Lanning powers Scorchers to victory

The Perth Scorchers have moved to within one win of top spot on the Rebel WBBL ladder after defeating the Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs on Sunday.

Comfortably beaten by the Renegades on Saturday, the Scorchers fashioned an impressive 24-hour turnaround to split the weekend WACA double header against the Melbourne outfit.

Perth captain Meg Lanning (70) and fellow opener Elyse Villani (62) laid a sizzling, match-winning platform, combining for 143 for the opening wicket.

It helped usher the Scorchers to 2-172, which was too much for the Renegades who responded with 6-157.

With Lanning still on the comeback trail from injury, Southern Star Villani set the early pace, at one stage outscoring her skipper 58 to 29.

Lanning then switched from sheet anchor to aggressor, the duo's 143-run stand the fourth biggest in WBBL history and the second best for the first wicket.

Lanning smacked three sixes in her 50-ball knock which proved the difference between the two camps.

"It was nice to whack a few around at the end," she said.

"I was a bit slow early, (but) Elyse Villani took the pressure off me.

"We then did a bit of a tag team and I took over towards the end."

Danni Wyatt (42) and Jess Duffin (35) paced the run chase while Renegades captain Amy Satterthwaite (34 not out) was busy in the back half but the asking rate climbed as the visitors were gradually worn down by Perth's attack.

Heather Graham was the best of the bowlers with 2-32, moving to the top of this season's league wicket-taking leaderboard (15 at 14.40) and moving past former spearhead Katherine Brunt for most all-time wickets for the Scorchers.