A sublime century from Sydney's skipper led the defending champions to their fifth consecutive win
Match Report:
ScorecardPerry lights up SCG to defeat the Heat
An unbeaten century by skipper Ellyse Perry has fired the Sydney Sixers to a 11-run Rebel WBBL win over the Brisbane Heat at the SCG.
Perry's rich vein of form in this tournament continued on Saturday as she racked up a superb 103 from just 64 balls, her second ton from six innings.
The superstar allrounder brought up her century with a boundary from the last ball of the innings as her side posted 3-166 from their 20 overs.
After losing Alyssa Healy (2) in the third over, the reigning champions were in early trouble at 1-8 before Perry took the game out of the Heat's hands.
She struck 10 boundaries and five sixes as the Sixers joined the Sydney Thunder atop the competition ladder on 10 points.
Perry has now hit 419 runs for the tournament and is averaging 209.5 having also hit three half-centuries, two of them unbeaten.
Ellyse Perry has 419 runs from six innings this @WBBL season. That's just absurd.58102*74*1072*103*#WBBL04 pic.twitter.com/ffNS69eXJ9— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 22, 2018
The Heat never really threatened during the run chase with Jess Jonassen top-scoring with 33 before they were restricted to 7-155.
Dane van Niekerk and Erin Burns each claimed two wickets for the Sixers.
Sydney Sixers XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Ellyse Perry (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Erin Burns, Sara McGlashan, Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp, Lauren Smith, Tahlia Wilson, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Lauren Cheatle.
Brisbane Heat XI: Beth Mooney (wk), Grace Harris, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Kirby Short (c), Jess Jonassen, Sune Luus, Delissa Kimmince, Laura Wolvaardt, Laura Harris, Jemma Barsby, Haidee Birkett.