Voll Powers Thunder to Record Victory Over Strikers

Georgia Voll’s impressive knock of 92 runs from only 55 deliveries propelled Sydney Thunder to a 64-run victory over Adelaide Strikers in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). This marked Voll’s personal best score and represented Thunder’s largest winning margin by runs in the competition’s decade-long existence. Her remarkable innings, featuring 12 fours and three sixes, occurred in only her third WBBL appearance for Thunder since her transfer from Brisbane Heat. Supporting Voll’s effort, Captain Phoebe Litchfield contributed 49 runs from 31 deliveries, while England skipper Heather Knight scored 28 runs off 15 balls, helping Thunder achieve a total of 212-5. This score stands as Thunder’s highest-ever WBBL total and is tied for the third-highest total recorded by any team in the league. In response, spinner Sam Bates secured a career-best performance with figures of 4-21, and Shabnim Ismail claimed 3-18, leading to the two-time defending champions Strikers being dismissed for 148 runs. This victory propelled Thunder to the top position in the nascent WBBL standings, while the Strikers now sit in seventh place, having suffered two losses in their initial three matches. Elsewhere on the same day, Melbourne Stars defeated Sydney Sixers by 32 runs using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a game impacted by rain. Meg Lanning and Rhys McKenna each contributed half-centuries for the Stars during this fixture.