BENGALURU, India, CMC – West Indies Girls’s captain Hayley Matthews regained her batting groove. Nonetheless, her resolute half-century did not encourage Mumbai Indians Girls, and Uttar Pradesh Warriorz Girls beat them by seven wickets within the Girls’s Premier League Twenty20 on Wednesday in India.
The 25-year-old Barbadian all-rounder cracked 9 fours and one six in a prime rating of 55 from 47 balls and was the rock upon which MI constructed their complete of 161 for six from their allocation of 20 overs after they had been put in to bat on the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
However Matthews leaked 32 runs in her allotted 4 overs with out taking a wicket together with her off-spin when her facet took the sphere, and constant batting down the order led by a power-packed 57 from Kiran Navgire cantered to victory with 21 balls remaining.
Navgire set the tone for the chase together with her knock that included six fours and 4 sixes from 31 balls and shared 94 for the primary wicket together with her captain, Alyssa Healy, whose 33 off 29 balls included 5 fours.
Fellow Australian Grace Harris, not out on 38, and India worldwide Deepti Sharma, not out on 27, then offered the ending touches after a slight stutter to take the Warriorz over the end line.
Warriors cruised to 61 with out loss, the best Energy Play complete of the match up to now, however MI missed an opportunity to interrupt the stand within the eighth over when Issy Wong put down a tricky likelihood at long-off to present Navgire a reprieve when on 42.
New Zealander Amelia Kerr obtained Navgire stumped within the tenth over earlier than Wong made up for her indiscretion within the area with the Australian pair of Tahlia Grant wickets for one and Healy within the eleventh.
Harris and Sharma then obtained collectively, steadied the ship, introduced some calm amid chaos, and performed some cracking pictures to take Warriorz over the end line with an unbroken stand of 65 for the fourth wicket.
Earlier, Matthews survived a scare when she was convicted and caught behind for six within the fourth over, however she determined to evaluate the choice, and it was overturned as a result of there was no bat concerned within the dismissal.
MI had been 36 with out loss on the finish of the Energy Play, and Matthews loved additional success within the subsequent over when Poonam Khemnar dropped a tricky likelihood at deep cowl off Harris. Nonetheless, the bowler obtained rewarded two balls later when she obtained Bhatia caught at brief mid-wicket for 26.
MI had been 71 for one on the midway mark, and Matthews obtained fortunate once more within the twelfth over when Sharma dropped her on 43 off a tricky likelihood earlier than she was concerned in a colossal mix-up that led to the run out of her captain and England worldwide Nat Sciver-Brunt.
Matthews introduced up her half-century off 44 balls earlier than she fell at a crucial stage, leaving Kerr, Pooja Vastrakar, and Wong to make small contributions in direction of a good complete.
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