UPW v DC HIGHLIGHTS, WPL 2023: Delhi beat Warriorz by 5 wickets; through to final

A mix-up between the batters resulted in Jess Jonassen getting run out. Deepti to Kapp, FOUR and with this she seals the deal for Delhi. With this win, Delhi is through to the final.

Sophie Ecclestone to bowl her last over. Ecclestone to Capsey, OUT! Finally, something to cheer for UP as Ecclestone deceived Capsey with a spinning ball as she steps out and got stumped. Only a single was conceded in the first four balls. Ecclestone to Kapp, dispatched for a boundary as Delhi needed three runs to win.

Capsey st Healy b Ecclestone 34(31)

Deepti Sharma continues. Deepti to Kapp, SIX! Total 13 off the over as Delhi needs 9 off 24.

Anjali Sarvani gives only three runs as we are just minutes away from confirming the win for Delhi.

Sophie Ecclestone gives two runs from her over.

Soppadhandi Yashasri is back in the attack, to bowl her third over. Kapp hits a boundary in the last delivery as Delhi is just 27 away from the win.

Deepti Sharma gives eight along with a FOUR in her over.

Another over where Ismail dominated the batters until the last delivery where Kapp took the charge and finally hits a four-off backfoot pull.

Capsey hits Parshavi Chopra for a SIX to take a total of eight off the over.

Capsey hits three boundaries off Ecclestone’s over.

Parshavi Chopra in the attack. A top-class over from her to give only one run from this over.

Shabnim Ismail comes back into the attack. Ismail to Jemimah, OUT! Deceived by the pace as Ismail traps her in front for lbw. Ismail to Lanning, OUT! She mistimes while trying to pull the short ball. Two big wickets come in this over as Ismail makes a brilliant comeback after giving 20 off her first over.

Rodrigues lbw b Ismail 3(3); Lanning c Simran Shaikh b Ismail 39(23)

Deepti Sharma is in the attack. Sharma to Lanning, SIX! She is in a hurry to end the game quickly. 10 off the over as Delhi scores 10 runs from the over.

Soppadhandi Yashasri comes back into the attack. Yashasri to Verma, FOUR! Clever as she comes across her crease and guides the ball over fine-leg for a boundary which brings up 50 for Delhi and a 50-run stand for the opening wicket. Yashasri to Verma, FOUR! Sheer power from Verma to beat the 30-year circle fielder for the second boundary. Yashari to Verma, OUT! This time Sophie Ecclestone find herself in the right position at the right time to catch this one and send dangerous-looking, Verma. Jemimah Rodrigues comes in at number five.

Anjali Sarvani replaces Yashasri. Sarvani to Verma, FOUR! Too full and in her slot as she stays on the crease and sends the ball over the bowler’s head. Down the ground and within the flash, powerful Verma. Sarvani to Lanning, FOUR! Uff! What class, a shot of the day. Watch it on replay. Just pure class as she displays what a perfect cover drive looks like. 12 off the over, Delhi 46 for no loss in 4 overs.

Sophie Ecclestone comes into the attack as she replaces Shabnim Ismail. Ecclestone to Lanning, FOUR! A poor line from the bowler as the ball was going down the line, Lanning picks the line early and flicks it in behind square for a boundary. Six off the over.

Soppadhandi Yashasri comes into the attack from the other end. A bouncer to welcome Shafali. Yashasri to Verma, FOUR! Shafali gives her proper reply in the next ball itself as she stays on the crease and plays a tennis-like shot to register the ball for a boundary over extra covers. Yashri makes an error in line as she bowls a wide, down the line. Wait, looks like she makes an error in her run-up as well as it is a no-ball. A decent comeback from the bowler to give only three runs in the last five balls.

Ismail starts with a fuller-length ball, on the money. Lanning defends it. Ismail to Healy, FOUR! No Ball! Too full, going down the leg and Lanning chips in to guide the ball very fine. Ismail looks unhappy with her foot-landing, as the groundsman comes out in the middle with some sawdust to repair the patch. Ismail to Lanning, FOUR! Free hit and Lanning takes a full toll to dispatch the ball which was angling away from her. Ismail to Lanning, FOUR! The third boundary of the over as she uses the pace this time to clip the ball over the square leg. Ismail to Lanning, SIX! What an over this has been, Ismail struggles to find her rhythm as she gives 20 from her first over.

Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning open for DC in 139-run chase as Shabnim Ismail starts the proceedings for UP Warriorz.

If Delhi Capitals chases 139 with two or more balls to spare, they will be through to the finals otherwise Mumbai will advance to the final.

