The Sydney Thunder moved to the top of the Women’s Big Bash League with a six-wicket win over the Hobart Hurricanes at Sydney on Monday, while the Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Thunder enjoyed comfortable wins in the men’s Big Bash.
Hobart Hurricanes 135 (S Mandhana 35, HC Knight 35, S Daffara 26; RM Farrell 2-20, ML Gibson 1-13, S Bates 1-14)
Sydney Thunder 136-4 (RL Haynes 68 not out, RH Priest 22; B Hepburn 1-13, HC Knight 1-18, EG Fazackerley 1-26)
Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets with 20 balls in hand
Melbourne Stars 155-5 (GJ Maxwell 47, NCR Larkin 45, MP Stoinis
22 not out; JC Archer 3-25, DJM Short 2-23)
Hobart Hurricanes 156-4 (MS Wade 52, DJM Short 34, BR McDermott 28, GJ Bailey 27 not out; S Lamichhane 3-24, SM Boland 1-23)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets with 8 balls in hand
Sydney Thunder 169-9 (JC Buttler 63, DR Sams 28, CJ Ferguson 23; TK Curran 3-24, SNJ O’Keefe 2-27)
Sydney Sixers 148-9 (TK Curran 62, SA Abbott 35; DR Sams 3-30, Fawad Ahmed 3-33)
Sydney Thunder won by 21 runs
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