WPL: UP Warriorz hand Mumbai Indians their first loss; Deepti, Sophie put all-round show

Spinners
Deepti
Sharma
and
Sophie
Ecclestone
put
an
all-round
show
as
the
duo
first
picked
five
wickets
among
them
and
then
had
a
crucial
unbeaten
24-run
stand
for
the
sixth
wicket
as
Warriorz
chased
down
128
with
three
balls
to
spare.

Invited
to
bat,
Mumbai
Indians
were
all
out
for
127
in
20
overs
with
opener
Hayley
Matthews
top-scoring
with
a
35
off
30
balls.
Captain
Harmanpreet
Kaur
and
Issy
Wong
made
25
and
32
respectively.

Spinners
dominated
the
show
as
Deepi
bowled
a
2/35
while
Ecclestone
put
herself
right
at
the
top
of
the
Purple
Cap
race
with
a
3/15
spell.
Left-arm
orthodox
Rajeshwari
Gayakwad
had
a
good
spell
to
as
she
bowled
2/16.

Deepti
Sharma
also
crucially
effected
two
run
outs
during
her
spell.

The
UP
side
chased
down
the
target
of
128
with
three
balls
to
spare,
reaching
129
for
5
in
19.3
overs.

Grace
Harris
top-scored
for
UP
Warriorz
with
39
while
Tahlia
McGrath
contributed
38.
Ecclestone
then
scored
a
16*
while
Sharma
scored
a
13*
during
their
match-winning
small
but
effective
partnership.

For
Mumbai,
Amelia
Kerr
took
two
wickets
for
22
runs
while
Issy
Wong,
Nat
Sciver-Brunt
and
Hayley
Matthews
took
a
scalp
each.
This
was
MI’s
first
defeat
in
the
league.

Brief
Scores:
Mumbai
Indians:
127
all
out
in
20
overs
(Hayley
Matthews
35,
Issy
Wong
32,
Sophie
Ecclestone
3/15).

UP
Warriorz:
129
for
5
in
19.3
overs
(Grace
Harris
39,
Tahlia
McGrath
38;
Amelia
Kerr
2/22).

With
inputs
from
PTI