{"id":289823,"date":"2025-11-29T14:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289823\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T14:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T14:33:07","slug":"wbbl-2025-results-hobart-hurricanes-reclaim-top-spot-after-stars-beat-renegades-in-melbourne-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/289823\/","title":{"rendered":"WBBL 2025 results: Hobart Hurricanes reclaim top spot after Stars beat Renegades in Melbourne derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England batters Nat Sciver-Brunt and Danni Wyatt-Hodge hit half-centuries to help Hobart Hurricanes secure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/live\/cew49djnvljt\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a seven-wicket win over Perth Scorchers<\/a> and reclaim top spot in the Women&#8217;s Big Bash League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chasing 187 for victory, Sciver-Brunt and Wyatt-Hodge combined for a superb partnership of 135 after the early dismissal of opener Lizelle Lee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England captain Sciver-Brunt fell for 81 off 48 balls late on and Wyatt-Hodge was dismissed for 55 off 38 shortly after.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Nicola Carey and Hurricanes captain Elyse Villani steered their side home with five balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Scorchers posted 186-5 at Ninja Stadium in Hobart, with Australia star Beth Mooney hitting 75 off 55, while England pair Freya Kemp (34 off 22) and Paige Scholfield (26 not out off 13) boosted the visitors&#8217; total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But an excellent chase by the Hurricanes ensured they again top the eight-team league by one point over Melbourne Stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Stars had overtaken Hobart earlier in the day following a comprehensive 45-run win over the Renegades in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/scorecard\/e-229202\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Melbourne derby.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Stars posted 160-5 thanks to former Australia captain Meg Lanning&#8217;s unbeaten 73 off 58 and England wicketkeeper Amy Jones adding 43 off 33.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Defending champions the Renegades could not get going in the chase, collapsing to 115 all out in 16.3 overs, with leg-spinner Maisy Gibson taking 3-17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England batters Nat Sciver-Brunt and Danni Wyatt-Hodge hit half-centuries to help Hobart Hurricanes secure a seven-wicket win over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-289823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}