Sydney Thunder 173 for three (Voll 97*) beat Perth Scorchers 170 for five (Mooney 97, Devine 44, Peschel 3-28) through seven wickets
Voll collision 13 fours and a six in her career-best innings, surpassing the 92 she made in opposition to Adelaide Strikers previous this year.
“It sits pretty high,” Voll stated of her player-of-the-match efficiency. “To be chasing sort of a biggish total and to have the backing from the coaches to just go out there and play my way and for it to come off like this is pretty special.”
Voll’s 64-run partnership with Heather Knight used to be the most important for Thunder. The 21-year-old clear she took inspiration from Hobart Hurricanes opener Lizelle Lee’s record-breaking feats with the bat this year.
“I actually watched Lizelle Lee bat the other day and noticed that I’ve been trying to go a little bit hard too early,” Voll stated. “I sort of just took my time a little bit more and took the strike off Atha [Chamari Athapaththu] at the start there as well. It was just sort of lucky to come off.”
Mooney had seemed like she will be the match-winner with the bat when she made essentially the most of Thunder’s dropped catches. She used to be put ill 3 times earlier than attaining 20 and once more quickly nearest ticking off every other half-century.
Sophie Devine used to be additionally given an early while through Thunder and the skilled pair placed on a 112-run partnership for Scorchers’ 3rd wicket. Devine fell to Taneale Peschel and Mooney used to be out lbw to Shabnim Ismail within the ultimate over, falling narrowly trim of what would were her fourth WBBL century.
Amy Edgar got rid of Knight and Scorchers regarded headed for victory when Thunder’s required run fee climbed above 10. However Voll took fee with assistance from Anika Learoyd to steer Thunder house.
