Grace Harris made a robust fifty that helped UP Warriorz negate a sluggish floor to register a facile six-wicket win over Gujarat Giants of their Women’s Premier League match on Friday.
Harris (60 not out, 33 balls, 9×4, 2×6) and skipper Alyssa Healy (33, 21b, 7×4) helped Warriorz search out 143 in 15.4 overs for his or her second win within the event. Giants have been restricted to 142 for 5 after left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone (3/20) used a tough deck to her benefit.

Harris gave ending touches to her good work with an impressive innings.

The Australian right-hander used her attain and power to telling impact to maintain the stress on the Giants bowlers after Healy gave them a implausible begin within the Power Play.

The diminutive Australian smashed pacer Meghana Singh for 3 successive fours within the third over because the UP outfit reached 33 in simply three overs, which they later swelled to 69 for 2 within the Power Play part.

The Giants additionally suffered a significant blow when Harleen Deol needed to limp off the sphere after she landed on her knees whereas making an attempt to cease the ball close to the ropes.

But the Gujarat aspect confirmed some indicators of a comeback once they collected the short wickets of Healy, debutante Chamari Athapathuthu and Shewta Sherawat to cut back UP to 90 for 4 within the eleventh over.

They wanted 53 extra runs to complete the chase at this stage however Harris and Deepti Sharma (17 not out) amassed the runs in simply 30 balls to propel their aspect to victory.

Earlier, Gujarat, in reality, made a fantastic begin to their innings as Lara Wolvaardt (28, 26b, 4×4) helped them attain 41 within the Power Play for the lack of skipper Beth Mooney.

Wolvaardt smashed Anjali Sarvani for 3 fours in a row by means of the off-side because the pacer erred in line outdoors the off-stump.

But as soon as the Power Play ended, the Giants slipped right into a interval of hibernation, going with out a boundary for 23 balls, and the dismissal of Wolvaardt too didn’t assist their trigger.

It required a forceful 52-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Phoebe Litchfield (35, 26 balls) and Asheligh Gardner (30, 17 balls) so as to add a contact of respectability to their whole.

Litchfield, who was dropped on 19 by Deepti Sharma off Ecclestone, introduced her hockey background into her batting, utilizing these supple wrists to manoeuvre the ball into the corners behind the wicketkeeper.

Her reverse scoop off left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad for a boundary was a deal with to look at.

At the opposite finish, Gardner was all about uncooked energy and good placement. Gardener muscled her Australian teammate Harris over mid-wicket for six because the Giants tried to make up for the misplaced time.

But the flowering alliance was snapped when Gardner’s try and reverse-scoop ended within the fingers of Athapaththu close to quick fantastic leg.

In the identical over, Litchfield was run out whereas making an attempt to steal a fast single, as Saima Thakor‘s direct throw beat her to the crease.

Litchfield’s dismissal additionally ended the Giants’ hopes of raking in some fast runs within the final couple of overs.