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Sixers hold their nerve to seal first WBBL|09 win

Ashleigh Gardner kept her cool to stave off the fast-finishing Renegades and claim the Sixers' first points of the season

Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers | WBBL|09

Ashleigh Gardner held off a late Renegades charge led by Georgia Wareham and Sarah Coyte, helping seal a six-run win to open the Sydney Sixers’ account in Weber WBBL|09.

The Renegades looked well out of their pursuit of the Sixers’ 7-164 at 7-107, needing 58 runs off 26 balls.

But Wareham (30 from 21) and Coyte (21 from 10) hammered 26 runs off the 18th over to set up a thrilling finish.

Tryon hammers 41 off 16 to boost Sixers

With 22 runs required off the last two overs, Coyte holed out before Wareham struck another boundary, leaving 13 to get off Gardner in the last.

The Australian leg-spinner has crafted a reputation as a damaging finisher of late but when she was bowled by Gardner (2-37) to leave 10 needed off three, it was beyond No.11 Sara Kennedy on debut.

Earlier the Renegades had made a flying start thanks to opener Tammy Beaumont, who hit seven fours and two maximums in a 24-ball 43.

Perry plunders first fifty of WBBL|09

But when Maitlan Brown (2-26) removed both Beaumont and Hayley Matthews in the space of three balls, the momentum sapped out of the Renegades’ chase.

Josie Dooley (19 off 19), Harmanpreet Kaur (8 from 13) and Jess Duffin (1 from 4) could not get going, leaving it to Wareham and Coyte to try and save the game in the final overs.

Teenage wicketkeeper Kate Pelle continued to impress filling Alyssa Healy’s role behind the stumps, including a sharp direct-hit run out to remove Kaur.

Kaur run out after teen 'keeper throws down the stumps

Earlier, Ellyse Perry (50 from 41) and Gardner (37 from 30) made starts for the Sixers but when both fell midway through the innings, the Sixers looked unlikely to reach 150.

Then came powerful South African Chloe Tryon to the rescue, as she smacked 41 off 16 balls – including three sixes in the final over of the innings – to power the Sixers to 7-164.

The result leaves both teams at 1-3 after four games, with the Sixers in fifth spot and the Renegades in sixth on the ladder.

Weber WBBL|09 standings

Team
Matches played
M
Wins
W
Losses
L
Ties
T
No results
N/R
Net Run Rate
NRR
Deductions
Ded.
Total points
PTS
1 Adelaide Strikers Women Adelaide Strikers Women STR 14 11 3 0 0 1.154 0 22
2 Perth Scorchers Women Perth Scorchers Women SCO 14 8 6 0 0 0.784 0 16
3 Brisbane Heat Women Brisbane Heat Women HEA 14 8 6 0 0 0.203 0 16
4 Sydney Thunder Women Sydney Thunder Women THU 14 7 6 0 1 0.298 0 15
5 Sydney Sixers Women Sydney Sixers Women SIX 14 7 7 0 0 -0.253 0 14
6 Hobart Hurricanes Women Hobart Hurricanes Women HUR 14 6 7 0 1 -0.597 0 13
7 Melbourne Stars Women Melbourne Stars Women STA 14 6 8 0 0 -0.779 0 12
8 Melbourne Renegades Women Melbourne Renegades Women REN 14 2 12 0 0 -0.978 0 4

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points