Bullish star duo bent on revenge
JACOB GRAMS y st t e ady e ell he
VMEDIUM pacer Sarah Aley took four wickets as the Sydney Sixers defeated the Adelaide Strikers by 17 runs in yest yesterday’s WBBL semi-final.
C Chasing 139 runs to win, the Stri Strikers suffered a horror collaps lapse, losing three wickets for six runs before reaching 9-121 at A Adelaide Oval.
T The Sixers will seek consecu secutive titles when they play the Perth Scorchers in tomorrow’s final – a rematch of last a year’s decider.
The Strikers lost their initial six wickets in an 18-ball span to cruel their run chase.
A Aley took four of those, star starting the rot by snaring wick wickets with her first two balls.
T Teammate Kim Garth claim claimed two wickets in the nex next over before Aley made ano another double strike in the following over. folloA
Aley had stunning figures of 4-1 a after her initial two overs.
““I don’t think I have had figures like that before,” the medium pacer said.
““For me, it was just a matter of m making sure that I was sticking to my plan and that was to atta attack the stumps.”
A Aley finished with 4-18 from four overs, her feats coming afte after Ashleigh Gardner had toptop-scored with 72 as the Sixers p posted 5-138.
““We thought we needed quit quite a few more runs,” Aley said. said“
“Obviously, in a final, things are a bit different but runs on the board – there is always pressure.” presG
Gardner faced just 45 balls in a knock featuring six sixes and five fours and helped Sydney recover from the loss of ope opener Alyssa Healy (two) from the ninth ball.
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