Adelaide Strikers created history in girls’s cricket by bowling out Melbourne Stars on simply 29 runs in the fourth match of the Big Bash League 2023 on Saturday, October 21. Meg Lanning-led aspect recorded the bottom innings total in match history on an unforgettable day at Adelaide’s Karen Rolton Oval.
Playing their second recreation of the season, the Stars struggled in each division towards spectacular Strikers. Lanning received the toss and elected to discipline first with probably the greatest t20 groups obtainable by her aspect. Strikers shortly took management of the sport with Katie Mack and Laura Wolvaardt tearing aside the Stars’ bowling assault.Â
Mack and Wolvaardt added 135 runs for the opening wicket in simply 14 overs with the previous scoring 86 runs off simply 50 balls. Wolvaardt continued her red-hot type by smashing fast 47 runs earlier than getting dismissed by Sophie Day. Captain Tahlia McGrath scored an unbeaten 34 runs off simply 19 balls to assist her crew rating 177 runs for 3 in 20 overs.
While chasing a giant total, Melbourne Stars misplaced skipper Lanning on simply 4 runs in the second over after which the followers witnessed a historic collapse. Star Australian pacer Megan Schutt and spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington took three wickets every to bowl out the Stars on simply 29 runs in 9.3 overs. English opener Sophia Dunkley top-scored with 9 runs and was capable of smash the crew’s solely boundary in the sport.
This emerged because the lowest total in the match history and by a outstanding margin. Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes beforehand held the undesirable document for the bottom innings total once they had been bowled out on simply 66 runs throughout the 2017 version.Â
Lowest innings totals in WBBL history:
- 29 by Melbourne Star vs Adelaide Strikers in 2023
- 66 by Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades in 2017
- 66 by Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers in 2017
- 68 by Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder in 2018
- 73 by Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat in 2019
