UPW vs GG Highlights, WPL 2024: Grace Harris fifty helps UP Warriorz beat Gujarat Giants by six wickets

Sneh Rana in to bowl with just six to get. Four!! Short and wide, cut through the offside for another boundary. Harris pushes one to long on to complete the chase in 15.4 overs. UPW win by six wickets!

Four!! Harris drills one straight down the ground. Veda puts in a dive at long off but only manages to parry it back onto the rope. Four!! Another late cut another four through third man for Deepti Sharma. Four!!! Fifty for Grace Harris! Scoops a short ball over fine leg to get to the landmark. 

Six!! Gardner into the attack. She’s welcomed with a huge slog sweep over midwicket for six. Four!! First boundary for Deepti Sharma, manages to cut it through third man for a boundary. Four!! Another boundary through third man for Deepti. 

Tanuja’s third over. Four!! Harris goes for the paddle. Mooney does her best to move across and get to it but its too far away. Runs away for four. Six from the over. 

Sneh Rana with her second. Appeals from the keeper for LBW but they decide against the review. Four!! Harris’ power on display as she drills one straight down the ground for four. Eight from the over.

Meghna Singh back into the attack. WICKET!! Sehrawat tried to make room but sees herself yorked out for 2 off 7.

Shweta Sehrawat b Meghna Singh 2(7)

Deepti in at 6. Full and wide, finds the cover fielder to perfection.

Sneh Rana into the attack. Excellent over. Just four singles off it. 

Tanuja back. Four!! Moves her back leg across and lofts it straight back over. Four!! Too full, driven through the covers. Gardner makes a mess of it and it runs away. WICKET!! Chamari was looking good but she’s found Wolvaardt at deep square with her lofted shot.

Chamari Athapaththu c Wolvaardt b Tanuja Kanwar 17(11)

Swetha Sehrawat in at 5. 

Gardner again. Four!! Chamari opens the face of the bat to get it past third man for a boundary. Good comeback to restrict the batters to just 5 from the over.

Mannat Kashyap into the attack. Four!! Short and wide to Harris, punched through the covers for a boundary. Four!! Same ball, same shot, same result! SIX!! Full, lofted with ease by Harris over mid off for a six! Strategic Timeout!

Four!! Wide and Healy lofts it over the off side to bring up the fifty for the team. WICKET!! Bryce goes through the Healy slog to break the stumps. 

Healy b Bryce 33(21)

Grace Harris in at 4. Four!! Too wide from Bryce, Harris cuts it through backward point for a boundary with ease. Four!! Another one slightly wide, deft touch gets it past third man for a boundary. 

Tanuja Kanwar into the attack. Slightly short, there was a bit of turn, but Navgire manages to pull it behind square for a boundary. WICKET!! Navgire bowls it wide, Navgire goes for a swipe but only manages a top edge and an easy catch to short third.

Kiran Navgire c Hemalatha b Tanuja Kanwar 12(8)

Chamari in at 3. Four!!! Drives the second ball she faces past mid on for a boundary.

Gardner into the attack. Navgire moves to the leg-side and tries to drive but the ball is slower than expected and bounces to mid on for a single. Four!! Slightly overpitched, Healy lofts it through cow corner, just manages to beat Litchfield in the deep. Navgire makes room and lofts one behind square on the off-side for another double. 

Four!! Slightly wide from Meghna, Healy gets an edge that runs to the boundary through thirdman. Four!! Length ball, smacked straight down the ground for a boundary. Four!! Slightly fuller, lofted through midwicket for the third four of the over. Four!! Make that four, another lofted shot over the head of mid on.

Kathryn Bryce with the second over. Four!! Full ball, Navgire just stands her ground and lofts it over mid on for a boundary. Miscues the next one, falls just short of Sneh Rana at mid on. Healy chips one to midwicket for a single. 

Alyssa Healy and Kiran Navgire to open for the Warriorz. Meghna Singh to bowl the first over. 

Full and swinging away on the stumps, defended to the on side. Beats Healy on the outside edge. Four!! Full on the pads, Healy whips it through deep square for a boundary. Slightly wide, driven through covers where there was a fielder stationed. Looks like Harleen has injured herself retrieving the ball. She’s being helped out of the field.

Chamari to finish the innings. Bryce goes for a slog, misses the ball completely, bounces just above the stumps. Excellent last over from Chamari, giving it a lot of air. Manages to concede just four. GG finishes on 142/5 in 20 overs

WICKET!! The dangerous Gardner departs for 30. Good catch trodding backwards from Chamari. Ecclestone picks up her third. WICKET!! Saima Thakor gets a direct hit to remove Litchfield. Put in a desperate dive but she was nowhere close. 

Gardner c Chamari Athapaththu b Ecclestone 30(17)

Phoebe Litchfield run out (Saima Thakor) 35(26)

Bryce joins Hemalatha.

Deepti with her last. Gardner misses her slog after stepping down but Healy misses it as well. Four byes for the Giants. Four!! A fumble from Navgire at the boundary line gifts the batting team a boundary. Four!! Gardner drills one through midwicket for another four. Six!! A slog sweep from Litchfield and the pair takes 19 from the over.

Gayakwad to complete her quota. Four!! Short, Gardner rocks the pull to deep mid-wicket for four. Eight runs from the over. 

