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Renegades on the WBBL rise after sinking the Sixers

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Courtney Webb (l) and Georgia Wareham (r) have proved the match-winners for the Melbourne Renegades. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)
Camera IconCourtney Webb (l) and Georgia Wareham (r) have proved the match-winners for the Melbourne Renegades. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

Melbourne Renegades duo Georgia Wareham and Courtney Webb have produced a match-winning partnership to sink the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL.

Chasing 131 for victory, Wareham (49 not out) and Webb (33no) took the Renegades to 4-134 from 16.2 overs on Friday in Melbourne.

The pair put on a whirlwind unbroken 85-run stand, rescuing the Renegades from a wobbly 4-49 in the 10th over.

Wareham, who earlier took three wickets, finished with a furious flourish, cracking five fours and two sixes from her 29 deliveries.

And Webb also found the boundary four times as the Renegades (five wins, five losses) climbed from sixth to fourth on the ladder.

The Sixers (five wins, three losses) remain third after failing to capitalise on an Ellyse Perry special with the bat.

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Perry top-scored with 65 from 47 balls but the Sixers struggled to 9-130.

The allrounder dominated Sydney's innings, hitting nine fours and a six, despite frequently losing partners.

Only one other teammate - Ash Gardner (16) - reached double figures amid some excellent legspin bowling from Wareham (3-21 from four overs).

Alyssa Healy made a six-ball duck and the middle order failed to fire around Perry, who was dismissed in the 18th over when caught at long-on from the bowling of Alice Capsey (2-27).

The Renegades hit early trouble in their chase when Maitlan Brown snared two wickets in the second over.

Opener Davina Perrin (28 from 27 deliveries) and Capsey (10 from 15) briefly steadied before both fell in a three-over patch, leaving the Renegades in serious strife four down.

But Wareham and Webb launched a power-packed counter-punch with Brown (2-45) the only multiple wicket-taker for the Sixers.

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