Brisbane Heat beat Melbourne Stars by 8 wickets with seven balls to spare in WBBL|12 at Junction Oval for their third win in a row. Player of the Match Georgia Redmayne hit 12 fours in 74 not out, and Orla Prendergast made 52 not out, after Amy Jones (74) and Meg Lanning (52) had opened with 108 for the Stars.
Perth Scorchers beat Melbourne Stars by 6 wickets with 30 balls to spare in WBBL|12 at North Sydney Oval to stay unbeaten. Player of the Match Sophie Devine, who retired hurt in her last game, took 2 for 18 and hit 55 off 24 balls. Meg Lanning's 56 for the Stars was not enough.
Sydney Sixers beat Melbourne Stars by just 1 run in WBBL|12 at Junction Oval. Player of the Match Ellyse Perry carried her bat for 84 not out off 57, with 13 fours, and took 1 for 5. The Stars needed 7 from the last four balls but fell one short. The Sixers go top of the table.
Perth Scorchers beat Melbourne Stars by 15 runs in WBBL|12 at Junction Oval, defending just 124 for 9. Player of the Match Sophie Devine took 4 for 19 and Alana King 3 for 17 as the Stars were bowled out for 109, despite Meg Lanning's 41. The Scorchers have won both games.
Full schedule for England's 2026 tour of Australia: three ODIs in Perth, Adelaide and Hobart from November 13, then five T20Is from the MCG on November 21 to Canberra on December 2. Squads, captains and start times in local, UK, PKT, IST and ET.
Adelaide Strikers beat Melbourne Stars by 21 runs in WBBL|12 at Karen Rolton Oval. Laura Wolvaardt made 70 off 50 and Madeline Penna smashed 36 off 13 in a total of 185 for 2, then Player of the Match Amanda-Jade Wellington took 3 for 28 to stop the Stars' chase.
Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Renegades by 6 wickets as Georgia Voll took 4 for 26, then Melbourne Stars beat champions Hobart Hurricanes by 18 runs under the new Junction Oval lights, with Meg Lanning hitting 71 and Annabel Sutherland 57 and 3 for 34.
England beat Sri Lanka by 55 runs in Lahore for their only win of the Pakistan tri-series. Ben Duckett hit 167 off 132 balls with 24 fours as England made 386 for 5, and Liam Dawson took 4 for 49. Pavan Rathnayake's 118 was not enough.
WBBL|12 starts on Thursday, October 29 with a double-header at Junction Oval: Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder, then Melbourne Stars vs defending champions Hobart Hurricanes in the ground's first T20 under lights. Times in AEDT, IST, PKT, UK and ET.
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in Lahore to reach the tri-series final. Dilshan Madushanka took 5 for 34 as Pakistan were bowled out for 110 in 25.3 overs, and Kamindu Mendis made 62 not out. England are knocked out, and the final is Pakistan vs Sri Lanka on October 31.
