West Indies’ Hayley Matthews celebrates after reaching her half-century throughout the Ladies’s Cricket T20 World Cup match in opposition to England on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Oct. 15, 2024.
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The Mumbai Indians Ladies just lately lifted their second Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) title after defeating the Delhi Capitals Ladies by 8t runs within the remaining on the Brabourne Stadium.
Mumbai Indians posted 149 for 7 from their 20 overs, with no heroics from West Indies Ladies’s captain Hayley Matthews this time, together with her scoring simply three runs from 10 balls.
The Mumbai Indians had been led by captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who made 66 from 40 deliveries, whereas Nat Sciver-Brunt made 30 off 28 balls. The house aspect’s batting efficiency was in any other case disappointing.
Marizanne Kapp, Jess Jonas, and Shree Charani took two wickets a bit for the Capitals.
Sciver-Brunt returned to seize three wickets because the Delhi Capitals had been restricted to 141 for 9 from their allotted 20 overs.
The competition appeared near the top because the Capitals slumped to 66 for five within the eleventh over, however Kapp struck 40 from 26 balls, and Niki Prasad chipped in with an unbeaten 23 to deliver the guests again into the match.
However with 14 runs wanted off the ultimate over. Sciver-Brunt held her nerve however made simply 6 runs, sparking wild celebrations among the many Mumbai Indians camp.
This win gave them their second WPL title in 3 years after successful the inaugural match 2023.
