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The Brisbane Heat appeared to be destined for a coveted three-pac, but the defending champions stumbled into a pathetic collapse on the final hurdle.
WBBL: Laura Kimmince was lucky enough to survive a delivery as the ball failed to release the bail but then smashed the next ball for six to make up for it.
The Sydney Roosters couldn’t make it, the New South Wales Blues certainly couldn’t, and now the Brisbane Heat can join the unwanted club.
The heat plummeted in a Sydney Thunder thriller Thursday night, ending their hunt for a coveted three-goal.
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After the Brisbane-based team found themselves in a position where victory seemed inevitable, they stumbled over the final hurdle. A chaotic breakdown of 6/12 ended their WBBL campaign.
After winning seven games in a row that led to the final series, the Heat were understandably selected as favorites for Thursday’s encounter.
The Batters of Thunder looked destructive in spots during the first innings, but too often gave away cheap wickets.
Opening platform Rachel Trenaman shot herself in the foot in the second round, distracted by an LBW roll call, and stranded halfway up the field.
England international Tammy Beaumont quickly adjusted to the slow wicket and regularly found the limit to the tempo throwers of the heat.
But her premeditated round, fired by a slower ball from Nicola Hancock, ended the cameo, and the unnecessary ball flew straight to Georgia Voll with a short, fine leg.
Heather Knight turned 17 before throwing her arms at a wide delivery from Nadine de Klerk (2/11 out of three overs) and taking the ball straight at Jess Jonassen.
The teenage phenomenon Phoebe Litchfield soon lost her composure, stormed the wicket and missed Amelia Kerr’s targeted false-un, who was stunned almost identical to her last encounter at the WBBL.
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Kerr stopped the flow in the middle overs and ended up 1/19 of four overs. The New Zealand tweaker still offers the best savings rate of the competition with only 5. 32 runs per over.
Donner skipper Rachel Haynes stabilized the ship and put together a patient who didn’t drop out, but her first innings of 6/143 total were still below par.
In response, Bates hit the off-spinner who scored the early breakout and fooled Grace Harris through the air.
Georgia Redmayne returned with a trio of powerful boundaries, spicing up the O’Reilly booth in the middle of the wicket.
But the heat opener fell victim to all-rounder Sammy-Jo Johnson for 25 in the power play and threw a simple catch in the middle.
The field of thunder was impeccable, but Jonassen and de Klerk managed to stabilize the ship and band together into a critical 46-run stand.
Luck seemed to be on the side of the heat when Laura Kimmince was granted an extra life after her first delivery.
With the defending champions in the chase on 4/88, Kimmince attempted an irregular shot of Sam Bates’ bowling, only to get the ball to trickle between her legs and onto the stump.
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The 30-year-old quickly looted 37 of 16 balls, with her classic stroke having two limits and four mammoths.
The match appeared to be balanced at the 10-over mark, but Kimmince’s late fireworks brought the heat within reach of the target.
An economic spell by the South African seaman Shabnim Ismail and a collection of late wickets made for an exciting conclusion, and the match quickly turned back in favor of thunder when Kimmince in 17th. removed by Bates.
Wow, how crazy was the end of this semi-final! Laura Kimmince and Hannah Darlington showed the incredible depth that #WBBL has.
Young Gun Hannah Darlington (3/19 out of three overs) and Johnson (2/14 out of 3). 3 overs) were great on death, cleaning the tail with relentlessly accurate bowling.
Given the heat required 26 out of 31 balls with six wickets in hand at a stage, losing the semifinals by 11 runs was a pathetic result.
Darlington was named player of the game for her death bowling, while Johnson is now the competition’s top wicket taker at 20 scalps.
« We knew as soon as we got into the lower order we could do it, » Darlington told reporters after the game.
« That (Yorker) is a nice strong point when I go there a lot, and it’s a wicket delivery.
« I practiced that a lot. And I’ve been doing that for a few years now. ”
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