WBBL finals: Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Stars to become new champions
A superb all-round effort helped Sydney Thunder defeat Melbourne Stars in the finals of WBBL 6 played at North Oval, Sydney on Saturday. Melbourne Stars captain Meg Lanning won the bat flip and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for Stars as Ismail produced a beauty to dismiss Elysse Villani. The pitch had some seam movement as Thunder bowlers exploited the conditions brilliantly. Meg Lanning played some lovely shots while du Preez also struggled against Thunder bowlers. Johnson struck again to get rid of du Preez to leave Stars in trouble. At the end of the first six overs, Stars scored 20 for 2. Ismail produced a cracker to get rid of Meg Lanning to leave Stars in big trouble. Thunder bowlers kept on asking tough questions that Stars batters did not have answers. Sutherland provided some resistance for Stars with a run ball 20 while Brunt remained not out on 22 off 27 balls. Thunder never allowed Stars batters to score runs easily and restricted them to 86 for ...