‘Spin it, to win it’ was the mantra for the UP Warriorz, led by Sophie Ecclestone (4-0-20-3), earlier than Grace Harris’ unbeaten fifty (60, 33b, 9×4, 2×6) powered it to a six-wicket win over Gujarat Giants within the Women’s Premier League sport on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Friday.
Chasing 143 by no means appeared like an inconceivable problem for the Warriorz. The openers, Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire, bought off to a great begin, taking the Uttar Pradesh crew previous 40 within the first 4 overs.
Just when the Warriorz gave the impression to be working away within the match, the Giants pulled again with two fast wickets, first Kiran fell to Tanuja Kanwer, after which a set Healy was castled by Kathryn Bryce on 33.
Harris and Chamari Athapaththu took the chase ahead and placed on a 36-run stand for the third wicket, the place the Sri Lankan was at her fluent finest. She struck 4 boundaries earlier than holing out to Laura Wolvaardt off Tanuja’s bowling.
Meghna Singh dismissed Shweta Sehrawat for a seven-ball two to provide some hope to the Giants followers, however an unbeaten 53-run stand between Deepti Sharma and Harris took the Warriorz previous the end line with 26 balls to spare for its second consecutive win.
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Earlier, spinners capitalised on a turning observe to assist UPW limit GG to 142 for 5 after selecting to bowl.
Laura Wolvaardt used Anjali Sarvani’s tempo and exploited the quick off-side boundary, hitting her for 3 back-to-back fours.
Skipper Beth Mooney, who had two poor performances with the bat, confirmed the appropriate intent initially. She stepped out to Rajeshwari Gayakwad and smashed a straight 4.
She then welcomed Ecclestone with a boundary, executing a flawless reverse lap, because the Giants bought off to a brisk begin.
But, because the openers appeared to vary gears, Ecclestone dismissed Mooney, who was caught by Harris at mid-off.
Ecclestone picked up one other, eradicating Wolvaardt in related style. This time, it was Athapaththu who caught the South African at mid-off.
Harris and Ecclestone bowled in tandem, choking the batters and stopping the boundary hits.
Alyssa Healy’s ploy to function with the off-spinners paid off, because the Giants might solely handle 29 in six overs after scoring 33 within the first 4.
Harleen Deol had one other underwhelming outing, scoring 18 off 24 earlier than holing out to Anjali off Rajeshwari’s bowling.
Ashleigh Gardner (30, 17b, 4×4, 1×6) offered the impetus, her 52-run affiliation with Phoebe Litchfield powering the Giants near the 150-mark, but it surely was by no means sufficient as soon as Harris took cost, condemning the Giants to its third straight loss.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com