After a weekend full of Women's Big Bash League kiwi-on-kiwi crime, every kiwi in the WBBL has at least one win. Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars are the only teams without a win and their the only team without a kiwi, add on top of them Brisbane Heat who are the worst of the teams with a win in 6th and four of the five teams ahead of those three, have kiwis in them.

That basically means you gotta get some #KiwiWBBL talent in your squad asap.

The weekend's games were headline by Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades and they split the weekend with a win each, via crucial performances from their kiwis. Adelaide won the first game, scoring 139/6 first up with Suize Bates (24 @133.33sr) and Sophie Devine (15 @ 125sr) chipping in with handy knocks. Lea Tahuhu snared the key wicket for Renegades of Devine and conceded 8rpo off her 4 overs and Amy Satterthwaite bowled 3ov @ 7.66rpo.

It came down to the last ball of the 20th over in this absolute thriller at Glenelg

Adelaide then kept Renegades to 138/8 with Suzie Bates snapping up Lea Tahuhu caught-and-bowled with the last delivery. This was Bates' only wicket (4ov @ 8rpo) and Devine continued her fine bowling performances thus far, taking 2w @ 7rpo from her 4 overs.

Despite being unable to guide Renegades to victory on Saturday, Amy Satterthwaite was the star of the weekend and put the other kiwis in the shade with her back to back knocks. Satterthwaite hit 56 @ 140sr and Renegades would have likely won had Devine and Bates combined to dismiss her, then Satterthwaite hit 49 @ 132.43sr on Sunday to help Renegades hit 160/5 in the first innings.

The Renegades turned the tables in a scintillating nine-run win following yesterday's heartbreaking loss to the Strikers

Bates (1w @ 8.50rpo in 2ov) and Devine (2w @ 6.25rpo in 4ov) repeated their dose with the ball and Bates did her best to push Adelaide close to the target, blasting 63 @ 165.78rpo.

Unfortunately for Adelaide, Devine couldn't fire (12 @ 109.09) and chasing the bigger target, Strikers needed another batter to put up a decent score; Strikers could only manage 151/9 in response.

Renegades' kiwi duo both put in impressive performances with the ball as well to help restrict Strikers in their run-chase. Tahuhu had her best 4ov of the campaign, taking 2w @ 5rpo and Satterthwaite's 2w (8.25rpo) both came in the last 5 overs of the game, putting all the pressure on Adelaide's lower order.

Devine now sits in 3rd in the wicket-taker rankings with 7w @ 12.42avg/6.21rpo, while Tahuhu now has 4w @ 23.75avg/7.91rpo; if Tahuhu can stay below 8rpo she'll be doing a great job as her extra bit of pace will earn a wicket or two most games.

Bates is sitting like the queen she is on the run-scoring throne thanks to that early century and her 50+ score over the weekend, she's also one of three notable batters with a strike-rate over 150 (151.72sr). Devine went through a minor dip last weekend, although her strike-rate is still up over 150 (158.90) and the big mover-shaker was Satterthwaite; she passed 100 runs and now has 36.66avg/127.90sr.

Perth Scorchers couldn't get up over Brisbane Heat as Brisbane chased down Perth's 112/7 in 18.5 overs, we do have some super funky work from young all-rounder Thamsyn Newton though. Newton hit 7* off 4 balls down the order and then helped Perth claw their way back into the game by dismissing Brisbane's Deandra Dottin on 45 and then Delissa Kimmince a couple balls later in the 17th over, with Brisbane on 95.

Deandra Dottin and Kirby Short put on a dogged stand to secure a six-wicket victory for Brisbane Heat in a match dominated by bowling and spectacular efforts in the field

Brisbane then went on to score the required runs without losing another wicket, snaring some key wickets - especially Dottin - halted a bit of Heat momentum there for a jiffy though. That 17th over was also Newton's first over of the game and it was great to see Newton take her opportunity, while also being annoying from a #KiwiWBBL perspective that Newton isn't being used with the ball earlier.

Especially when Newton is tied with Heather Graham as Perth's 2nd best wicket-taker on 4w and Katherine Brunt is leading Perth with 7w. Newton's only bowled 5.5ov however and she has the lowest bowling strike-rate of all notable bowlers (8.7sr) and that's also the only strike-rate below 10 of notable bowlers. Keep in mind that Newton is bowling late in innings, so that's a factor and I'm sure Perth are slowly giving Newton greater opportunities; right now Newton is a statistical monster in limited opportunities.

Rachel Priest has found a nice little groove for Sydney Thunder as she smoked 42 @ 120sr to snatch the game away from Melbourne Stars. Stars scored 132/4 and by the time Priest was dismissed in the 11th over, Thunder already had 95 runs in the bank. Although Priest doesn't have a notable score just yet, she's doing her job nicely in getting the innings started quickly; hopefully she can score runs against other teams as both her 30+ scores have come vs Melbourne Stars.

The Stars showed some good signs in their innings, but the Thunder again took the points in a nine-wicket triumph

The #KiwiWBBL funk continued all the way down to Sara McGlashan, who did exactly what I hoped she would in scoring 44 @ 133.33sr when Sydney Sixers were without one of their best batswomen Ashleigh Gardner. Ellyse Perry still scored runs with 65 @ 132.65sr as she tends to do, as Sixers hit 152/8 and McGlashan's knock was also timely as Alyssa Healy could only manage 11r, meaning that someone had to stand up and support Perry.

A Dane van Niekerk hat-trick stole the show as the Sixers bounced back in a big way to post a 33-run win over the Hurricanes

After chipping in with handy scores after the Sixers' big three had laid a platform, McGlashan played her role perfectly. Sixers then went on to restrict Hobart Hurricanes to 119/8, leaving Sixers at the top of the table, slightly ahead of Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Thunder via run-rate.

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Peace and love 27.