Perry’s Unbeaten 84 and Coyte’s Final Over Give Sydney Sixers One-Run WBBL Win Over Stars
Ellyse Perry made 84 not out from 57 balls and Sarah Coyte defended eight in the last over as the Sydney Sixers beat the Melbourne Stars by one run at the Junction Oval on 6 November.
By John · 11 Nov 2026 · 2 min read
The Sydney Sixers beat the Melbourne Stars by one run in the Women's Big Bash League at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on Friday 6 November, after Ellyse Perry carried their innings with an unbeaten 84 and Sarah Coyte held her nerve in the final over. The Sixers made 5 for 160 and kept the Stars to 7 for 159.
The Sixers won the toss and chose to bat. Perry, who had turned 36 three days earlier, faced 57 balls for her 84 not out and was named player of the match. She also bowled a single over in the Stars’ reply, taking 1 for 5.
It all came down to one ball. Four were needed from the last delivery. Georgia Prestwidge, 21 not out from 13 balls, found only two, and Perry’s return from the field ended the match. The Stars had gone into the closing stages wanting 11 from 10 balls with four wickets standing, and Coyte began the 20th over with eight to defend. Her wicket in that over was Dani Gibson, the Stars’ top scorer with 31 from 20 balls, caught in the outfield; that left seven required from the last four. Kim Garth survived soon afterwards when Coyte could not complete a run-out.
Coyte finished with 1 for 27 from three overs, six of them in the final over. It was the second time this season she had settled a tight finish for the Sixers: a week earlier she hit a boundary off the last ball to complete a four-wicket win over the Brisbane Heat.
Sixers seamer Lauren Cheatle said on the broadcast that Coyte had been “calm and collected” at the top of her mark. Perry said it was “nice to get on a roll”, but stressed that the side still needed to keep improving.
Where the teams stand
The result took the Sixers to three wins from three games, and they made it four from four two days later with a nine-run win over the Sydney Thunder by the DLS method at North Sydney Oval. The Stars dropped to one win from four matches and then lost to the Perth Scorchers by six wickets on 8 November, leaving them with one win from five. The Sixers face the Melbourne Renegades and the Stars meet the Brisbane Heat, both at the Junction Oval on 12 November.