Meg Lanning hit top gear in her 100th WBBL game as Melbourne Stars won a rain-hit clash with Perth in Adelaide by 16 runs.

The former Australian captain, dropped on 18, went berserk after a slow start to finish unbeaten on 90 off 55 balls as the Stars reached 4-173 on Friday.

A storm hit, reducing the Scorchers’ chase to 95 off nine overs in a tweak that could have favoured the chasers.

But the Stars jumped all over the Scorchers, who finished their chase 8-78.

Fresh off a century, Beth Mooney reached 14 off six balls with three boundaries before Kim Garth’s (2-16) clever slower ball brought her undone.

Wickets fell regularly, Annabel Sutherland hitting the top of Sophie Devine’s off-stump to further stall momentum.

The Scorchers kept swinging but were never truly in the hunt, Sophie

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