The Canterbury Performers have been killed from the Crush after a turbulent completion against the Northern Bold saw them lose by only one run.
In a downpour abbreviated installation in Hamilton this evening, the Entertainers required 54 to win in seven overs to keep their possibilities making the best three alive.
Some large hitting from Lea Tahuhu kept them in the pursuit after early wickets fell, Frankie Mackay almost directed her group over the line in the last finished. Requiring three to win off the last ball, Mackay skied the ball down to profound fine leg, however it was put somewhere around Caitlin Gurrey.
Acknowledging she actually got the opportunity to tie the game, Mackay immediately went to go briefly run yet turned around to tap her bat in the wrinkle again in the wake of being concerned she might have been managed one short.
The time it took to return and start the run again cost her truly, as Gurrey gathered the ball and terminated it in to the manager, who quickly whipped the bails off, running out Mackay, and giving the Courageous a one-run triumph.
The outcome implies the Entertainers get no opportunity of making the best three groups that development to the finals, with only one game left to play. The Courageous actually have a remote possibility with two games remaining yet need different outcomes to turn out well for them.