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Laura Wolvaardt and Dane van Niekerk help Adelaide Strikers beat Sydney Thunder, Sydney Sixers Ash Gardner made 86 not out off 52 balls in a losing cause against Brisbane Heat
Adelaide Strikers 4 for 176 (van Niekerk 58, Wolvaardt 54, Johnson 2-25) beat Sydney Thunder 6 for 158 (Wong 43, McGrath 2-20) by 18 runs
Half-centuries from South African duo Dane van Niekerk and Laura Wolvaardt have helped Adelaide Strikers to a comfortable victory over the struggling Sydney Thunder at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide.
Van Niekerk played the anchor role at the top of the order making 58 from 46 balls with three fours and three sixes while Wolvaardt finished the innings in style with a blistering 54 from 38 balls including three sixes of her own. Thunder never looked likely in the chase until Issy Wong produced a staggering display of hitting striking six sixes in 17 balls but they still fell 18 runs short.
Strikers were cautious in the first 10 over scoring just 65 runs for the loss of Katie…