The Queensland Fire have surged clear at the top of the Women's National Cricket League ladder thanks to a vintage knock yesterday from captain Georgia Redmayne.
Redmayne Leads Way For Fire
Redmayne shone like a beacon at the top of the order as she piloted Queensland to a comfortable 60-run victory over Tasmania in the WNCL at Bellerive Oval.
Redmayne, who finished on 125, carried her bat through the innings to set the platform for victory.
Her performance was central to ensuring the Fire remain undefeated with six wins from as many starts and stay atop the WNCL table after the season's resumption.
Redmayne's innings was full of class, facing 134 balls and hitting 12 boundaries across the 50 overs she spent in the middle.
She put on a 84-run opening stand with Mikayla Wrigley (35) and was then able to cobble together a series of useful partnerships with Lauren Winfield-Hill (18), Lucy Burke (30) and Annie O'Neil (15) to keep the innings on track.
Queensland eventually closed at 8-287.
Tasmania, missing another key batter in the injured Elyse Villani (calf), were unable to mount a successful run chase for the second game in a row, dismissed for 227 and conceding a bonus point.
Pace bwoler Nic Hancock was again the pick of the bowlers, claiming an economical 4-42 from her 10 overs. Leggie Grace Parsons chimed in with 3-52, using her spin to slide through the Tigers' defences to bowl both Courtney Sippel (3) and Maisy Gibson (6) and trap opener and new captain Rachel Trenaman (18) lbw.
The result complemented the Fire's win over the Tigers only two days earlier, when they held on by 32 runs at the same venue.
Queensland will be looking to continue their unbeaten start when they host South Australia at Allan Border Field on January 20,