UP Warriorz have passed Mumbai Indians their first defeat in Ladies’s Premier League 2023. The Alyssa Healy-led facet did so in taste through profitable their face off towards the desk toppers on the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai within the first tournament of the WPL double-header on Saturday.
After profitable the toss and opting for to bowl first, UP first limited the star-studded Mumbai lineup to 127 sooner than chasing down their goal with 3 balls to spare. Sophie Ecclestone used to be the select of the bowlers for the profitable workforce as she completed with figures of three for 15 sooner than returning to make a the most important contribution with the bat (16* off 17) to assist her facet clinch a mystery, completing the tournament with a six.
For Mumbai Indians, Hayley Matthews top-scored with 35 off 30 deliveries whilst Issy Wong’s 32 off 19 and Harmanpreet Kaur’s 25 off 22 have been additionally notable contributions. Then again, not one of the different avid gamers may step in with the bat. So far as their bowling effort is anxious, Amelia Kerr used to be their famous person performer with figures of two for 22, Wong, Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt have been the opposite wicket-takers.
Within the run chase, Warriorz’ top-three batters could not do a lot with Devika Vaidya, Healy and Kiran Navgire falling for person rankings of one, 8 and 12 respectively. Then again, applying her dropped catch first ball Tahlia McGrath scored 38 off 25 whilst Grace Harris scored 39 off 28 deliveries.
After all it used to be Deepti Sharma and Ecclsetone who noticed the workforce go the road. This used to be UP’s 3rd win within the season which has taken them to six issues from as many suits.
In the meantime, this used to be the primary loss for Mumbai Indians however does now not have an effect on their qualification possibilities that a lot as they have got already sealed a spot within the subsequent around. They proceed to stay on the height of desk.
Deepti Sharma used to be adjudged the Participant of the Fit for her all-round efficiency as she picked 2 wickets for 35 runs, 2 run outs and a match-winning partnership with Ecclestone, completing unbeatean on 13.
