State Auckland Hearts vs State Otago Sparks

The Otago Sparks won the toss and elected to bat in their first State League match against the Auckland Hearts.  Three wickets in the first ten overs restricted the scoring but  hard hitting Otago batsman, Sarah Tsukigawa, reached 73 to help them through to 163. In reply the Auckland Hearts reached the target in 43 overs with their top order of Michelle Lynch (69), Victoria Lind (23) and Megan Murphy (27) providing most of their runs.