The Hobart Hurricanes have broken through for their first win of the WBBL season with a nail-biting four-run triumph over the Melbourne Renegades at Blundstone Arena.
After posting 9-120, the Hurricanes held their nerve in a thriller when they denied Renegades skipper Amy Satterthwaite who needed six off the last ball of the match to tie.
Delivered by her opposite number, stand-in Hobart captain Isobel Joyce, former Hurricanes player Satterthwaite got a good piece of it as she attempted to slam it over the midwicket boundary.
The ball landed shy of the rope and Satterthwaite scampered two and was then run out for a fine 65 off 58 balls.
It was a fine captain's knock to get so close after 18 were needed at the beginning of the last over.
Satterthwaite held the 'Gades together after a snail-paced start and a wobble in the middle when player-of-the-match Brooke Hepburn (3-24) delivered a double-wicket maiden that sent the required run-rate soaring.
For the Hurricanes, there was relief, elation and the satisfaction of exacting swift revenge after copping a humiliating 10-wicket pounding at the hands of the Renegades - also in Hobart - on Sunday.
But it wasn't all smooth sailing after yet another batting collapse caused some concerns.
Playing her final WBBL match before leaving for Indian international duties, Veda Krishnamurthy finally found form with 40 and Stefanie Daffara contributed an attacking 28 to set the top order in motion.
A total of around 150 looked on the cards before Hobart stumbled badly, losing 7-24 including a 5-13 collapse from their last five overs.
Lea Tahuhu (3-25) inflicted much of the damage before the Hurricanes bounced back strongly with the ball and dented the fifth-placed Regenades' finals prospects.
