An glorious all-round present from Natalie Sciver-Brunt (three for 18 and 75 n.o.) helped Mumbai Indians defeat UP Warriorz by eight wickets in the Women’s Premier League at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Wednesday.
MI (six factors) moved to the prime of the desk on the again of a greater run-rate than Delhi Capitals (six factors). MI has a match in hand.
After dazzling together with her seamers, Sciver-Brunt drove the MI chase with an aesthetic knock. She saved the tempo excessive whereas her associate Hayley Matthews (59, 50b, 7×4, 2×6) took her time to settle in.
When the required charge started to rise, Sciver-Brunt stepped up with the huge hits. The 32-year-old, who made 42, 57 and 80 n.o. in the earlier matches, overtook RCB’s Ellyse Perry as the highest run-scorer of the event.
After being put in to bat, UP frittered away a fantastic begin to finish with a par rating. Grace Harris, promoted to open the innings, made merry in the PowerPlay. The Australian did critical injury in the fourth over, bowled by off-spinner Matthews, hanging two sixes and two fours.
Harris thrived in the firm of one-drop Vrinda Dinesh (33, 30b, 5×4), who performed the anchor position. At the finish of six overs, UP raced to 62 for one.
Leg-spinner Amelia Kerr bagged the essential wicket of Harris (45, 26b, 6×4, 2×6), who mistimed a giant hit. In the subsequent over, off-spinner Sanskriti Gupta put the skids below UP’s plans by dismissing Vrinda and Tahlia McGrath (1, 2b).
UP didn’t recuperate from the double blow, as wickets continued to tumble. Sciver-Brunt shut out the harmful Chinelle Henry, whereas fellow pacer Shabnim Ismail was a lot too good for the tailenders.
The scores: UP Warriorz 142/9 in 20 overs (Harris 45, Vrinda 33, Sciver-Brunt 3/18) misplaced to Mumbai Indians 143/2 in 17 overs (Matthews 59, Sciver-Brunt 75 n.o.); Toss: MI; PoM: Sciver-Brunt.
Thursday’s match: RCB vs. GG, 7.30 p.m.
Published – February 27, 2025 09:14 am IST
