Women's Premier League: McGrath, Harris combine as Warriorz win by 3 wickets

by CricDirect Monday 20 March 2023

UP Warriorz's Grace Harris (72)

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Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris combined to see UP Warriorz to a 3 wicket win over Gujarat Giants today in the Women's Premier League.

Match Summary

Women's Premier League, Match 17

Gujarat Giants Women 178/6 (20 ov)

UP Warriorz 181/7 (19.5 ov)

Results - UP Warriorz won by 3 wickets

SCORECARD

After electing to bat Gujarat Giants got off to a steady start at 50/3 until Dayalan Hemalatha (57) and Ashleigh Gardner (60) entered the fray, taking control of the game.

Hemalatha and Gardner both smashed 6 Fours and 3 Sixes on their way to their respective half centuries.

Giants left the field at 178/6, a big score for UP Warriorz to chase.

In response, Tahlia McGrath (57) hammered 11 fours on her way to a half century, later joined by Grace Harris (72) to steal the match away.

UP Warriorz won by 3 wickets in the end.

Match Stats

Gujarat Giants Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Laura Wolvaardt - 4.1 ov), 2-45 (Sophia Dunkley - 5.1 ov), 3-50 (Harleen Deol - 5.6 ov), 4-143 (Dayalan Hemalatha - 16.1 ov), 5-166 (Ashleigh Gardner - 18.1 ov), 6-177 (Ashwani Kumari - 19.4 ov)

UP Warriorz Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Alyssa Healy-1.5 ov), 2-19 (Kiran Navgire-2.4 ov), 3-39 (Devika Vaidya-4.5 ov), 4-117 (Tahlia McGrath-13.4 ov), 5-130 (Deepti Sharma-14.6 ov), 6-172 (Grace Harris-18.5 ov), 7-177 (Simran Shaikh-19.4 ov)

Playing XI

Gujarat Giants Women: Sophia Dunkley, Laura Wolvaardt, Harleen Deol, Dayalan Hemalatha, Ashleigh Gardner, Sushma Verma (wicket-keeper), Ashwani Kumari, Kim Garth, Monica Patel, Sneh Rana (captain), Tanuja Kanwar

UP Warriorz Women: Devika Vaidya, Alyssa Healy (captain & wicket-keeper), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Simran Shaikh, Parshavi Chopra, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Match Details

Date - 2023-03-20 10:00:00

Venue - Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Toss - Gujarat Giants Women elected to bat

Umpires - Sanjay Kumar Singh (India), Saurabh Dhote (India), Madanagopal Kuppuraj (India TV)