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Sydney Sixers defeated Brisbane Heat by six wickets in their previous Women’s Big Bash League match on Tuesday. Asked to bat first, Brisbane posted a total of 176\/7 in 20 overs, where Amelia Kerr<\/a> top-scored with 64 runs. Later, this target turned out to be below-par as the Sixers chased it down with one ball to spare. However, this thrilling encounter also had a controversial moment when Brisbane were charged with five runs of penalty after Amelia grabbed the ball with a towel in her hand.<\/p>\n

This bizarre incident took place in the 10th over of the Sixers’ chase. Batter Ashleigh Gardner<\/a> played a shot towards the long-on and ran for a single. The fielder collected the ball and threw it towards Amelia, who grabbed it with a towel in her hand, at the non-striker’s end.<\/p>\n

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The on-field umpire immediately interrupted and signaled a five-run penalty on Brisbane Heat for his offence.<\/p>\n

As per the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) rules, “No fielder other than the wicket-keeper shall be permitted to wear gloves or external leg guards. \u00a0In addition, protection for the hand or fingers may be worn only with the consent of the umpires.”<\/p>\n

If a fielder uses “his\/her clothing with his\/her hands and uses this to field the ball”, then the umpire shall “award 5 Penalty runs to the batting side.”<\/p>\n

Coming to the match, Amelia scored 64 while\u00a0Mignon du Preez<\/a> scored 42 as Brisbane Heat scored 176\/7. Apart from them,\u00a0Charli Knott also played a quick knock of 29 off 10 balls. For Sixers, Ellyse Perry<\/a> took three wickets while Jess Kerr<\/a> took two wickets.<\/p>\n

Later, Sixers chased down the target in 19.5 overs with\u00a0Ashleigh Gardner and Erin Burns<\/a> scoring 36 and 35 runs respectively.\u00a0Georgia Voll and Jess Jonassen<\/a> took two wickets each for Brisbane.<\/p>\n

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