Wareham's all-round show helps Renegades sink Sixers

Melbourne Renegades duo Georgia Wareham and Courtney Webb have produced a match-winning partnership to sink Sydney Sixers and keep the defending WBBL champions in finals contention.

The win had significant ramifications ahead of next week's finals, ending Sixers' three-game winning streak and meaning Hobart Hurricanes will finish top of the ladder.

That means Hurricanes will host the final on Saturday week. Adelaide will host Hurricanes tonight at Karen Rolton Oval, with Strikers needing an upset win to stay in the top-four hunt.

By winning their last regular-season game Renegades also improved to fourth, while Sixers are third. But Renegades must sweat on other results to find out whether they play in the finals.

Chasing 131 for victory, Wareham (49 not out) and Webb (33 not out) took Renegades to 134 for 4 from 16.2 overs on Friday in Melbourne.

The pair put on a whirlwind unbroken 85-run stand, rescuing Renegades from a wobbly 49 for 4 in the tenth over.

Wareham, who earlier took three wickets, finished with a furious flourish, cracking five fours and two sixes from her 29 deliveries. And Webb also found the boundary four times as Renegades (five wins, five losses) climbed from sixth to fourth on the table.

Sixers (five wins, three losses) remain third after failing to capitalise on an Ellyse Perryspecial with the bat.

Perry top-scored with 65 from 47 balls but Sixers struggled to 130 for 9. The allrounder dominated Sixers' innings, hitting nine fours and a six, despite frequently losing partners.

Only one other team-mate - Ash Gardner (16) - reached double figures amid some excellent legspin bowling from Wareham (3 for 21 from four overs).

Alyssa Healy made a six-ball duck and the middle order failed to fire around Perry, who was dismissed in the 18th over when caught at long-on from the bowling of Alice Capsey (2 for 27).

Renegades hit early trouble in their chase when Maitlan Brown snared two wickets in the second over.

Opener Davina Perrin (28 from 27) and Capsey (10 from 15) briefly steadied before both fell in a three-over patch, leaving Renegades in serious strife four down.

But Wareham and Webb launched a power-packed counter-punch with Brown (2 for 45) the only multiple wicket-taker for Sixers.

All three games over the weekend will affect the top-four finishing order. The Melbourne Stars are second and on Saturday cannot afford a slip-up when they host the Sydney Thunder, who are out of finals contention.

The late Saturday game will feature fifth-placed Perth Scorchers at home against bottom side Heat, while Sixers host Adelaide Strikers on Sunday in a massive end to the regular season.

Only three points separates Stars from the sixth-placed Strikers.

Tuesday's knockout final will feature the third-placed team at home against fourth.

The winner of that game travels to the second-placed team on Thursday for the challenger final and that will decide who faces Hurricanes for the title.