell to 17 for 4 in 3.3 overs. Skipper Devine and new signing Brooke Halliday recovered, but the task was beyond them.