Sixers seal berth in knockouts with come-from-behind win

Sydney Sixers versus Brisbane Intensity, Sydney A blustery, unbeaten 92-run stand between Sophie Ecclestone and Erin Consumes assisted Sydney Sixers with going too far with three balls in excess in the clash of table-clinchers against Brisbane Intensity and register their 10th success of the time. The triumph likewise affirmed a compartment in the knockouts for the Sixers, who are set for a best two completion. Prior in the day, Intensity had posted 163 for 5 subsequent to being placed into bat. Kate Peterson's 4 for 17 through the center overs had them in a precarious situation in spite of a 41-run opening stand between Danni Wyatt and Georgia Voll. From 70 for 1 toward the beginning of the tenth over they slipped to 101 for 5 in the following 32 balls. Be that as it may, Jess Jonassen's late attack, in the organization of Amelia Kerr, assisted them with adding 62 runs in the last 28 conveyances. Accordingly, Sixers lost Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry from the get-go in the pursuit. Suzie Bates, nonetheless, played a valuable hand with her 31-ball 41, which included seven limits. In any case, by the twelfth over, they were all the while walking at just run-a-ball, having lost five wickets. Notwithstanding, Consumes and Ecclestone took the assault to the Intensity bowlers in the demise, particularly Jess Kerr who was pounded for 20 runs in the seventeenth over, subsequent to having surrendered just nine in the initial three overs of her spell. Brief Scores: Brisbane Heat 163/5 in 20 overs (Jess Jonnasen 38*, Danni Wyatt 31; Kate Peterson 4-17) lost to Sydney Sixers 164/5 in 19.3 overs (Erin Burns 51*, Sophie Ecclestone 47*; Jess Kerr 1-29) by 5 wickets