No have to pinch yourselves Melbourne Stars — it wasn’t a nightmare.
The Stars’ horrific displaying towards the defending champion Adelaide Strikers has set a number of undesirable WBBL data at Karen Rolton Oval in a 148-run thrashing on Saturday night time.
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Chasing the Strikers’ 3/177, which was led off with a 135-run stand together with Katie Mack’s 50-ball 86 and Laura Wolvaardt’s 36-ball 47, it was just like the Stars had been enjoying on a distinct wicket.
With a workforce that includes Austalian representatives together with captain Meg Lanning, Annabel Sutherland and Kim Garth, in addition to England stars Sophia Dunkley, Maia Bouchier and Alice Capsey, the Stars had been bowled out for 29 in simply 9.3 overs.
The tally is the bottom within the competitors’s historical past, beating the Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes’ 66 towards the Melbourne Renegades and the Sydney Sixers respectively, each in 2017.
The aspect additionally claimed the largest ever loss within the event’s historical past, eclipsing the 104-run loss for the Perth Scorchers towards the Renegades in November 2022.
It was a brutal thrashing with not one batter moving into double figures as Dunkley’s 10-ball 9 was the highest rating, the 5 sundries (three byes, a leg bye and a large) had been second high scorer.
“It’s beyond comprehension how this has actually happened,” Julia Price mentioned in Fox Cricket commentary.
Arguably the one factor which will assist the Stars to sleep tonight is that it may have been worse — the BBL’s Sydney Thunder had been famously rolled for simply 15 final season.
Aussie star Tahlia McGrath, who hit 34 off 19 balls and in addition took 2/2 with the ball, was simply as shocked because the Stars seem to have been.
“I’m a little lost for words as well,” she mentioned.
“We started unreal with the bat with Katie and Laura, and with the ball as well so very happy.”
Originally printed as Melbourne Stars’ WBBL horror present is ‘beyond comprehension’
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
