Adelaide Strikers sealed a place in the Women’s Big Bash League 2021 finals with one game remaining in the group stages of the tournament. Tahlia McGrath-led team routed the Sydney Sixers with a dominating 8-wicket victory, to sink the Sixers ship further into oblivion in their awful season.
McGrath was exceptional with the ball on the night, picking up one wicket from her four overs. She finished with figures of 4-1-8-1 in their home game with Strikers wrapping the Sixers innings for just 82 runs in 19.2 overs.
Sarah Coyte was the pick among the bowlers clasping three wickets from 3.2 overs along with Darcie Brown who picked up the crucial wickets of Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner to dismantle the Sixers lineup. Darcie was adjudged the man of the match for her 4-0-25-2.
That kind of a score was never going to be defendable for the Sixers and a strong opening partnership of 54 runs from Dane van Niekerk and Katie Mack ensured that there were no twists to the tale.
With the loss, Sydney Sixers find themselves languishing at the bottom of the table having lost eight of their 13 games. The Ellyse Perry-led team have lost five on the bounce and it does not look like they are going to get any better in their final league stage game against Perth scheduled to be hosted on 21 November.
The finals of the WBBL 2021 is scheduled between 24-27 November. Along with the Strikers, Perth Scorchers, Melbourne Renegades and Brisbane Heat have qualified for the finals.