Brisbane Heat beat Hobart Hurricanes by four wickets in a Weber WBBL|12 match at Allan Border Field, Brisbane, on Saturday, 7 November, chasing down a total of 9-116 to finish on 6-117.
Heat bowler Lily Bassingthwaighte took 3-16 from her four overs, her first three-wicket haul in a WBBL match. She dismissed Hobart batters Lizelle Lee and Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu in consecutive deliveries early in the innings, leaving the Hurricanes at 3-13.
Hobart recovered from that position to post 9-116 from their 20 overs. Hobart's Rachel Trenaman made 25 and Maddy Green 24, but neither went on to a bigger score.
Hobart's stand-in captain, Heather Graham, made 21 with the bat and took 2-20 with the ball. Hobart bowler Lauren Smith finished with 1-13.
In reply, Heat opener Grace Harris made 24 from 16 balls before she was caught off Hobart bowler Isa Malgioglio, the first wicket of Malgioglio's WBBL career.
Heat batter Annie O'Neil finished unbeaten on 32 from 28 balls to guide the chase home. Hobart fielder Kate Pelle had dropped O'Neil on 5 at mid-wicket off Malgioglio's bowling, before Brisbane finished on 6-117, winning with 10 balls to spare.
Hobart's regular captain, Nicola Carey, missed the match. Carey stayed in Hobart after the birth of her first child.
The result was Hobart's fourth straight defeat to open the WBBL|12 season. The Hurricanes, the reigning WBBL champions, remain winless this season and next play Adelaide Strikers at Ninja Stadium on Tuesday night.