Overview
- Perth beat Melbourne by 28 runs in the elimination final at the WACA, the venue’s first WBBL final.
- A 107-run opening stand from Beth Mooney and Katie Mack set up 5-173, with Mack scoring 52 and Freya Kemp adding 35 off 19.
- Melbourne were 1-101 in the 13th over before a spin-fuelled collapse left them 9-145.
- Alana King and Lilly Mills took two wickets each, halting a chase anchored by Meg Lanning’s 49 and Amy Jones’ 43.
- Perth travel to North Sydney Oval on Thursday to face the Sixers for a place in Saturday’s decider against the Hurricanes, as Annabel Sutherland reached 100 WBBL wickets.