Sixers romp to WBBL title with crushing win over Scorchers

Sarah Coyte stars with the ball as Sydney Sixers beat Perth Scorchers by nine wickets to earn the right to be named Women's Big Bash champions

^{Sydney Sixers are WBBL champions}

Sydney Sixers are Women's Big Bash champions for a second year in a row following a nine-wicket victory over Perth Scorchers.

Perth failed to reach three figures after choosing to bat first and their total of 99 was never likely to prove enough to see off the Sixers.

And so it proved, as Alyssa Healy and Elysse Perry made light work of the chase, seeing Sydney home with five oves to spare.

The Scorchers never got out of first gear in the final, losing Elyse Villani and Nicole Bolton cheaply at the top of the order, while England's Nat Sciver could only make two.

Sarah Coyte returned excellent figures of 3-17 from her four overs for Sydney, while Erin Burns claimed 2-26, and Perth were hamstrung.

^{Perth Scorchers were comfortably beaten in the final}

In reply, Healy hit 41 from 32 balls but was the only wicket to fall, stumped off the bowling of Emma King, and Perry (36 not out) saw her side to victory with a little help from Ashleigh Gardner.

"I was certainly a lot less nervous today than I was last year - I felt like vomiting when I was watching - so it was really cool to be out there," said Perry afterwards, reflecting on the relative comfort of this year's final win compared to the nailbiting events of 12 months ago.

"I'm so invested in this team - not just on the field, but also off the field, in terms of the way we go about our business, what we want to do.

"We've always talked about wanting to be attacking, inspiring and enjoy our cricket. I think that extends both on the field and off the feel, and everyone needs to contribute to that at different times."

"In hindsight, it was probably not a bad toss to lose, because there was just a little bit of moisture in the wicket early, and I think it just held up and gave our bowlers enough to bowl at Elyse and Nicole, who are world-class batters.

"I thought we just kept the pressure on them and it sort of showed in the end and we were able to pick up wickets consistently."