Grace Harris back into the attack. Four!! Slightly full, Litchfield lofts it straight back for a boundary. Six!! First six of the match as Gardner uses her bottom hand to whip it over midwicket!

Four!! Ecclestone bowls one on the stumps, takes the inside half of the bat and runs through fine leg for a boundary. Dropped!! Deepti drops a sitter. Litchfield looked to reverse sweep again, only managed a top-edge but the fielder couldn’t hold on.

Deepti with her third over. Perfect lines Just four from the over. 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad with her third. Four!! Litchfield brings out another reverse sweep through point. WICKET!!! Harleen tries to slog one after stepping down, gets the leading edge and Anjali completes an easy catch. Strategic Timeout!

Harleen Deol c Anjali Sarvani b Gayakwad 18(24)

Deepti with her second. Slightly short, Litchfield pulls it to deep mid for a single. Tight over, restricts the team to just five. 

Chamari with her third. Four!! Litchfield brings out the paddle this time. First four after 23 balls. Four!! Two in two balls now. Creams the drive through cover after stepping down.

Ecclestone returns. Wolvaardt paddles one behind to get a couple. WICKET!! Leading edge as Wolvaardt looked to go straight, easy catch for Chamari at mid off. 

Wolvaardt c Chamari Athapaththu b Ecclestone 28(26)

Litchfield in at 4. Four runs and a wicket from the over. 

Harris returns. A slight delay as Harris helps Harleen with her laces. Tight lines from Harris, not allowing the batters to free their arms. Wolvaardt goes downtown but falls ahead of the long on fielder. A single to deepmidwicket. Strategic Timeout!

Deepthi Sharma into the attack. Fifty up for the Giants with a single to deep cover. Wolvaardt tries to go down the ground but hits it straight at the mid off fielder. A couple to deep midwicket to finish off the over.

Rajeshwari back for another spell. Four!! Full, Harleen takes a couple of steps and lofts it straight down for a boundary. Harleen brings out the lap sweep and picks up three thanks to a fumble. Eight from the over. 

Ecclestone into the attack. Four!! Mooney plays the reverse sweep through fine leg to start the over with a boundary. WICKET!! Mooney advances and looks to loft the next one, only manages to find mid on.

Mooney c Grace Harris b Ecclestone 16(16)

Harleen in at 3. Five runs from the over.

Grace Harris into the attack. Dropped!! Wolvaardt hits one right back at Harris but she can’t hold on. Good over nonetheless from the offie. 

Rajeshwari Gayakwad into the attack. Mooney tries a sweep, bounces off her thigh pad and Healy completes the catch. Umpires say no and the Warriorz review. No bat says Ultra-edge. Wickets missing on LBW as well. Four!! Mooney comes down the ground and smashes the full ball right past the bowler for a boundary. Four!! Wolvaardt sweeps the last ball through deep square for another boundary. Expensive over again.

Chamari continues. Full on the stumps, turned to deep square for a couple. Just three from the over.

Anjali Sarvani with the second over. Leading edge for Mooney, but Kiran Navgire is a tad bit late to react at extra cover. Falls short and a single is taken. Four!! Full and wide, Wolvaardt creams the drive through the covers. Four!! Wide again, shorter in length, cut through the offside for another boundary. Four!! Three on the trot, another cut shot.

Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney to open for the Gujarat Giants. Chamari Athapaththu to open the bowling on her debut. 

Four!! Down leg side first up, beats the keeper and runs away for four leg-byes. On leg stump again, turned to midwicket for a single by Wolvaardt. Mooney gets off the mark with a single to the leg-side. 

Our on ground reporter Mayank says pitch number 9 will be in use today. Short off-side boundary in play. 

UP Warriorz win the toss and opt to bowl first.

Chamari Athapaththu comes in for Tahlia Mcgrath for UPW. Saima Thakur comes in for the injured Vrinda Dinesh.

Laura Wolvaardt and Mannat Kashyap in for Lea Tahuhu and Veda Krishnamurthy for the Giants. 

(latest game first)

Gujarat Giants: L-L-L-L-W

UP Warriorz: W-L-L-L-L

Last 2 matches: 

20/3/2023 - UPW won by 3 wickets (with one ball remaining)

5/3/2023 - UPW won by 3 wickets (with one ball remaining)

Gujarat Giants eyes its first win of the season against UP Warriorz – which returned to winning ways in its last match – when both teams meet in their Women’s Premier League (WPL) clash on Friday, here at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The Warriorz has had a roller coaster ride this season. After coming agonisingly close to beating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opener, it fell just by two runs. Marizanne Kapp and Radha Yadav then ran riot in the Warriorz batting line-up before Shafali Verma took Delhi Capitals to a nine-wicket win. 

But the team then bounced back to decimate the defending champion Mumbai Indians by seven wickets, chasing down 162 with 21 balls to spare.

The most significant positive for it would be its batters returning to form. Kiran Navgire’s hard-hitting was on full display against Mumbai. She struck boundaries at will, reaching her half-century at a strike rate of over 200.

- Mayank

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WPL 2024: Gujarat Giants look to break duck against UP Warriorz

The Giants, who have played the most dot balls in this edition of the tournament, has suffered consecutive losses against Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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The Women’s Premier League 2024 match between Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz will be telecast on the Sports18 network. The match can also be live streamed via the Jio Cinema app and website.

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