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\n Perth Scorchers Women
\n SCO<\/p>\n
Perth Scorchers have kept their unbeaten start to WBBL|12 going thanks to efforts from stars Beth Mooney and Alana King<\/p>\n
Sophie Devine’s team-first decision to self-retire paved the way for Perth Scorchers to defeat the Sydney Thunder by 17 runs and jump to the top of the table.<\/p>\n
Following Devine’s exit, the Scorchers smashed 47 off the last three overs to post 3-183, before knocking over the Thunder for 166 in 19 overs.<\/p>\n
While skipper Beth Mooney (80 not out) was all class en route to her competition record-extending 49th half-century, former captain Devine (42 off 39) was scratchy.<\/p>\n
Held to 10 off her last 16 deliveries, the New Zealand veteran voluntarily ended her 39-ball vigil and England allrounder Freya Kemp made her way to the middle and crushed 30 off 10.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes when you’re batting, no matter how hard you try, it just doesn’t come off, and Soph recognised that,” Mooney said.<\/p>\n
“It’s hard watching a six-hitter walk off the field, but Freya came out and absolutely whacked it.”<\/p>\n
Full ‘Moon’ breaks Thunder down to strike commanding 80*<\/p>\n
Scorchers spearhead Chloe Ainsworth (2-24), for the second straight game, struck with the first delivery of the second innings, castling Georgia Voll, before removing the dangerous Phoebe Litchfield (34).<\/p>\n
When Heather Knight (27) was stumped by Mooney off Devine (2-31), the match looked over.<\/p>\n
The hosts gave themselves a sniff when Laura Harris (29) and Tahlia Wilson (25) blasted 35 off the two-over power-surge, before champion leg-spinner Alana King (4-35) was reintroduced and destroyed the lower order.<\/p>\n
Can’t keep King down as spinner cleans up with four<\/p>\n
Scorchers bowler and Pakistan captain Fatima Sana went off the ground sore during the second innings but returned to play out the match.<\/p>\n
Mooney’s side now sits clear on top of the table, albeit with an extra game and win in hand over the Sydney Sixers.<\/p>\n
Next up, Perth Scorchers face Melbourne Stars in a rematch of Monday’s low-scoring yet tight affair. The Stars will be out for revenge after suffering a 15-run loss in their last meeting.<\/p>\n
Sydney Thunder will face cross-town rivals Sydney Sixers in its next match in a derby at North Sydney Oval on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Weber WBBL|12 Standings<\/p>\n
Round 1<\/p>\n
Team<\/p>\n
\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
\n Wins\n <\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
\n Losses\n <\/p>\n
L<\/p>\n
\n Ties\n <\/p>\n
T<\/p>\n
\n Drawn\n <\/p>\n
D<\/p>\n
\n No results\n <\/p>\n
N\/R<\/p>\n
\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n
NRR<\/p>\n
\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n
Ded.<\/p>\n
\n Batting Bonus\n <\/p>\n
Bat<\/p>\n
\n Bowling Bonus\n <\/p>\n
Bowl<\/p>\n
\n Total points\n <\/p>\n
PTS<\/p>\n
1
\n
\n Perth Scorchers Women
\n SCO<\/p>\n
3
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1.468
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 6<\/p>\n
2
\n
\n Sydney Sixers Women
\n SIX<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2.25
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n
3
\n
\n Sydney Thunder Women
\n THU<\/p>\n
3
\n 2
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.739
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n
4
\n
\n Adelaide Strikers Women
\n STR<\/p>\n
2
\n 1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.175
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
5
\n
\n Melbourne Stars Women
\n STA<\/p>\n
3
\n 1
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
6
\n
\n Brisbane Heat Women
\n HEA<\/p>\n
3
\n 1
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.347
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
7
\n
\n Melbourne Renegades Women
\n REN<\/p>\n
3
\n 1
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n -1.385
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
8
\n
\n Hobart Hurricanes Women
\n HUR<\/p>\n
3
\n 0
\n 3
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n -1.792
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n
Legend<\/p>\n
M: Matches played<\/p>\n
W: Wins<\/p>\n
L: Losses<\/p>\n
T: Ties<\/p>\n
D: Drawn<\/p>\n
N\/R: No results<\/p>\n
NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n
Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n
Bat: Batting Bonus<\/p>\n
Bowl: Bowling Bonus<\/p>\n
PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth Scorchers have kept their unbeaten start to WBBL|12 going thanks to efforts from stars Beth Mooney and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-953678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}