Sydney Sixers defeated Brisbane Heat by four wickets at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Friday, October 30, to start their WBBL 2026 campaign. The game came down to the very last ball. The Sixers won thanks to a boundary from Sarah Coyte off the last delivery, extending the Brisbane Heat’s losing record to more than 700 days.
In a tense run chase at Allan Border Field, Sarah Coyte rescued the Sydney Sixers’ blushes with a boundary off the penultimate ball to secure an exciting four-wicket WBBL triumph over Brisbane Heat. On Friday night, the Sixers were chasing 155 to win, and they were certain to do it with just five runs off the last over from Lucy Hamilton. After some stunning death bowling from Hamilton, that equation became a more precarious three needed off two balls.
Sydney Sixers won by four wickets after reaching 157 for 6 in 20 overs. The cornerstone of the chase was Ellyse Perry, who hit 58 off 38 balls to help the Sixers stay on pace at 1 for 103. Charli Knott claimed 2 for 25 with the ball, and Sophia Dunkley contributed 37 to keep the Heat in the game.
But before things became much tighter, the Sixers needed 41 runs in the closing stages, and Alice Capsey scored 21. Long into the last over, the match was still in the balance with 36 necessary off 10 and then 18 required off 8. The Sixers won the match thanks to Coyte’s boundary off the final ball, completing a chase of 157 in precisely 20 overs.
The Heat reached 1-117 in the fifteenth over thanks to five fours and three sixes from Knott and eight boundaries from Redmayne. Annie O’Neil (18 off 12) was able to add some useful late runs after Ashleigh Gardner dismissed Knott and Redmayne shortly after. In two days, the Sixers will host the Hobart Hurricanes at Drummoyne Oval, while the Heat will be hoping for a much-needed victory when they play the Sydney Thunder there earlier in the day.
