Mandhana
–
who
opened
the
batting
for
her
side
Sydney
Thunder
–
smashed
a
century
off
just
57
deliveries
and
remained
unbeaten
on
114
off
64
deliveries
but
failed
to
take
her
side
home
as
Renegades
won
the
match
by
four
runs.

Chasing
a
daunting
target
of
176,
Sydney
Thunder
managed
to
post
171
for
the
loss
of
two
wickets
in
the
stipulated
20
overs.
Mandhana’s
knock
was
a
highlight
of
the
Thunder’s
run
chase
but
the
talented
left-handed
opener
failed
to
cross
the
winning
line.
Mandhana’s
heroics
with
the
bat,
however,
wasn’t
enough
as
her
team’s
defeat
also
meant
Thunders
won’t
be
able
to
make
it
to
the
playoffs
stage.

This
knock
from
Mandhana
will
be
remembered
as
one
of
the
all-time
greats
in
the
history
of
WBBL
as
it
came
chasing.
At
one
stage
the
Indian
dasher
was
15
off
15
deliveries
but
she
switched
gears
and
almost
pulled
off
a
historic
run
chase.
With
13
required
from
the
final
over
bowled
by
her
India
captain
Harmanpreet
Kaur,
Mandhana
could
only
score
8
runs
and
lost
the
game.

Mandhana’s
innings
comprised
14
classy
boundaries
and
three
maximums.
After
losing
her
opening
partner
Sammy-Jo
Johnson
(12)
and
Phoebe
Litchfield
(1)
early
in
the
run
chase,
Mandhana
forged
an
unbeaten
125-run
stand
with
Tahlia
Wilson
(38*
off
39).

Mandhana’s
ton
is
the
first
from
an
Indian
woman
cricketer
in
the
WBBL
and
it
certainly
is
the
first
of
many.
This
is
also
Mandhana’s
maiden
T20
century
in
her
career.

The
record
for
the
fastest
century
in
the
history
of
WBBL
is
owned
by
Grace
Harris
who
tonked
a
ton
off
just
42
deliveries
after
opening
the
innings
for
Brisbane
Heat
against
Melbourne
Stars
in
the
2018
season.

Ashleigh
Gardner’s
47-ball
century
is
the
second-fastest
in
the
history
of
the
league.
Gardner
smashed
the
ton
for
Sydney
Sixers
in
the
third
edition
of
the
domestic
T20
league
for
women
cricketers.