Tasmania take five SA wickets off six balls in ‘unbelievable’ final WNCL over

26.02.2023 - 09:23 theguardian.com

Sarah Coyte has taken three wickets and conjured a run out in a final over for the ages to help Tasmania clinch back-to-back WNCL titles with a one-run win.

South Australia required four runs from the final six deliveries with five wickets in hand under an adjusted Duckworth-Lewis-Stern target at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena on Saturday night.

Enter Coyte, who bowled Annie O’Neil (28 from 20) off ball one before getting South Australia skipper Jemma Barsby (28 from 17) stumped two balls later.

South Australia were still in the box seat, needing three from three deliveries, when Coyte ran out Amanda-Jade Wellington (one) knocking the ball onto the stumps in her follow through.

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