SYD­NEY – On­ly one of the two West In­dies Women’s all-rounders in the Women’s Big Bash League were part of a win­ning side in the lat­est round of match­es on Sat­ur­day.

Hay­ley Matthews played a ma­jor role with the bat to help Ho­bart Hur­ri­canes com­plete a nine-wick­et win over Syd­ney Six­ers, but her Windies Women’s cap­tain Stafanie Tay­lor could on­ly play a sup­port­ing role with the bat and Ade­laide Strik­ers stum­bled to a 14-run de­feat against Bris­bane Heat.

At the Syd­ney Show­ground Sta­di­um, Matthews smashed four fours and one six in a run-ball 41 not out and New Zealan­der Rachel Priest slammed 15 fours and one six in the top score of 92 not out off 63 balls to lead the Hur­ri­canes to 143 for one in 18.1 overs and a suc­cess­ful run chase.

The Hur­ri­canes in­ter­na­tion­al pair shared 117 – un­bro­ken – for the sec­ond wick­et, af­ter Nao­mi Stal­en­berg was run out in the third over for six.

Matthews had ear­li­er scalped the wick­et of South African Dane van Niek­erk in her al­lot­ted four overs that cost 38 runs, af­ter the Six­ers won the toss, chose to bat and pro­ceed­ed to post 139 for four from their al­lo­ca­tion of 20 overs.

El­yse Per­ry, the Six­ers cap­tain and star Aus­tralia Women’s all-rounder, led the way for her side with a run-a-ball, un­beat­en 72 that in­clud­ed eight fours and one six.

At Drum­moyne Oval, Tay­lor struck three fours and one six in 27 from 22 balls, Tahlia Mc­Grath hit the top score of 52 and Katie Mack made 25, but the Strik­ers failed to suc­cess­ful­ly chase 137 for vic­to­ry against the Heat.

The Strik­ers’ chase was un­der­mined by all-rounder Grace Har­ris. She fin­ished with four wick­ets – in­clud­ing Tay­lor caught and bowled – for 16 runs from three overs with her off-spin to put the skids on the Strik­ers and they fin­ished on 122 for sev­en in their 20 overs.

Ear­li­er, Har­ris made 32 and Lau­ra Kim­mince led the way with 41, and the Heat, sent in­to bat, post­ed 136 for sev­en from their al­lo­ca­tion of 20 overs.

Tay­lor failed to bag a wick­et in two overs that cost her 15 runs, Aman­da-Jade Welling­ton was the pick of the Strik­ers’ bowlers with four for 24 from three overs and Megan Schutt took two for 18 from her al­lot­ted four overs.

The two West In­dies Women’s all-rounders are ex­pect­ed to be in ac­tion again on Sun­day, when Strik­ers face Six­ers at Drum­moyne Oval, where Hur­ri­canes will meet Heat five hours lat­er.

CMC