Satterthwaite MVP of Big Bash series
New Zealand’s Sara McGlashan was part of a dominant Sydney Sixers victory in the Women’s Big Bash League cricket final while compatriot Amy Satterthwaite was named player of the tournament.
McGlashan wasn’t required to bat as the Sixers crushed Perth Scorchers by nine wickets in Sunday’s final in Adelaide.
After bowling Perth out for 99, the Sixers cruised to their target with 31 balls to spare at Adelaide Oval to win back-to-back WBBL crowns.
The Sixers defeated the Scorchers in last year’s final and now have two wins in three WBBL tournaments – they were beaten grand finalists in the first edition.
Satterthwaite’s Melbourne Renegades missed out on making the final but the White Ferns allrounder was rewarded for a stellar tournament after scoring
368 runs at an average of 33.45 and also taking 11 wickets.
Satterthwaite polled 35 votes to win the top player award from Scorchers captain Elyse Villani
(28) and Sixers skipper Ellyse Perry (27).
Chasing their small target in the decider, Sixers openers Alyssa Healy and Perry ensured a trouble-free victory.
Healy was dismissed for 41 from 32 balls while Perry (36 not out) hit the winning runs, with Ashleigh Gardner not out 22.
Earlier, the Scorchers stumbled with the bat against a miserly Sixers bowling attack headed by Sarah Coyte.
Coyte, who only returning to top-level cricket last weekend after almost a year off while battling anxiety, took 3-17 from her four overs.
Spinner Erin Burns claimed
2-26 while Perry, Sarah Aley and Kim Garth were the other wicket takers.
The Scorchers collapsed midinnings when they lost four wickets in four consecutive overs.
From 23-0, Perth slumped to
41-4 with their chief run scorers this tournament failing to fire – Villani made 16 and her opening partner Nicole Bolton five.
Heather Graham (14) and New Zealander Thamsyn Newton (12) tried to arrest the slide before No 8 Piepa Cleary top scored with 18 not out. The men’s final was played last night between Adelaide and Hobart.