UP Warriorz snapped the winning streak of the mighty Mumbai Indians with a five-match win in the Women’s Super League after scoring more victories on a tricky pitch in Navi Mumbai on Saturday.On surfaces where the ball turns a lot and also remains stable, England’s star left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone (3/15) Leading with her fine bowling, UP Warriorz beat Mumbai Indians by 127 runs. As many as 18 of 20 pitches were thrown by spinners when MI hit the ball, a WPL record. In response, UPW ran into some snags before finishing the task with three balls remaining. Grace Harris (39) and Talia McGrath (38) was a major contributor to UPW bats, while Diputy Sharma (13 strikeouts) and the game’s best player Ecclestone (16 strikeouts) also hit crucial strikes.
UPW lost Devikavadia Just one run on the plate at the start of the second inning.While the successful bowler was Hayley Matthews, much of the credit for the dismissal must go to Harman Prittkaurafter the batsman got a thick rim, he pulled off a sensational catch on the first miss.
Easton Pick up the UPW captain’s big wicket Alyssa Healy (8), trapped her in front of the small gate. Despite the massive appeal, the referees were not convinced and the MI referral proved to be the right decision, leaving the Australian star with no choice but to walk back to the dugout.
Defending a small and tricky total on this surface, MI found another reason to celebrate Astika Bhatia Finished a brilliant one-handed dive catch behind the bowling wicket natural science-Brunt sent back Kiranna Virgil 12, for which she consumes 16 balls.
UPW was stranded 27-3 at the start of the seventh inning when Grace Harris scored an out-of-bounds score.
Even though MI quickly picked up three wickets, they made three mistakes which ultimately proved to be crucial.
With Harris, Talia McGrath had a 25-ball 38 Amelia Kerr Let her be caught and knocked down. But Harris closed the gap by hitting two fours three times in a row after McGrath was sent off.
After Kerr fired Harris at the crunch time, there was another twist, but UPW stayed tight to produce a winner.
MI could have ended up with far less than they ended up getting if it weren’t for Issy Wong’s 19-ball 32 earlier on.
The UP Warriorz bowlers did a commendable job of keeping tight ends after their skipper Alyssa Healy opted to play first, taking the ball regularly against a strong Mumbai batting line-up.
MI finished 56-2 in the 10th over, with Hayley Matthews (35) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (25) looking to build a partnership after the departures of Yastika Bhatia (5) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (7).
However, Hayley and Kaur were both out after their starts, with the India captain beaten by compatriot Diputi Sharma after the former was finished by the experienced Ecclestone.
Amelia Kerr (3) lasted just five balls before being sent back Rajeshwari Gayakwadas the Warriorz cut the Mumbai Indians to 78-5 at the start of the 14th over.
Aman JokaurDidn’t impress the bat either, as she also fell to the wily Ecclestone, who had already taken three wickets at DY Patil Dr Sports Academy by then.
While Ecclestone did most of the damage, the others supported her well and made MI work hard on every run. India’s Gayakwad also had a good run, coming back with 16 doubles in her four full quotas.
Deepti ends with the number 2/34.
When MI fielded the same XI in the match, UP decided to include the young Pashavi Chopra replace Rita Serawat.
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