Rahul Tiwari
khelja|21-11-2024
Women's Big Bash League is currently going on in Australia. Fans are getting to see many matches in this league. On November 21, the 34th match of the current season of Big Bash League was played between the teams of Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers. All limits of excitement were crossed in this match. Actually, after 20-20 overs of play, the result of the match could not be reached. In such a situation, Super Over was also used, but even after Super Over, no winner was found and in the end, due to a rule, the match ended in a tie.
This match was played in Hobart between the teams of Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers. In this match, Perth Scorchers team won the toss and decided to bat first. But Perth Scorchers team could play only 19.2 overs and were all out after scoring 126 runs. During this, Beth Mooney scored the highest score of 44 runs and Brook Halliday contributed 41 runs. Ashley Gardner took maximum 4 wickets in this innings. At the same time, Amelia Kerr and Courtney Grace Sippel made 2-2 batsmen their victims.
In response to the target of 127 runs, Sydney Sixers batted full 20 overs, but could only score 126 runs. Ellyse Perry scored the highest 67 runs for Sydney Sixers, but she could not lead the team to victory. Alana King took maximum 3 wickets in this innings. In such a situation, a super over was conducted to decide the result of this match.
Sydney Sixers batted first in the Super Over. During this, Elise Perry scored 12 runs on 5 balls and Ashley Gardner scored 2 runs on 2 balls, due to which her team managed to score 15 runs. After this, Mikayla Hinkley batted brilliantly in the Super Over on behalf of Perth Scorchers, due to which her team narrowly escaped losing the match. Actually, Perth Scorchers had scored only 3 runs in the first three balls and lost 1 wicket. After this, Mikayla Hinkley hit 3 consecutive fours in three balls to tie the super over.
Nowadays in T20 cricket, after the match is tied, Super Over is conducted and Super Overs are played till the result of the match is declared. But according to the rules of the Women's Big Bash League, many super overs are conducted only in knockout matches and in the league stage, if the super over ends in a draw, the match is declared a tie.