Gujarat Giants VS UP Warriorz cricket match ended with Gujarat Giants won by 8 runs. Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat first. Beth Mooney again was the stand-out player for her team she scored 74 runs. Gujarat scored 152/8 in 20 overs.
Warriorz had a disappointing start they lost early 5 wickets. Deepti Sharma and Poonam Khemnar tried their best but they fell short of 8 runs. Deepti Sharma scored 88 runs and Poonam Khemnar scored 36 runs. Shabnam took 3 wickets for Gujarat Giants.
Gujarat Giants playing eleven
Bharati Fulmali, Beth Mooney(Wk, Captain), Phoebe Litchfield, Laura Wolvaardt, Ashleigh Gardner, Dayalan Hemalatha, Kathryn Emma Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Tanuja Kanwar, Shabnam, Meghna Singh
UP Warriorz playing eleven
Saima Thakor, Alyssa Healy(Captain, WK), Chamari Athapaththu, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Kiran Navgire, Poonam Khemnar, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anjali Sarvani
Gujarat Giants VS UP Warriorz: Gujarat Giants won by 8 runs
Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bat first. Beth Mooney and Laura Wolvaardt came to bat for the Giants and Chamari Athapaththu had fist over for Warriorz. Beth Mooney and Laura Wolvaardt had a 60-run partnership for the first wicket. In the 8th over, Sophie Ecclestone bowls around off to Laura Wolvaardt who goes down the track to play a shot but she completely misses the line of the ball and Alyssa Healy collects the ball and takes bails off the wickets. Laura Wolvaardt scored 43 runs off 30 balls.
In the 9th over, Chamari Athapaththu bowls a short ball in the outside off to Dayalan Hemalatha. Dayalan Hemalatha tried to play a drive but the ball took the outside edge and Alyssa Healy took a catch behind the wickets. Dayalan Hemalatha scored 0 runs off 2 balls.
In the 11th over, Phoebe Litchfield was caught out by Sophie Ecclestone in the ball of Deepti Sharma. Phoebe Litchfield scored 4 runs off 8 balls. In the 14th over, Ashleigh Gardner was caught by Deepti Sharma at deep. Ashleigh Gardner scored 15 runs off 10 balls. In the 15th over, Bharati Fulmali was caught out by Alyssa Healy in the ball of Deepti Sharma. Bharati Fulmali scored 1 run off 4 balls.
In the 18th over, Kathryn Emma Bryce was caught out by Chamari Athapaththu at Short fine leg in the ball of Sophie Ecclestone. Kathryn Emma Bryce scored 11 runs off 11 balls. In the 18th over, Tanuja Kanwar was bowled out in the ball of Sophie Ecclestone. Tanuja Kanwar scored 1 run off 3 balls.
In the 20th over, Shabnam was run out by Grace Harris. Shabnam scored 0 runs off 0 balls. Beth Mooney scored not out 74 runs off 52 balls. Gujarat Giants scored 152/8 in 20 overs.
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Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire came to open for Warriorz and Shabnam had a first over, in the first over, Shabnam bowled a fuller length delivery to Alyssa Healy who played a straight shot in the mid-off and Mannat Kashyap took an easy Catch. Alyssa Healy scored 4 runs off 3balls. In the last ball. Shabnam bowled a fuller-length delivery to Chamari Athapaththu and tried to play a big shot but she mistimed it and the ball was caught by Ashleigh Gardner at covers. Chamari Athapaththu scored 0 runs off 3 balls.
In the 2nd over, Kathryn Emma Bryce bowled a fuller outside off-length delivery to Kiran Navgire. Kiran Navgire made room to play a shot but she lobbed the ball in the air and Mannat Kashyap took a catch in mid-off. Kiran Navgire scored 0 runs off 2 balls.
In the 4th over, Ashleigh Gardner bowled a shorter length delivery to Grace Harris, and Grace Harris played a pull shot but got caught by Bharati Fulmali at the Square leg. Grace Harris scored 1 run off 7 balls. In the 7th over, Shabnam bowled out Shweta Sehrawat who scored 8 runs off 9 balls.
Deepti Sharma and Poonam Khemnar had a 109-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Deepti Sharma scored 88 runs off 60 balls and Poonam Khemnar scored 36 runs off 36 balls but they couldn’t chase the target of 153 runs. UP Warriorz scored 144/5 in 20 overs. Gujarat Giants won the match by 8 runs