(Reuters) – The Adelaide Strikers clinched their second consecutive Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) title on Saturday with a nail-biting three-run victory over Brisbane Heat in the final at the Adelaide Oval. Choosing to bat first, captain Tahlia McGrath (38) and Laura Wolvaardt (39) put on a 66-run partnership to guide Adelaide to 125-5. Spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington then starred with the ball, taking three crucial wickets, including two in the final over, to restrict Brisbane’s chase. The match ultimately came down to the last ball, with Nicola Hancock only managing a single when she needed a boundary to avoid defeat.
“We called it last year. We were sitting in the changerooms, we said ‘we’re not done, we want to go back-to-back’. And we’ve had that fight, that determination all year,” McGrath said.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
