Brisbane Heat has won the WBBL final against Adelaide Strikers at Allan Border Field, reaching the 162-run target with 11 balls to spare.
Heat’s back-to-back title on Sunday came after a dominant season and a finals series in which it always looked the strongest team.
Chasing the Strikers’ 5-162, Beth Mooney (56 off 45 balls) and Laura Harris (19 off 11) saw the home side to the target with the loss of four wickets.
Harris hit the winning runs for the second year in a row, and told Channel Seven after the game that it was a thrilling feeling.
“I’m lost for words, really, two years in row, it is pretty bloody good,” she said.
Earlier, Adelaide’s Amanda-Jade Wellington made 55 off 33 deliveries to lift the Strikers from 5-93 to 7-161 off their 20 overs.
Sent in by Heat, Adelaide suffered an early setback when star all-rounder Sophie Devine fell in the second over for just five.
In a surprise move, Georgia Prestwidge (2-24) took the new ball and it paid off with Devine top-edging the fast bowler to deep third man in a crucial early blow.
It meant Devine finished with 769 runs at 76.90 for the tournament, just eight behind Ellyse Perry’s record tally for a season of 777 from last year’s competition.
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A 59-run, second-wicket partnership between Tahlia McGrath (33) and Suzie Bates (27) steadied the Strikers, but the pair fell in quick succession to leave the Strikers at 3-67.
A brilliant stumping by Heat wicketkeeper Mooney saw off Katie Mack (6), before Bridget Patterson (12) holed out off Prestwidge to leave the Strikers reeling at 5-93 in the 14th over.
Wellington combined with Tegan McPharlin (18) to lift the Strikers to a defendable total as they chased their first WBBL title.
-with AAP
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