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UP Warriorz snapped formidable Mumbai Indians’ successful run within the Girls’s Premier League with a five-wicket victory, after the Uttar Pradesh facet extracted extra out of a tough pitch in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. On a floor the place the ball turned loads and was additionally holding up, England’s star left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone (3/15) led the way in which together with her glorious bowling as UP Warriorz bundled out Mumbai Indians for 127. When MI batted, as many as 18 of the 20 overs had been bowled by spinners, a WPL file. In reply, UPW confronted some obstacles earlier than competing the duty with three balls to spare. Grace Harris (39) and Tahlia McGrath (38) had been the principle contributors with the bat for UPW, whereas Deepti Sharma (13 not out) and participant of the match Ecclestone (16 not out) additionally performed important knocks.
UPW misplaced Devika Vaidya with only one run on the board initially of the second over. Whereas the profitable bowler was Hayley Matthews, many of the credit score for the dismissal should received to Harmanpreet Kaur, who pulled off a sensational catch at first slip after the batter received a thick outdoors edge.
Issy Wong picked up the massive wicket of UPW captain Alyssa Healy (8), trapping her in entrance of the wicket. The on-field umpire was not satisfied regardless of the massive attraction and MI’s transfer to go for a referral proved to be the suitable name, leaving the Australian star with no possibility however to stroll again into the dugout.
Defending a small however difficult complete on this floor, MI discovered one more reason to have a good time when Yastika Bhatia accomplished a improbable one-handed diving catch behind the wicket off the bowling of Nat Sciver-Brunt to ship again Kiran Navgire for 12, for which she consumed 16 balls.
UPW had been in a spot of trouble at 27 for Three to start with of seventh over, when Grace Harris received off the mark with a boundary.
Whilst MI picked up three wickets shortly however they had been additionally responsible of dropping three catches, which proved to be essential in the long run.
Within the firm of Harris, Tahlia McGrath stroked her solution to a 25-ball 38 earlier than Amelia Kerr had her caught and bowled. However Harris hit two successive fours on three events, after McGrath’s dismissal, to cut back the hole.
There was one other twist after Kerr dismissed Harris at an important juncture, however UPW held their nerves to emerge winners.
Earlier, had it not been for Issy Wong’s 19-ball 32, MI would have ended with a lot lower than what they ultimately received.
After their skipper Alyssa Healy opted to area first, the UP Warriorz bowlers did a commendable job to maintain issues tight and take wickets at common intervals in opposition to the sturdy Mumbai batting line-up.
MI had been 56 for 2 on the finish of the 10th over with Hayley Matthews (35) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (25) trying to construct a partnership after the departure of Yastika Bhatia (5) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (7).
Nonetheless, each Hayley and Kaur received out after getting begins, the India captain falling to compatriot Deepti Sharma after the previous was accomplished in by the seasoned Ecclestone.
Amelia Kerr (3) lasted simply 5 balls earlier than being despatched again by Rajeshwari Gayakwad, because the Warriorz lowered Mumbai Indians to 78 for 5 initially of the 14th over.
Amanjot Kaur, too, did not make an impression with the bat as she additionally fell to the wily Ecclestone, who had by then picked up three wickets in as many over on the Dr DY Patil Sports activities Academy.
Whereas Ecclestone did bulk of the injury, the others supported her properly and made MI work exhausting for each run. India participant Gayakwad additionally had an excellent outing, returning with wonderful figures of two for 16 from her full quota of 4 overs.
Deepti completed with figures of two/34.
Whereas MI fielded the identical XI within the match, UP determined to incorporate younger Parshavi Chopra instead of Shweta Sehrawat.
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