Adelaide Strikers 171 (Patterson 44, Wellington 40, Prendergast 39) beat Sydney Sixers 160 for 9 (Bryce 62, Perry 54, Mushangwe 3-27) by 11 runs

"It was a nasty injury," Strikers coach Luke Williams said after the match. "Obviously we were all worried about her, but it looks like she's escaped major injury. It certainly was nasty at the time with the cut."

Those contributions enabled Strikers to recover from 51 for 4 in the seventh over after Cheatle had made early inroads before Ellyse Perry held onto a stinging return catch - with a juggle - to claim Laura Wolvaardt.

Perry and Bryce added 80 in 50 balls for the second with Perry lacing 11 boundaries although she was dropped at long on 17. The impressive, and quick, Brown removed Perry when she top-edged a short ball to fine leg and Sixers suffered another huge blow when Gardner fell for a five-ball duck.

But Bryce and 19-year-old Elsa Hunter, on her WBBL, put on 53 off 35 balls to bring the target in sight aided by some poor catching from Strikers but they couldn't finish the job for a Sixers side stretched to limits by injury. Legspinners Wellington and Anesu Mushangwe were superb in the closing overs.