ST-W vs HH-W

17:05 PM IST|| With this our live coverage for this match comes to an end. This is Samanvaya Sharma signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Bidipto as we take your leave now. Goodbye!!!

Phoebe Litchfield (Player of the Match, 46 runs off 36 balls): This is a proper win! To have a home final in front of the home fans and then to win it, it is special! The pitch was playing a few tricks, we had wickets in hand and were able to kick on, so that helped. I'm not going anywhere, I'm in the lime green. I love this team, I love this squad that we're building. 

16:45 IST || MATCH SUMMARY || Sydney Thunders Women won by 6 wickets and gets qualified for the Challenger game with the Brisbane Heats Women.

Phoebe Litchfield 46(36)                      Molly Strano 4-0-8-1
Chamari Athapaththu 31(38)               Taneale Peschel 4-0-24-2
Elyse Villani 53(42)

It all started with team Hobart Hurricanes Women winning the toss and deciding to have a bat first. This surface didn't play the way that skipper Elyse Villani must have thought earlier. The batting remained to be a challenging part throughout this whole game, right from the first few overs of the powerplay. But once get settled in run scoring becomes a bit easier. Hobart Hurricanes' batting unit misfired today, and only their skipper Elyse Villani stood strong and played a crucial unbeaten knock of 53 runs. This helped the visitors to post a decent total of 126 runs on the board. In the bowling department, Molly Strano bowled a fantastic spell by just giving 8 runs and taking 1 wicket from her quota of 4 overs.

Sydney Thunder Women went out for the chase and lost Georgia Voll on a golden duck. After this Chamari Athapaththu went all guns blazing along with Phoebe Litchfield which helped them to reach the victory podium. In bowling, Taneale Peschel impressed a lot and took 2 big wickets. Chamari Athpaththu showcased an all-round performance with both the bat and bowl.

In this way, Sydney Thunder Women gets onto the next stage in this tournament by knocking the Hurricanes out.  They will now face Brisbane Heat Women a day after tomorrow in the Challenger match.

18.6 Nicola Carey to Georgia Adams, SYDNEY THUNDER WOMEN ARE IN THE CHALLENGER! Good length ball around off-stump. Nicely dabbed down to the gap between short fine and backward point from the back foot for a boundary! The celebrations in the lime green camp can begin! 

18.5 Nicola Carey to Phoebe Litchfield, KNOCKED HER OVER! Good length ball on leg-stump. Litchfield moved around her crease to try and lap it over the right of the keeper but failed to connect. The ball then went on to rattle her leg pole. 

18.4 Nicola Carey to Anika Learoyd, Oh! Good length ball around off-stump. Knocked on the up to the cover area for a single after a fumble. There was a mix-up in there too! 

18.3 Nicola Carey to Anika Learoyd, short over middle-stump now. Learoyd tried scooping it over the keeper there but was too early into the shot! No run. 

18.2 Nicola Carey to Phoebe Litchfield, short and slow on leg-and-middle. Litchfield goes back and across and pulls it around to deep square for a single. 

18.1 Nicola Carey to Phoebe Litchfield, SIX RUNS! Back of a length on leg-and-middle. Litchfield dances down the track and whacks it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum! 

17.6 Heather Graham to Anika Learoyd, THIRD FOUR OF THE OVER! Good length ball on middle-stump. Heaved from down on one knee over the square-leg region for a boundary now! The 50-partnership is up now between Learoyd and Litchfield. 

17.5 Heather Graham to Anika Learoyd, FOUR MORE! On-pace good length delivery on middle-and-off. Driven on the up after making room, through the extra cover region, for a boundary! 

17.3 Heather Graham to Phoebe Litchfield, FOUR! Full and way too wide outside off-stump. Slapped over cover by moving across, on the front foot, for a boundary! 

17.2 Heather Graham to Phoebe Litchfield, OH! Good length ball outside off-stump. Bottom-edged off the back foot to the right of short third for two runs after a super stop at the boundary by Lauren Smith!