Sydney Thunder left with the lengthy haul in bid for WBBL title

Sydney Sixers 126 for 1 (Perry 82*) beat Sydney Thunder 123 (Knight 38, Litchfield 34, Gardner 4-26) by nine-wickets

Sydney Thunder have been left having to undertake a hasty cross-country journey of their bid to succeed in the WBBL last after falling to defeat in opposition to native rivals Sixers on the SCG.

Thunder will now face Brisbane Heat within the Eliminator on Tuesday on the WACA earlier than the winner backs up in opposition to Perth Scorchers a day later in a bid to play Adelaide Strikers in subsequent Saturday’s last.

Such is the condensed nature of schedule, the Thunder gamers boarded a coach to the airport instantly after the Sixers match concluded to catch a five-hour flight to Perth and guarantee they’d a day to arrange within the metropolis on Monday.

Thunder’s common season has stuttered to a conclusion after they have been effectively positioned to push for prime spot a few weeks in the past. Instead, 5 defeats of their final six video games has seen them cling onto fourth place that means they (and Heat) should win three matches to take the title.

“We are clearly going to should do issues the onerous means now with a flight over there and win three video games to attempt to win it. We’ve received to park what occurred at the back of the group levels and transfer on.”

Against Sixers, in front of a crowd of 7118 to complete the three days of matches at major stadiums, a batting collapse proved costly as Thunder lost their last eight wickets for 39 including the last five in the space of 11 balls.

Thunder thought they had broken through early when Sam Bates had Suzie Bates lbw, but DRS showed there had been a thin bottom edge on the sweep.

From there a gap stand of 59, dominated by Perry, set the bottom for the chase earlier than Bates fell to a superb leg-side stumping by Tahlia Wilson. But Perry eased to a 44-ball fifty and completed the sport in a rush of boundaries leaving Thunder to gather their already-packed luggage and head straight to the airport.