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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Matthews fails in Renegades’ 11th defeat

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Melbourne Renegades skipper Hayley Matthews

Melbourne Renegades skipper Hayley Matthews

HO­BART, Tas­ma­nia – West In­dies cap­tain Hay­ley Matthews failed in Mel­bourne Rene­gades’ 93-run thrash­ing at the hands of Ho­bart Hur­ri­canes on Thurs­day, as the bot­tom-dwellers of the Women’s Big Bash League con­tin­ued to limp to­wards the end of a wretched cam­paign.

In pur­suit of a mas­sive 213 at Bel­lerive Oval, Rene­gades col­lapsed to 119 all out in the 17th over, to reg­is­ter their 11th de­feat in 13 out­ings, to be rock bot­tom of the stand­ings on four points with one game left on Sat­ur­day.

They are guar­an­teed to fin­ish bot­tom with Mel­bourne Stars – who they play in their fi­nal game at the Mel­bourne Crick­et Ground – six points above them in sev­enth in the eight-team league.

Matthews, al­so the Rene­gades cap­tain, made 14 from 17 balls at num­ber four, car­ry­ing her tal­ly for the sea­son to 238 runs.

Em­ma de Broughe, bat­ting at num­ber sev­en, top-scored with a 19-ball un­beat­en 40 with eight fours, her 46-run, sixth wick­et stand with Geor­gia Ware­ham (14) prov­ing the best of the in­nings.

Rene­gades were rout­ed by Ho­bart’s leg-spin­ners, Maisy Gib­son fin­ish­ing with four for 25 and 19-year-old Amy Smith pick­ing up three for 17.

Ear­li­er, Hur­ri­canes piled 213 for three from their 20 overs af­ter be­ing sent in, South African Lizelle Lee blast­ing an un­beat­en 101 from 53 balls at the top of the or­der.

She struck a dozen fours and four six­es, putting on 55 for the first wick­et with cap­tain El­yse Vil­lani (22), an­oth­er 55 for the third with Nico­la Carey (24), be­fore adding 102 in an un­bro­ken fourth wick­et part­ner­ship with Heather Gra­ham, who pum­melled three fours and three six­es in a 28-ball un­beat­en 55.

Matthews saw 45 runs leak from her four overs of off-spin. (CMC)


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