Perth Scorchers Women defeated the Adelaide Strikers Women in the Women’s Big Bash League 2021 final on November 27, 2021, by 12 runs, know the full winners list of WBBL
South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp was awarded the Player of the Match award.
WBBL 2021 Final Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers
The Perth Scorchers have crushed Adelaide Strikers by 12 runs thus becoming the Women’s Big Bash League 2021 winners.
After winning the toss, Adelaide Strikers’ captain Tahlia McGrath decided to field first. The Perth Scorchers scored a fair total of 146 runs while losing 5 wickets in 20 overs with captain Sophie Devine scoring 35 runs in 33 deliveries, Heather Graham scored 23 runs in 20 balls, and then the all-rounder Marizanne Kapp completes a not out innings scoring 31 runs in just 23 balls. From the bowling point of view, Adelaide Strikers’ Megan Schutt had the best bowling figure out of the total 6 bowlers they played, with bowling figures of 1/19 in 4 overs with an economy of 4.75.
After setting a target of 146 runs for the Adelaide Strikers in the Women’s Big Bash League 2021 final, it was time for the Perth Scorchers to bowl, and Marizanne Kapp, Taneale Peschal, and Heather Graham did not fail to outperform with their outstanding bowling. This helped the Perth Scorchers to restrict the batters of the Adelaide Strikers and win the finals as they could score just 134 runs in 20 overs while losing 6 wickets.
Women’s Big Bash League 2021: WBBL Player Of The Match And Winners List
31-year-old Marizanne Kapp from South Africa won the Player of the Match award after a brilliant all-around performance by her. While batting, Kapp scored a crucial not-out knock of 31 runs in 23 deliveries with a strike rate of 134.78. Marizanne Kapp stayed on the crease till the end of the inning with her fellow teammate Alana King.
While bowling, Marizanne Kapp had fair bowling figures of 1/25 in 4 overs with an economy of 6.25.
Player Of The Tournament
The Indian tigress Harmanpreet Kaur was awarded the Player of the Tournament award. In the entire Women’s Big Bash League 2021, Harmanpreet Kaur had an all-around performance. The 31-year-old scored a whopping statistical record of 406 runs in just 12 innings and an average of 66.5. In the entire 2021-22 season, Kaur scored 3 half-centuries.
Apart from the batting stats, Harmanpreet Kaur had a noteworthy bowling performance as well. In the 11 innings she played, Kaur took a total of 15 wickets with the best bowling figures of 3/22. With this, Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian woman to win the Big Bash League’s ‘Player of the Tournament’ award.
Highest Run Scorer
27-year-old Australian Beth Mooney is the ‘Highest Run Scorer’ of the Women’s Big Bash League 2021. Beth Mooney played for the winning team Perth Scorchers.
Stats
Innings: 14
Runs: 547
Average: 49.72
100s: 1
50s: 4
Best Score: 101*
Women’s Big Bash League 2021: Highest Wicket Taker
Adelaide Strikers’ Amanda-Jade Wellington is the ‘Highest Wicket Taker’ of this Women’s Big Bash season.
The 24-year-old Australian is a right-arm leg-break bowler.
Stats
Innings: 17
Runs: 374
Wickets: 23
Average: 16.26
Economy: 6.56
Best Bowling Figures: 5/8
WBBL Women’s Big Bash League 2021 Prize Money Distribution And Awards
The entire list of the prize money for the Women’s Big Bash League 2021 has not been revealed yet.
So here is the prize money list of the Men’s Big Bash League 2021.
Winner: 450,000 AUD
Runner-up: 220,000 AUD
Semi-finalists: 80,000 AUD
5th Place: 20,000 AUD