For the Hobart Hurricanes, what worked on Saturday just didn’t work on Sunday.
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The big hitters went all but missing and the smart batters just weren’t smart enough.
Hurricanes coach Julia Price was left scathing of her side, as Perth Scorchers sought revenge to square the ledger over the weekend between the two WBBL sides.
Price would blame tactical errors for the 17-run loss.
“I think at the end, it was our game awareness, just knowing how many runs we needed to get and how we were going to get those,” Price said.
“We needed boundaries and the girls weren’t really looking for the boundaries at that stage.
“I think they got a little too caught up with the scheme of singles and rotating the strike.
“They didn’t read the situation quite as well as they should have.”
But the coach did single out Veronica Pyke for praise, the tailender hitting 27 in just 15 balls at the end.
Pyke top-scored for the Hurricanes when coming in with four overs left to nail 51 runs but just the three wickets in hand.
Hobart finished on 9-125.
The Scorchers had earlier reduced the Canes to 3-31 off six overs when stars Hayley Matthews (9), Georgia Redmayne (5) and Heather Knight (8) all fell cheaply.
It was a far cry from one day earlier when Matthews smashed 48 off 38 balls and Redmayne 24 off 28.
“We’ve got a very strong line-up,” Price immediately said after the defeat.
“Again, it was with our top-order; Hayley was great yesterday and like her today, no-one really fired.
“Whether we were trying to hit it too hard or trying to emulate what they did when we probably need to play our own game and the way we go about things.”
Price, a former Australian international, also believed the bowlers gifted runs.
Perth put on a 92-run opening stand between Elyse Villiani (54 from 45) and Kiwi Suzie Bates (48 from 46) inside 14 overs.
The winners notched up 4-142 off its 20 overs.
“They did play very well, but I also think we didn’t hit our lengths that we were planning on doing, therefore it made it very easy to score those runs,” Price said.
“There was way too many boundaries, so we had too many loose balls.
“Generally, we try and keep our boundaries down in the powerplay, but we just couldn’t contain them.”
Price said the shock loss after a five-wicket victory was indicative of what would be an equal competition.
“We’re happy to at least take the one win away against the Scorchers and split that,” she said.
“So all the teams have at least had the one win and to me that makes it a great spectacle.
“Every week there is no game you’ll take for granted.”