Alice Capsey to bowl the last over of the innings. Anjali takes a single to give the strike to in-form McGrath, clever thing to do. McGrath takes a double in the next delivery. Capsey to McGrath, FOUR! Short-ball dispatched over mid-wicket with a pull. Capsey to McGrath, SIX! What a way to get to the fifty! An absolute class act from here. She finishes with a boundary, thanks to Kapp’s midfield before taking a double off the fifth delivery. 19 runs come from the last over which takes UPW to a respectable total of 138.

Jess Jonassen to bowl her last over. She gives four singles from the first four balls. Jonassen to McGrath, FOUR! Steps out and make the full-length ball, a low full-toss to clear through the extra cover. Jonassen to McGrath, SIX! Perfect connection as she times it with near perfection to end the other with a maximum. 14 runs from the over.

Alice Capsey continues from the other end. Capsey to Deepti, OUT! Stumped. Poor batting display from UP batters here. Sophie Ecclestone comes in at number seven. Capsey to Ecclestone, OUT! Another ball, another stumped out. What exactly is going on? Only a run off a wide and a wicket from this over.

Deepti Sharma st Bhatia b Capsey 3(8); Anjali Sarvani

Radha Yadav comes to bowl her last over. Yadav to McGrath, FOUR! A timely reverse sweep gathers McGrath’s full four runs. Yadav to McGrath, FOUR! Second boundary of the over. 10 runs come from this over.

Alice Capsey continues, gives only two singles as it is time for the second strategic time-out.

Jess Jonassen to Navgire, OUT! Delhi is tightening its grip on the match. Jonassen removes Navigre as Bhatia stumps her while she steps out to hit outside off delivery. Deepti Sharma comes in at number six and gets off the mark with a single.

Kiran Navgire st Bhatia b Jonassen 2(3)

Arundhati Reddy in the attack. McGrath welcomes her with a boundary over extra cover. Reddy to McGrath, FOUR! Second boundary for Tahlia in this over. She clears the mid-off area this time. Reddy to McGrath, FOUR! This is proper hammering by Tahila as she shuffles across and whacks Reddy for the third boundary of the over. The biggest over of this inning for the Warriorz. 14 off the over.

Another tight over from Kapp as she gives just three runs from it to end her spell with the figures of 4-0-24-0.

Radha Yadav comes to bowl her third over. Radha to Simran Shaikh, OUT! And with this, the misery finally end for Simran as she scored 23-ball 11. Two runs and a wicket off this over.

Marizanne Kapp comes back. Gives six from her over.

Alice Capsey comes into the attack. Capsey to Healy, dropped, Capsey drops a regulation caught and bowled opportunity. Capsey to Healy, FOUR! She pierced the fielders on covers and extra covers. Capsey to Healy, OUT! STUMPED!Capsey castles Healy, when she stepped out and misjudged the line as some quick work behind the wicket, which would result in Healy getting stumped out. 10 gone, UP 63 for three.

Healy st Bhatia b Capsey 36(34)

Healy has a start today. Can she build on it? Shikha Pandey returns. Healy finds the boundary in the third delivery, backing up to make room to dispatch the ball for FOUR. Just six runs off it.

Radha Yadav continues. The boundaries have dried up for UP Warriorz. Alyssa Healy compensatges with a SIX over extra cover. Nine runs come off the over for UP. It’s time for a strategic timeout.

Arundhati is brought into the attack. Healy is trying to find the boundary and tries to place it through cover, but it’s just a single for the skipper. Lanning is trying to restrict the run flow for Healy and force an error. Healy should know better than to bite the bait. Six runs come off the over.

Jonassen returns. Healy and Shaikh negotiate a quiet over with just the one run coming off it,.

Radha Yadav comes in and removes Sehrawat off the very first ball. Shweta was looking to keep the momentum going but she didn’t read the line of the ball too well, producing a massive top edge and holing out to Jess Jonassen inside the circle. Healy takes over as she dispatches a full toss from Yadav with some height through cover for FOUR. Simran Shaikh has joined Healy, no Navgire. Good call, given Navgire was falling to errors in this position.

WICKET Shweta Sehrawat c Jonassen b Yadav 19 (12b 4x4 0x6) SR: 158.33

Jess Jonassen into the attack with some spin. Lanning wants to test Sehrawat’s smarts against the spinner. She responds with a paddle sweep going fine for FOUR. Just the five runs from the over.

