True Warriorz! Harris and Ecclestone scripted a shocking chase after the UP aspect seemed down and out. >
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Grace Harris’ sensational unbeaten 59 (26b, 7×4, 3×6) and Sophie Ecclestone’s cameo (22 not out, 12b, 1×4, 1×6) propelled UP Warriorz to a shocking three-wicket win over Gujarat Giants at the D.Y. Patil Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing a goal of 170, Warriorz seemed down and out after they had been decreased to 105 for seven in the sixteenth over. Then got here the Harris-Ecclestone present that snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
No. 3 Kiran Navgire (53, 43b, 5×4, 2×6) had supplied the preliminary push for Warriorz.
Earlier, Giants rode on Harleen Deol’s knock (46, 32b, 7×4) to put up 169 for six. With captain Beth Mooney dominated out of the sport resulting from a knee damage, Sneh Rana led the Giants and opted to bat after successful the toss. The determination proved efficient initially as the crew introduced up 30 runs in three overs, earlier than a Deepti Sharma yorker cleaned up Sophia Dunkley.
Momentum damaged, S. Meghana adopted swimsuit in the subsequent over as she was caught by Shweta Sehrawat at brief third off a Sophie Ecclestone supply. And with Deepti and Ecclestone tightening the noose, the Giants middle-order struggled with simply 50 runs on the board in seven overs and wickets tumbled at common intervals.
At a time when crossing the 100-run mark seemed tough, Deol and Ashleigh Gardner (25, 19b, 2×4, 1×6) solid a vital 44-run partnership to launch a fightback. Though the two dealt in singles and twos, they ensured that the scoreboard was ticking.
Deepti struck once more in the sixteenth over, dismissing Gardener. Harleen then went on the assault. , hammering 4 consecutive boundaries off Devika Vaidya. But the India worldwide fell 4 runs in need of her maiden half-century in the match after she did not clear the mid-wicket off an Anjali Sarvani supply and was caught by Tahlia McGrath.
D. Hemalatha’s 13-ball 21 took Giants to what seemed like a aggressive complete however Harris and Ecclestone had different concepts.
