Adelaide Strikers 171 (Patterson 44, Wellington 40, Prendergast 39) won Sydney Sixers 160 for 9 (Bryce 62, Perry 54, Mushangwe 3-27) in 11 runs
Bridget Patterson was involved in an unpleasant incident beyond grounds control during the Adelaide Strikers’ victory over the Sydney Sixers at North Sydney Oval, where Amanda-Jade Wellington built a key all-round show.
In the fourth over of the Sixers’ chase, Patterson took a ball to the face from a 119km/h supply through Darcie Brown, who dived in front of her and kicked up, putting her even in the perfect frame. He stayed in the meadow with a physical therapist and a doctor briefly in the farmland, and after a few minutes, Patterson was able to leave. She remained in the paddock for the remainder of the game and will be evaluated further.
“It was a nasty injury,” Strikers tutor Luke Williams said after the attack. “Obviously we were all worried about her, but it looks like she escaped a serious injury. It certainly was unpleasant at the time with the cut.”
Patterson had previously played a key role with the bat as the Strikers’ middle order produced an impressive counter-attack to enable the visitors to claim their first personal defense win.
In response, Ellyse Perry dominated the early levels of the chase with a 26-ball fifty. The next Sarah Bryce inspired once again with 62 off 44 balls but if she fell to Megan Schutt the innings impulsively paled in a fall of 6 for 18. Legspinners Wellington and Anesu Mushangwe were astonishing in the maximum overs with the former conveniently covering 14 of the extreme.
Patterson, Wellington and Orla Prendergast combined to put together 123 balls between them from 92 balls with 32 runs coming from the 2 power overs. Wellington, in particular, eased the restrictions with two sixes and three fours off Ash Gardner and Lauren Cheatle to complete with 40 for 16.
Those contributions allowed Strikers to recover from 51 for 4 in the seventh over the next Cheatle who had made early inroads before Perry latched on to a return catch, with a juggle, to set up Laura Wolvaardt.
Perry and Bryce added 80 off 50 balls for the second wicket with Perry tying 11 boundaries even though she was once delivered to long on 17. The remarkable quick Brown got rid of Perry when she edged a down scale ball for leg advantageous and the Sixers suffered another bout of friction when Gardner fell into the five-ball trap.
But 19-year-olds Bryce and Elsa Hunter, in their WBBL debut, scored 53 off 35 balls to put the target in the eye helped by some Strikers private catches but could not finish the process for a team from the Sixers stretched. to the limits as a shock.
