Bridget Patterson is the first wicket-keeper to both score 300+ runs and complete 20+ dismissals in the same WBBL season.

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Patterson goes for 11 (17) c G Harris b Voll.

Strikers heading for a sub-part total at 100/4 (16.1)

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Kerr can't hold on to a chance to catch Penna off Voll.

Strikers 107/4 (17.0) with one over left in the Power Surge.

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Adelaide Strikers restricted to 125/5 (20.0) in the WBBL final.

Wolvaardt 39 (33)
McGrath38 (34)

Hancock 3-23
Jonassen 1-19

Brisbane Heat need 126 off 120 to lift the trophy for the third time.

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The last innings of the season comes down to a contest between the fastest scoring batting line-up and the most economical bowling attack in the league.

Strikers' attack will have to live up to every bit of their billing if they're to defend their title.

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In the group stage, Brisbane Heat had an economy rate of 7.99 rpo, the second worst in the league.

In the knock-out stages, the Heat's opposition have been restricted to totals of 125/9, 130/8 and 125/5 at an average ER of 6.33 rpo.

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McGrath bowls Du Preez for 13 (20), and the pressure ratchets up on Brisbane Heat 62/3 (12.1).

64 off 47 required.

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McGrath on a hat-trick, as she bowls Laura Harris with a yorker and roars with delight.

Heat 62/4 (12.2) as Strikers take control of the final.

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Brown finishes with 4-0-20-0, and averages 120.7 km/h today (75 mph) according to the TV graphics.

Heat 106/5 (18.0) need 20 off 12.

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Could be a costly single for the Heat off the last ball of the 19th.

113/6 with 13 off 6 required, but set batter Kerr isn't on strike.

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The bowlers win it, as Brisbane Heat 122/8 (20.0) fall short in a thriller.

Kerr 30* (32)
Knott 20 (14)

Wellington 3-16
McGrath 2-16

Adelaide Strikers win by 3 runs, and claim back to back titles in front of a record home crowd.

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The 61 dot balls in the final were both the most that Adelaide Strikers bowled and the most that Brisbane Heat faced in any match this season.

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That concludes the fastest scoring WBBL season (average run-rate 7.52 rpo)

With both a record boundary rate of 15.7% and the fewest balls per dismissal (17.7), #WBBL09 was the most "all-action" season with both bat and ball.

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In the context of the fastest soring season overall, Adelaide Strikers' average economy of 6.45 rpo for the season was astonishing (the next best team went at 7.32 rpo).

Unsurprisingly, Strikers conceded the fewest boundaries in #WBBL09 (12.5% of balls bowled) and delivered the most dots (44.9%).

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Lowest boundary % for bowlers in #WBBL09
(min. 2 innings bowled)

8.3 Darcie Brown (STR)🟦
9.2 Amanda Wellington (STR)🟦
10.0 Lauren Smith (THU)
10.7 Jemma Barsby (STR)🟦
11.7 Linsey Smith (SIX)
11.8 Tahlia McGrath (STR)🟦
12.1 Harmanpreet Kaur (REN)
12.2 Anesu Mushangwe (STR)🟦
12.5 Sam Bates (THU)
12.5 Georgia Adams (STR)🟦

Adelaide Strikers accounted for 6 of the top 10.

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