Mumbai Indians’ 20-year-old pacer Issy Wong created historical past within the inaugural version of the Women’s Premier League, bagging the match’s first-ever hat-trick within the Eliminator conflict in opposition to UP Warriorz. Issy stepped up when her franchise wanted her essentially the most, taking a complete of 4 wickets for simply 15 runs in 4 overs as Mumbai went on to beat UP by a whopping 72 runs within the digital semi-final on Friday. In the method, Mumbai entered the ultimate of the match, organising a date with Delhi Capitals.

Wong, who’s from England, bagged the large wickets of Alyssa Healy, Kiran Navgire, Simran Shaikh and Sophie Ecclestone — with the final three coming in succession — to finish her treble. In the thirteenth over, get bagged the wicket of Navgire because the UP batter regarded to hit an enormous one however discovered the protected arms of Nat Sciver-Brunt. On the following ball, Wong produced a stunner to bowl out Simran Shaikh for a duck. On the hat-trick ball, Wong despatched Sophie Ecclestone packing for 0 too. Here’s the video:

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Nat Sciver-Brunt’s half-century helped Mumbai Indians publish 182/4 in opposition to UP Warriorz within the Eliminator.

Sciver-Brunt slammed an unbeaten 72 off 38 deliveries whereas Melie Kerr performed a knock of 29 runs in 19 balls. For UP Warriorz Sophie Ecclestone bagged two wickets whereas Parshavi Chopra and Anjali Sarvani referred to as one every.

When the Right-hander Nat Sciver-Brunt then got here out to bat. The duo of Brunt and Matthews performed cautiously, slamming boundaries at common intervals.

Matthews’s enterprising knock was reduce brief after 16-year-old Parshavi Chopra produced a surprising supply to ship again the Mumbai batter. She scored 26.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur got here out to the center on the fall of Matthew’s wicket. Brunt then opened up, as she slammed Parshavi for back-to-back sixes and limits within the twelfth over of the sport, garnering 16 runs.

Sophie Ecclestone then got here up with a effective supply to take away Harmanpreet for 14 within the thirteenth over.

Melie Kerr changed the skipper on the crease. Sciver-Brunt continued her red-hot type as she slammed UP bowlers throughout the bottom whereas additionally stealing singles and turning the strike over. Sciver-Brunt introduced up her much-needed fifty off simply 26 balls, within the sixteenth over of the innings.

Sciver-Brunt slammed Rajeshwari Gayakwad for back-to-back boundaries within the seventeenth over, scoring 13 runs.

Kerr, nonetheless, fell prey to Ecclestone on the rating of 29. New batter Pooja Vastrakar and Sciver-Brunt hammered Deepti Sharma for 18 runs, slamming two sixes and one 4 within the final over, to information their staff’s whole to 182/4 in 20 overs.

With PTI inputs