Hobart Hurricanes 212 for 3 (Lee 101*, Graham 55*, Wareham 2-30) beat Melbourne Renegades 119 all out (de Broughe 40, Gibson 4-25, Smith 3-17) by 93 runs
South African opener Lizelle Lee has stored the Hobart Hurricanes’ hopes of creating the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) finals alive with a strong century in a record-breaking effort by the hosts towards the Melbourne Renegades.
Sparked by Lee’s 101 not out off 53 balls, Hobart piled up 212 for 3 in Thursday’s match, eclipsing their earlier highest WBBL innings rating by 16 runs. The Renegades scored 23 off their first two overs however then misplaced three wickets for seven runs and collapsed once more on the finish, shedding 4 for 3 to be dismissed for 119 off 16.2 overs. The 93-run victory margin was the Hurricanes’ largest WBBL win by runs and lifted them from sixth to fifth and inside a degree of the fourth-placed Brisbane Heat. All three groups have another recreation.
Lee pounded the Renegades assault, putting 12 fours and 4 sixes, peppering the legside boundaries together with her highly effective strokes. She featured in partnerships of 55 with Elyse Villani (22 off 14) and Nicola Carey (24 off 23) and a match-tilting fourth-wicket stand of 102 off simply 46 balls with Heather Graham (55 not out off 28).
Renowned big-hitter Lee introduced up her third WBBL ton and her first for the Hurricanes within the ultimate over whereas Graham smashed a six off the penultimate ball of the innings to notch her first half-century of the WBBL season.
Georgia Wareham briefly dragged the Renegades into the sport with two wickets from her first three balls of her spell In the sixth over. But Hurricanes regained the initiative, once they took their Power Surge straight after the mid-innings drinks break. They plundered 14 off every of the 2 overs and continued their onslaught for the rest of the innings regardless of the sluggish outfield depriving them of a number of extra runs.
South African pacer Shabnim Ismail (2-21) broke via the Renegades’ high order and spinners Maisy Gibson (4-25) and Amy Smith (3-17) cleaned up the remainder. Smith took all of her wickets in a single over on her approach to registering her greatest WBBL figures.
Wicketkeeper Lee supplemented her batting heroics with an incredible legside catch to dismiss Indian star Harmanpreet Kaur for a third-ball duck.
Emma de Broughe (40 not out off 19) was the one Renegades batter to impress, enjoying a number of luxurious offside drives amongst her eight boundaries.
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