10.26pm That concludes our ball-by-ball coverage of this astonishing semi-final. Andrew McGlashan will have all the reaction from the ground in his report. The Thunder progress to face the Melbourne Stars in Saturday's final after taking 6 for 12 to defeat the Heat who had the game all but won. Join us for the final on Saturday night. Until then, stay safe.

10.20pm Hannah Darlington is the Player of the Match for her 3 for 19: "Such an amazing effort by the girls. I think wow is the perfect word to describe it. I guess those high pressure situations are what I play cricket for. You can win games for your team. I really enjoy it."

Sydney Thunder win by 12 runs and head into the final to face the Melbourne Stars.

Not quite sure how that happened. The Heat needed 26 from 30 balls with 6 wickets in hand! They self destructed with two needless run outs in an over. Laura Kimmince still looked in control but she fell to Sam Bates with 15 needed from 19 balls and then Hannah Darlington took 2 for 1 in the 18th over to basically seal it.

The Heat's dream of a hat-trick of titles has gone up in a self-induced blaze.

18.3

Johnson to Kimmince, OUT, caught and bowled! How did that happen!? Thunder win. Kimmince charges at a length ball, it's a slower ball, Kimmince miscues off the toe of the bat straight back to the bowler and Johnson takes the catch to spark wild celebration for the Thunder!

DM Kimmince c & b Johnson 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

18.2

Johnson to Hancock, 1 run, full slower ball on middle, she clips this to deep midwicket

18.1

Johnson to Hancock, no run, 86kph, slower ball outside off, she mistimes a drive back to the bowler

Johnson to bowl the penultimate

END OF OVER:
18 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | BH-W: 130/9 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 7.00)

Nicola Hancock1 (2b)
Delissa Kimmince0 (0b)

Hannah Darlington3-0-19-3
Samantha Bates4-0-37-2

The Heat lost 5 for 10 in 15 balls

17.6

Darlington to Hancock, 1 run, full outside off, 107kph, she drives to long off

17.5

Darlington to Hancock, no run, 106kph, good length on off, Hancock defends

Darlington on a hat-trick

17.4

Darlington to Prestwidge, OUT, Bowled through the gate! Darlington delivers again! Full and straight, Prestwidge drives but leaves a big gap between bat and pad, she gets a little inside edge onto middle

GK Prestwidge b Darlington 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

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Rachael Haynes, Hannah Darlington, Sam Bates put Sydney Thunder in WBBL final
Defending champions Heat lost 6 for 12 in a chase of 144

Heat INNINGS		R	B
GM Harris	bowled	6	5
GP Redmayne	caught	25	19
N de Klerk	run out	27	27
JL Jonassen	caught	19	20
G Voll	run out	8	9
L Harris	bowled	37	17
AC Kerr	run out	1	1
CR Knott	bowled	2	7
DM Kimmince	caught	0	1
GK Prestwidge	bowled	0	1
NM Hancock	not out	2	4
EXTRAS	(b 3, lb 1)
TOTAL	131 (all out; 18.3 ovs)

Thunder BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
S Ismail	4.0	17	0	4.25
SL Bates	4.0	37	2	9.25
SJ Johnson	3.3	14	2	4.00
LG Smith	3.0	34	0	11.33
HJ Darlington	3.0	19	3	6.33
HC Knight	1.0	6	0	6.00

Heat 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	9	GP Redmayne	GM Harris
2nd	25	GP Redmayne	N de Klerk
3rd	46	JL Jonassen	N de Klerk
4th	5	N de Klerk	G Voll
5th	34	L Harris	G Voll
6th	1	AC Kerr	L Harris
7th	9	L Harris	CR Knott
8th	0	DM Kimmince	CR Knott
9th	0	DM Kimmince	GK Prestwidge
10th	2	DM Kimmince	NM Hancock

Women's Big Bash League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
MS-W	14	8	3	19	0.965
BH-W	14	8	4	18	0.543
ST-W	14	7	5	16	0.344
PS-W	14	6	6	14	0.355
SS-W	14	6	6	14	-0.084
AS-W	14	6	7	13	0.135
MR-W	14	4	8	10	-1.008
HH-W	14	3	9	8	-1.143

North Sydney Oval, Sydney

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SYDNEY THUNDER WOMEN 143/6(20 OVERS)

BRISBANE HEAT WOMEN 131(18.3 OVERS)

END OF OVER:18 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | BH-W: 130/9 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 7.00)

Rachael Haynes, Hannah Darlington, Sam Bates put Sydney Thunder in WBBL final

END OF OVER:
18 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | BH-W: 130/9 (14 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 7.00)