Tryon's 43 and Faltum's last-ball four end the Sixers' unbeaten WBBL start

Melbourne Renegades reached their target off the final ball at North Sydney Oval to hand Sydney Sixers their first defeat of the Women's Big Bash League season

Chasing 153, the Renegades were 61 for 5 in the 12th over and still needed 13 from the last. They finished on 156 for 8, Nicole Faltum driving the final delivery for four to win by two wickets.

Chloe Tryon did most of the damage with 43 from 23 balls at No. 7, after Sophie Molineux's 38 from 25 had steadied an innings that looked finished.

Ashleigh Gardner made 55 from 31 balls and then took 4-33, an all-round return that still ended with the Sixers beaten for the first time in six matches.

Gardner's fifty sets the pace

Molineux won the toss and sent the Sixers in, and the decision looked an expensive one while Gardner was at the crease.

She hit five fours and four sixes in her 31-ball fifty, and was dropped at long-on by Tryon early in the innings.

Sophia Dunkley held the other end for 49 from 45 balls, with Amelia Kerr adding 22 from 17 in the middle order.

Molineux claimed the wicket of Ellyse Perry, who passed 150 WBBL appearances for the Sixers earlier in the week. It was the first time the Renegades captain had dismissed her in the competition.

Wareham pegs the innings back

Georgia Wareham slowed the scoring through the middle overs and finished with 3-19 from her four.

The Sixers closed on 152 for 6 from their 20 overs, a total that read as competitive rather than decisive.

It was the second time in three days the two sides had met at North Sydney Oval, and the Sixers had won the first of those games to stay unbeaten.

Renegades slip to 61 for 5

Gardner struck three times inside her first three overs, Hayley Matthews among them, and the chase was in trouble almost immediately.

Olivia Porter was the only top-order batter to settle, making 29 from 21 balls before she fell.

When Wareham was dismissed in the 12th over the Renegades were five down and needed 92 from 48 balls with the lower order to come.

Molineux and Tryon turn it round

Molineux and Tryon added 47 together, the captain hitting seven boundaries in her 25-ball 38 before Kerr had her caught.

Kerr finished with 2-25, but the wicket brought no relief. Tryon took the innings on herself, striking three fours and three sixes from No. 7.

Sarah Coyte conceded only four runs in the 19th over, and the equation came down to 13 from the last. Tryon was named player of the match for the innings.

Thirteen from the final over

Gardner bowled it. Faltum took a single off the first ball before Tryon hit a six and a four to leave two needed from three deliveries.

Gardner then had Tryon caught, and Milly Illingworth squeezed out a single to level the scores with one ball remaining.

Faltum drove the last ball through the off side for four, a third win in six matches that lifted the Renegades to fifth on 6 points.

The Sixers stay top of the table on 10 points from six matches, a net run rate of 0.922 keeping them clear of the field even in defeat.

The Renegades, three wins and three losses from the same number of games, remain at -0.400 and in the thick of the race for a finals place.

Scorecard: Sydney Sixers Women 152 for 6 (Gardner 55, Dunkley 49, Wareham 3-19) lost to Melbourne Renegades Women 156 for 8 (Tryon 43, Molineux 38, Gardner 4-33) by two wickets.