In the 8th math of the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023, at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday. It was RCB’s fourth back-to-back loss in the 20-over competition.
Bangalore won the toss and opted to bat first, but the decision went horribly wrong, and they could only reach 138 in 19.3 overs. RCB star Ellyse Perry top-scored for the team with 52 off 39 balls, including 6 fours and a six. Opener Sophie Devine chipped in with 36 off 24 deliveries, ꦗwith the help of six boundari🌠es, including a maximum.
Spinner Sophie Ecclestone was the pick of the bowler for the Challengers, picking up a 4-wicket haul for just 13 runs in her quota of four overs. Deepti Sharma also bagged three scalps for 26 runs in 4 overs.
In response, UP Warriorz gunned down the target in 13 overs with all 10 wickets in hand. Skipper and captain Alyssa Healy dominated the show and completely bulldozed the RCB’s bowling attack. Captain Healy smashed an unbeaten 96 from just 47 deliveries, with the help of 18 fours and a six. She was well supported by Devika Vaidya, who stayed undefeated at 36 runs.
“Really pleased with our bowlers tonight to keep them under 200. Full credit to the spinners as they held their nerve and took wickets at crucial times. It was spin to win tonight. It was a good batting wicket and the spinners did a fine job. Shweta is only a baby and coming into such a competition is difficult. We watched Vaidya in the recent series (against India) and wondered what she was doing at number 7, she played a fine knock and took the pressure off me. We just set the platform early, and by the timeout we needed run a ball, we didn’t want to drag it too long,” said Healy a𓂃fter bagging the Player of the Match award.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
. led the charge with the bat with a superb 9⃣6⃣* & bagged the Player of the Match award after powering to a th🃏umping 1⃣0⃣-wicket win against 👍 👍
Scorecard ▶️ |
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20)
Alyssa Healy is the most prolific boundary scorer in the Power 🌜Play overs𝕴.
Total boundaries sc🐟ored in the PP Ov🌠ers in all T20:
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
UP Warriorz thrash Royal Challengers Bangalo🐬re by 10 wickets. Scorecard:
— WomenCricket.com (@WomenCricketHQ)
Alyssa Healy, Captai🍬n of UP, smashed 96*(47) runs while chasing 139 runs vs RCB.
This is just ruthless.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
🙌 TAKE A BOW! Alyssa Healy finished the game off in style by registering the highe♚st individual score in WPL.
🤝 She missed out on a well-deserved century.
📷 BCCI •
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
What a knock by UP Warriorz captain, Alyssa Healy – 96* in just 47 balls with 18 fours and a six. A quality show put on by Healy!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Sophie Ecclestone and her clas꧃sy bowling. And then her reaction(s) 😊
That slider to Devine was a cracker.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
Everyone at RCB: | |
— Lavanya 🎙️🎥👩🏻💻 (@lav_narayanan)
That UP started with Grace instead of Deepti is an acknowle♔dgement of the need for latter in the middle-overs and death as the𒁏y take field without Shabnim Ismail. One frontline bowler short.
— Sa. Gomesh | ச. கோமேஷ் (@SaGomesh)
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