A late cameo from Mathilda Carmichael has guided the Sydney Sixers to a final-ball WBBL win over the Hobart Hurricanes, keeping their slim final chances alive.
Carmichael top-scored with an unbeaten 32 from 21 balls batting at No.7 at Blundstone Arena on Monday night as the Sixers reached their target of 140 with three wickets remaining.
The Sixers needed 30 from the final three overs when Carmichael, a former Hockeyroos player, came to life with back-to-back boundaries off Shabnim Ismail.
Needing 10 runs from the last over, Carmichael hit a crucial four off the first ball before some quick running saw the match tied with one ball remaining.
Kate Peterson (10 not out from 10 balls) held her nerve against the spin of Molly Strano to ice the game with a single off the last delivery.
The win was Sydney's fourth in a row and pushes them to within two competition points of the fourth-placed Brisbane Heat with four games remaining.
Brisbane still have five games up their sleeve.
The Hurricanes appeared to have the upper hand when teenager leg-spinner Amy Smith and medium pacer Heather Graham put the squeeze on in the middle-to-late overs.
Smith picked up career-best figures of 3-20 which included the big scalp of Ash Gardner (24 from 21) in the 13th over.
Graham took 3-18 including two wickets in the 16th over which left the Sixers reeling at 7-107.
Hobart earlier posted 8-139 on the back of a 34-ball 50 from opener Lizelle Lee.
Lee struck seven fours and one six and brought up her half-century with a boundary through cover but was caught in the deep off the next ball.
She was supported by Graham, who hit 36 from 28 but the Hurricanes' fell away towards the back-end of their innings.
Hobart remains in sixth position on the ladder with three wins from nine starts.
