UP Warriorz trip on Grace Harris’s whirlwind half-century to beat Gujarat Giants

Grace Harris on Friday scored an unbeaten half-century to information the UP Warriorz to an enormous win over the Gujarat Giants within the 2024 Ladies’s Premier League on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Driving on Harris’s unbeaten 33-ball 60, the Warriorz chased down the goal of 143 runs with 26 balls to spare. The win sees the Warriorz tie Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians with 4 factors. The Giants, alternatively, are rooted to the underside of the desk after shedding all three of their matches thus far.

Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy received the toss on a gradual observe and put the Giants to bat first. Laura Wolvaardt, who changed Lea Tahuhu within the facet, opened the innings with skipper Beth Mooney and received off to good begin hitting Anjali Sarvani to a hat-trick of fours within the second over.

An over later, the pair hit Rajeshwari Gayakwad for 11 runs. Nevertheless, on the different finish, debutant Chamari Athapaththu stored issues tight conceding simply 5 runs from her opening two overs.

Healy introduced on her predominant strike bowler in Sophie Ecclestone and the transfer paid off instantly. Mooney hit the English spinner for a 4 with the primary ball however Ecclestone had the final snigger.

Ecclestone tossed in a flighted supply engaging Mooney to bop down the observe to hit it over mid off. Nevertheless, she didn’t time her shot and ended up giving Grace Harris a simple catch.

Harris and Deepti Sharma had been miserly within the seventh and eighth over giving freely simply 9 runs mixed because the stress constructed on Wolvaardt and Harleen Deol. Healy introduced again Ecclestone into the assault and he or she struck once more. One other flighted bowl, one other dance down the observe and one other simple catch at mid off, this time by Athapaththu.

The Giants wanted to up the scoring having trudged alongside to 62/2 in 10 overs. With Deol struggling to hit boundaries, Litchfield took on the assault hitting Athapaththu for 2 boundaries within the eleventh over.

Deol’s ordeal lastly got here to an finish within the thirteenth over after she mistimed her shot and gave Sarvani a simple catch.

Litchfield was joined by Ashleigh Gardner and the 2 Australians started to rebuild the innings and so they additionally had assist alongside the best way. Litchfield received a reprieve when she was on 19 after Sharma dropped a sitter.

Litchfield and Gardner took on the assault hitting 40 runs within the subsequent three overs. To rub salt in her wounds, 19 of the 40 runs got here in a single Deepti Sharma over.

Healy as soon as once more went to her strike bowler for a breakthrough and Ecclestone’s ultimate over, the nineteenth of the match, delivered two. Athapaththu took a nice catch to dismiss Gardner for a 17-ball 30.

New batter D Hemalatha appeared to get Litchfield on strike and went for a dangerous single just for Thakor to catch the Australian brief with a direct hit on the batter’s finish. Hemalatha and Kathryn Bryce couldn’t take their workforce previous the 150-mark as Athapaththu bowled a good ultimate over to limit the Giants to 142/5.

The Warriorz’s innings was in full distinction to the Giants’ with the previous scoring 112 of their 143 runs by means of boundaries. The Giants, in the meantime, scored simply 72 runs by means of boundaries.

The Warriorz started their chase with a bang as Healy went after Meghana Singh hitting the pacer for 5 boundaries throughout her first two overs. Nevertheless, the Giants fought again within the power-play. Tanuja Kanwar received the wicket of Kiran Navgire whereas Kathryn Bryce bowled Healy within the subsequent over.

That introduced out Harris who hit the bottom working scoring 23 runs off her first 10 balls. Whilst Harris went about her manner, the Giants struck on the different finish getting the wickets of Athapaththu and Shweta Sehrawat.

Harris was in nice type hitting the bowlers round everywhere in the floor with ease and he or she discovered an ready companion in Deepti Sharma.

The duo hit Gardner for 17 runs within the 14th over and adopted it up by hitting Meghna for 16 runs off the subsequent. The over additionally noticed Harris deliver up her third successive half-century towards the Giants because the Warriorz accomplished a complete victory.