- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.5 beautiful bowling, and Wolvaardt has been outfoxed! Tossed up deliciously on a length outside off. Wolvaardt looks at the flight and thinks she can go inside out. Steps out but is beaten in the air. Does not get close enough to it and swishes at thin air. Healy tracks the ball all the way, gathers cleanly and whips off the bails. Wolvaardt made a valiant attempt to get back but it was in vain. Massive wicket for the Warriorz! 60/18.3 edged and gone! Two wickets in quick succession for the Warriorz! Length outside off and Hemalatha's eyes light up. She has a big waft at it but does so without any tangible footwork. The ball goes on with the arm, kisses the outside edge and nestles into Healy's gloves. The Warriorz are storming back into this contest! 65/210.5 straight to long on! Hard length on middle and leg, and this seems to get big on Litchfield. Might have held in the surface and that messed up with Litchfield's timing. She tried to pull it away but all she managed was a tame chip to Ecclestone, who took it well inside the fence. The Giants in a bit of strife now! 73/313.6 Gardner will be kicking herself! Another drag-down outside leg. Gardner could have hit that anywhere, especially hitting to the shorter side. All she does, though, is hammer it straight to Deepti at deep backward square leg, and Gardner cannot quite believe what she has done. The Giants lose another! 102/414.6 Deepti has another! The Giants are five down! Similar length to what Deepti has been bowling all over to Fulmali. She stays back, trying to carve it behind point. Gets a thick edge that Healy snaffles up with the minimal of fuss. Brilliant catch, and the Giants have a lot to think about at the time-out! 105/517.2 Ecclestone gets Bryce! Gives it air, and the pitch responds. On a length on middle and leg. Spins and sticks just enough to ping off the top edge as Bryce swiped at it. Looped up towards short fine leg, and Athapaththu was never going to drop that! 118/617.6 two in the over for Ecclestone! Fizzed through on a length just outside off. Plenty of over-spin on this and it drops late. Kanwar shapes for the reverse but the ball is well outside that arc. Spins past her bat and clips the top of leg stump. The Giants' innings is flagging! 120/719.4 floated up on a length on leg stump. Mooney skips down and drags it to long on's left. Shakil has to go for the second and does not make it, with Ecclestone tidying things up. Smart cricket, though, and it ensures Mooney is back on strike! 144/8Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL152/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.6)Did not bat: MS KashyapFall of wickets: 1-60 (Laura Wolvaardt, 7.5 ov), 2-65 (Dayalan Hemalatha, 8.3 ov), 3-73 (Phoebe Litchfield, 10.5 ov), 4-102 (Ashleigh Gardner, 13.6 ov), 5-105 (Bharti Fulmali, 14.6 ov), 6-118 (Kathryn Bryce, 17.2 ov), 7-120 (Tanuja Kanwar, 17.6 ov), 8-144 (Shabnam Shakil, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AMCJK Athapaththu 4 0 25 1 6.25 11 4 0 0 0 SZ Thakor 2 0 19 0 9.50 6 4 0 1 0 K Anjali Sarvani 1 0 11 0 11.00 3 2 0 2 0 GM Harris 1 0 9 0 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 RS Gayakwad 4 0 28 1 7.00 9 1 2 0 0 DB Sharma 4 0 22 2 5.50 9 2 0 0 0 S Ecclestone 4 0 38 3 9.50 9 6 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 goes straight up, and Shakil has the early breakthrough! Fullish just outside off. Healy looks to go downtown but the ball seems to just hold up slightly. She is early into the stroke and gets too much under it. Mannat settles under it at mid off, and holds on. What a dream start for the youngster; just what the Warriorz did not need! 4/11.2 straight to mid off! The Warriorz are wilting! In the slot outside off and Navgire's eyes light up. Tries to go over mid off but does not get the elevation she is after. Arrows it to Mannat, who holds on for the second time this innings. The Giants are all over the Warriorz like a rash! 4/30.6 two in the over for Shaikl! It is all happening here in Delhi! Full outside off and this fades away from Athapaththu late as well. She goes after it but the swing means that it comes off the outer part of the bat. Slices it towards extra cover, where Gardner runs back and takes a smart catch. The Warriorz in all sorts of trouble early! 4/23.4 Harris bites the dust too! Gardner has a very sheepish smile on her face! A bit of a drag-down on middle and leg. Very similar to the sort of ball Gardner got out too. Harris absolutely thumps it but hits it straight to square leg. Fulmali gets her hands up in time and takes it in front of her face. The Warriorz are four down inside four overs. And no, this is not a drill! 16/46.6 cleans her up! Shabnam Shakil has three! Back of a length in the channel. Seems to nip back just a smidegen. Sehrawat stays leg side again, trying to access the off side but plays inside the line. The ball breezes past the outside edge and smashes into the top of off stump. The Warriorz sink further into trouble! 35/5Extras7 (b 5, w 2)TOTAL144/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.2)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Alyssa Healy, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (Chamari Athapaththu, 0.6 ov), 3-4 (Kiran Navgire, 1.2 ov), 4-16 (Grace Harris, 3.4 ov), 5-35 (Shweta Sehrawat, 6.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shabnam Shakil 4 0 11 3 2.75 19 2 0 0 0 KE Bryce 3 0 26 1 8.66 7 3 1 0 0 A Gardner 3 0 30 1 10.00 5 4 1 0 0 TP Kanwar 4 0 28 0 7.00 8 4 0 0 0 MS Kashyap 3 0 21 0 7.00 8 2 1 0 0 Meghna Singh 3 0 23 0 7.66 7 0 2 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Giants Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
11 March 2024 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Gujarat Giants Women 2, UP Warriorz Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 0 wicket)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (L Wolvaardt 38, BL Mooney 9, Ex 3)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Giants Women - 53/0 in 6.0 overs (L Wolvaardt 40, BL Mooney 10)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Giants Women - 105/5 in 15.0 overs (BL Mooney 39)
- BL Mooney: 50 off 42 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Gujarat Giants Women: 150 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Gujarat Giants Women - 152/8 in 20.0 overs (BL Mooney 74, Meghna Singh 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 4.1: Review by Gujarat Giants Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - P Jayapal, Batter - DB Sharma (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: UP Warriorz Women - 35/5 in 7.0 overs (DB Sharma 21)
- UP Warriorz Women: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: UP Warriorz Women - 63/5 in 13.0 overs (DB Sharma 39, PN Khemnar 10)
- DB Sharma: 50 off 44 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (DB Sharma 32, PN Khemnar 18, Ex 0)
- UP Warriorz Women: 100 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 1
- Over 16.5: Review by UP Warriorz Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - P Jayapal, Batter - PN Khemnar (Upheld)
- Over 17.1: Review by UP Warriorz Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - DB Sharma (Upheld)
- Over 19.0: Review by UP Warriorz Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Gayathri V, Batter - PN Khemnar (Upheld)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 73 balls (DB Sharma 59, PN Khemnar 35, Ex 6)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsShabnam is young, quick, takes big wickets, and is just a bit different
Shabnam's swing, at pace, has earned her four wickets in WPL 2024 so far, and three of them are of Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alyssa Healy and Chamari Athapaththu
Beth Mooney 74*, Shabnam three-for keep Gujarat Giants' faint playoff hopes alive
In reply, Deepti Sharma hit 88* and added 109 with Poonam Khemnar, but UP Warriorz fell short in the final over