Marizanne Kapp conceded 13 runs in total yesterday against Mumbai Indians. She has already given away 15 so far in 2 overs.

Kapp returns. Pace at both ends for the timebeing for Lanning. Healy gets a quick single. Sehrawat then nudges Kapp through the slip cordon for FOUR! Lovely footwork and uses Kapp’s pace in a ball going outside off. Kapp recovers quickly with a ball swinging in. The duo are happy to run. Eight runs come off this over.

Eight of Marizanne Kapp’s nine wickets in the WPL 2023 have come in the powerplay. Can she manage one today?

What’s changed about Shweta Sehrawat in the last few days? She seems to be a much more confident batter tonight as she sends Shikha Pandey to the boundary a few times - first a drive through deep backward square and one more square behind point. LOVELY strokeplay from Sehrawat!

Alyssa Healy welcomes Marizanne Kapp with a crisp FOUR runs through cover point. Kapp tightens things up with Healy trying to squeeze some space out. Healy gets another few runs courtesy a misfield by Jess Jonassen. How unlikely is that! She’s done well to keep the ball away from the boundary ropes. Seven off the first over for UP.

Shweta Sehrawat returns as Alyssa Healy’s partner. Marizanne Kapp to start for Delhi

In a conversation with Sportstar, Shikha talks about the importance of WPL in women’s cricket, the role played by former cricketers and India’s unfulfilled dream of winning a World Cup.

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Strategic or a few too many? Was it wise for the UP thinktank to make three changes and tweak the core of the time? OInly timw will tell.

Delhi Capitals have chosen to bowl first in the last league fixture. DC unchanged for this fixture. Three changes for UP:

OUT: Grace Harris, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Devika Vaidya

IN: Shabnim Ismail, S Yashasri (Debut), Shweta Sehrawat

Wicketkeeper: Alyssa Healy

Batters: Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Meg Lanning (C), Kiran Navgire

All-rounder: Marizanne Kapp (vc), Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya Parshavi Chopra

Bowlers: Shikha Pandey, Sophie Ecclestone (/Grace Harris)

Team combination: UPW 6-5 DC; Credits left: 5

UP Warriorz: Alyssa Healy (c, wk), Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Devika Vaidya, Simran Shaikh, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Parshavi Chopra

Delhi Capitals: JI Rodrigues, MM Lanning(C), Shafali Verma, Alice Capsey, M Kapp, T Bhatia, JL Jonassen, S Pandey, Radha Yadav, T Norris, Titas Sadhu

Deepti Sharma on sharing dressing room with Healy, role of all-rounders in WPL 2023 and UP Warriorz’ fearless cricket.

When UP Warriorz squares off against Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium on Tuesday, both teams will be hoping to fix their weaker links ahead of the playoffs.

Both Capitals and the Warriorz have sealed their spots in the last three, with a game to spare, and a rather inconsequential group-league fixture will give the sides an opportunity to check their bench strength and open a window for some experiments.

However, the focus will once again be on Grace Harris, who came up with a classy 72 against the Gujarat Giants on Monday, to seal a playoff berth for the UP outfit. Being one of the key players for the Warriorz, the Aussie power-hitter was left out for a few games after her half-century gave the team a winning start to the tournament.

But coming back into the XI at a crucial juncture of the tournament, she has stamped her class with crucial knocks of 46, 39 and 72 to bolster the team’s middle order. Her efforts have not only assured the team of a berth in the knockouts, but have also earned praise from team-mates.

“She’s been unbelievable. It goes to show how good she has been in situations like that,” Sophie Ecclestone said on Monday.

“I know she didn’t make it to the end tonight but I think she put us in the winning position. She’s so calm and collected and she knows what she’s doing. She’s cemented her place in the side and I am happy for her…” the England all-rounder said about Harris.

Coming in at a time when the team was struggling at 39 for 3, Harris forged a crucial 78-run stand with compatriot Tahlia McGrath and eventually paved the way for Warriorz’ three-wicket win against the Giants.

“With short boundaries and a quick outfield, I knew we were always in the game. I was a bit scratchy at the start but I found my range later,” Harris told broadcasters, before adding with a smile: “I like to finish game.”

And as the playoffs nears, Warriorz, too, would want Harris to finish games in her own way; in her own style!

Where to watch the live streaming of UPW vs DC today?

Live streaming of UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals will be available on Sports 18 Network/JioCinema.

What time will the UPW vs DC match begin today?

The UPW vs DC match will begin at 7:30 PM IST. The toss of the UP Warriorz vs Delhi Capitals match will take place at 7:00 PM IST.