MEL­BOURNE

At the Queen Eliz­a­beth II Oval, Matthews failed to score but her Ho­bart Hur­ri­canes still man­aged a nar­row three-run vic­to­ry over Mel­bourne Rene­gades in one of four games played.

Hur­ri­canes ral­lied to 133 for four off their 20 overs with Amy Sat­terth­waite top-scor­ing with 45 not out.

In re­ply, Rene­gades were held to 130 for five off their al­lot­ted overs, thanks in part to a su­perb spell of off-spin from Matthews who al­lowed just 16 runs from her four overs.

Kris Britt hit an un­beat­en 51.

At the WA­CA in Perth, Dot­tin made just 11 as her Bris­bane Heat slumped to an eight-wick­et de­feat to Perth Scorchers.

Heat were re­strict­ed to 101 for nine off their 20 overs and Scorchers eased to their tar­get with near­ly three overs re­main­ing.

Nicole Bolton steered her side home with an un­beat­en 46 while West In­dies all-rounder Dot­tin picked up one for 18 from a de­cent four-over spell of medi­um pace.

At How­ell Oval in Perth, West In­dies cap­tain Tay­lor al­so strug­gled, mak­ing on­ly six as her Syd­ney Thun­der lost to Ade­laide Strik­ers by six wick­ets.

Thun­der stum­bled to 102 for five and Strik­ers pulled off the un­com­pli­cat­ed run chase with 13 balls re­main­ing. (CMC)