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Frankie Mackay (second from left) launched a magnificent final to snatch the victory from Canterbury in an extraordinary finish.
The Canterbury Magicians scored an extraordinary three-run victory in the final to claim first place in the women’s Super Smash.
Millie Cowan was leading the Otago Sparks to an unexpected victory with her 50 of 37 balls, but her outing in the penultimate over inspired a stunning collapse at Hagley Oval on Saturday.
Canterbury captain Frankie Mackay’s deflection in the last over, with Otago needing six for the win, stunted the Sparks and finished 2-23 after conceding two runs on his last six balls at Christchurch.
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Katey Martin scored 42 for the Otago Sparks.
After losing Gemma Adams with three balls remaining, Olivia Gain needed to hit four on the last delivery, but she put a cheap one in the outfield.
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The Magi are already among the competition’s three confirmed finalists, as well as the Wellington Blaze and the Auckland Hearts, and are on track to host a final match. Otago is out of the question and you will wonder how they managed to get rid of this.
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Canterbury’s Jacinta Savage came out for a golden duck on the first ball of the game.
Otago restricted Canterbury to 132-7 with 36 from White Ferns hitter Amy Sattherthwaite the highest score in a start-stop inning.
The Sparks then failed to capitalize on the early Rebel bowling. The Wizards threw 11 wide pitches after seven overs, including six from Kate Sims’ two-over spell, and welcomed White Ferns Lea Tahuhu’s quick control and pace that limited the Otago hitters.
Tahuhu finished with excellent numbers (1-10) and his first three overs produced only three runs.
Otago’s chase depended on White Ferns veteran Katey Martin, who was in excellent shape for her 42 of 36 balls, but approached goalie Laura Hughes at a crucial moment when the Sparks were up with seven overs to go. be played, the scoreboard. then 89-3.
Jacinta Savage’s medium pace took Martin away and her second wicket from the next, counting Caitlin Blakely for a duck, tipped the balance in Canterbury’s favor.
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Amy Satterthwaite was Canterbury’s leading scorer with 36 of 30 balls.
Cowan was hitting the ball sweetly and sped to 50 but was unable to finish the job due to an unfortunate stump when the ball inadvertently deflected from Hughes and hit the stumps for Kate Ebrahim’s first wicket.
That led to Otago losing three wickets for three eight-ball runs and the game with him.
Otago pitched first after winning the toss and that seemed like a brilliant decision when Savage’s center stump was brought down by Molly Loe from the first ball.
Emma Black then had Natalie Cox catch lbw in the next over and Canterbury, at 13-2, had to rebuild when Sattherthwaite walked to the middle at four.
The wizards shuffled their batting order and Sattherhwaite’s 60-run association for the third wicket with Ebrahim gave them a boost, though they were lucky that Cowan’s terrible downfall gave Sattherhwaite an early life.
She took advantage, hitting five fours in an otherwise smooth inning, until Otago hit two fast wickets, including the prized dismissal of Sattherthwaite, who was caught in the bowling pin by Eden Carson after throwing sharply but directly at Sophie Oldershaw. in the 12th.
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Molly Loe (center) celebrating Jacinta Savage’s wicket with her first dance.
Ebrahim set off for the last step 22, caught by Carson for Loe’s second wicket, and Otago cut the wizards to 93-5 at 15 when Polly Inglis’s impressive one-handed grab for Oldershaw’s first scalp sent Kirsty Nation back to the ward for 13.
Canterbury continued to lose ground to Hughes (9) and Tahuhu (3) cheaply to Adams and Oldershaw respectively
However, they maintained a scoring rate just above a run per ball throughout, hitting 132 after 12 since the last time out and a useful 26 of 20 for Mackay, who then pitched alongside them to victory.
At Hagley Oval, Christchurch: Canterbury Magicians 132-8 (Amy Sattherthwaite 36; Sophie Oldershaw 2-20, Molly Loe 2-25) beat Otago Sparks 129-7 by three runs (Millie Cowan 50, Katey Martin 42; Frankie Mackay 2-23, Jacinta Savage 2-28)
Points (games played): Magicians 26 (9), Blaze 24 (8), Hearts 22 (8), Spirit 12 (9), Hinds 8 (8), Sparks 8 (8).
Stuff MVP Points: Frankie Mackay 3, Millie Cowan 2, Katey Martin 1.
