Overview
- Melbourne Renegades beat Brisbane Heat by seven wickets after a rain delay reduced the chase to 66 from eight overs at Allan Border Field.
- Jemimah Rodrigues managed 6 off 9 on her season debut, falling to Alice Capsey with a catch by Deandra Dottin in her first outing since the World Cup.
- Nadine de Klerk top-scored for the Heat with 40 off 38, while Chinelle Henry added 29 as the hosts were bowled out for 133 in 20 overs.
- Renegades spinners controlled the innings, with stand-in captain Georgia Wareham taking 3-12, Capsey 3-22 and Tess Flintoff 3-30 during a Heat collapse.
- Courtney Webb made an unbeaten 34 to finish the chase in 7.3 overs, as off-field attention focused on Rodrigues’ reunion hug with de Klerk and her light-hearted ‘border’ quip about arriving in Australia.