Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades
Hobart Hurricanes 161/5 in 20 overs (Johnston 63; Webb 2-27) beat Melbourne Renegades 109 in 18 overs (Falconer 24*; Moloney 3-17) by 52 runs. Player of the Match: Ruth Johnston.
Melbourne Renegades suffered their third defeat of the season. Chasing 162 against Hobart Hurricanes, they were bowled out for 109. Ellie Falconer's unbeaten 24 was the highest score of the innings. For the Hurricanes, Sasha Moloney got 3-17, while Ruth Johnston and Tayla Vlaeminck claimed two wickets each.
Johnston earlier starred with the bat, slamming 63 in 46 balls. Along with Mignon du Preez (50), she forged a second-wicket partnership of 120 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur and Courtney Webb picked up two wickets each.
Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder
Sydney Thunder 162/5 in 20 overs (Johnson 52; de Klerk 1-15) beat Brisbane Heat 153/9 in 20 overs (Redmayne 54; Sharma 2-21) by 9 runs. Player of the Match: Sammy-Jo Johnson.
Half-centuries from Georgia Redmayne (54) and Grace Harris (50) went in vain as Brisbane Heat were restricted to 153/9 while chasing 163. Redmayne and Harris got the Heat off a decent start, adding 99 for the opening wicket, but the next three batters managed 3 between them.
Earlier, Sammy-Jo Johnson (52) and Smriti Mandhana (29) got added 58 for the Thunder before a late surge from Deepti Sharma propelled them to 162/5.