not in the most convincing manner but she does finish it off. Was a length ball angling down the pads. Harman looks to defend it on the front foot and gets an edge down the leg side that runs away to the fine leg boundary
UPW Women vs MI Women, 11th Match at Bengaluru, WPL, Feb 26 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
11th Match (N), Bengaluru, February 26, 2025, Women's Premier League
142/9
(17/20 ov, T:143) 143/2
MI Women won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
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MI-W
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end of over 177 runs • 1 wicket
MI-W: 143/2CRR: 8.41
Harmanpreet Kaur4 (1b 1x4)
Nat Sciver-Brunt75 (44b 13x4)
Sophie Ecclestone 4-0-29-1
Grace Harris 2-0-29-0
That's all from our side for this game. See you tomorrow, when RCB take on Gujarat Giants.
Nat-Sciver Brunt is the Player of the Match. She also gets the orange cap. "I am enjoying my batting at the moment," she says. "[On Navgire's wicket] She has played a couple of crucial innings, so planned it. I guess anyone on a given day can win us the match."
Harmanpreet Kaur: Whatever we tried to executed came out well. Really happy with the result. Getting a wicket in the first over is really crucial. And Nat bowled really well. You just need to do the right thing again and again and Sanskriti's wickets turned it around. She is really sorted and bowled really well. I think we have got a lot of experience in our side and everyone knows her role. [On Sciver-Brunt] She batted really well and showed her talent. The pitch was looking different when she batted.
Hayley Matthews: Personally for myself, it was a bit choppy. Looking at the scenario, you always put the team first. It was a bit slow out there. I am a back foot player and struggled on the front foot. [On Nat Sciver-Brunt] She has been great with four big scores in four matches.
Deepti Sharma: We lost back-to-back wickets. Had we built partnerships, we could have posted 160-170. Grace Harris was given a role in the powerplay and she played that well. We will come back stronger. We will have takeaways from this game, continue the good work, and work on building partnerships.
10.35pm A convincing win by Mumbai Indians - with eight wickets and 18 balls to spare - that takes them to the top of the points table. They now have six points from four games, the same as Delhi Capitals who not only have played an extra match but also have a much poorer run rate. Nat Sciver-Brunt led the way with both bat and ball. She took 3 for 18 to help restrict UPW to 142 for 9 before leading the chase with an unbeaten 75 off 44. Matthews too showed signs of return to form after a slow start and contributed 59 off 50.
16.6
4
Ecclestone to Kaur, FOUR runs
Harmanpreet Kaur. Can she finish it off?
16.5
W
Ecclestone to Matthews, OUT
a top edge and that's a sitter for Vrinda at mid-on. It was a length ball around off. Matthews went back to pull but it wasn't short at all. Ends up getting a top edge
Hayley Matthews c Vrinda b Ecclestone 59 (50b 7x4 2x6 64m) SR: 118
16.4
•
Ecclestone to Matthews, no run
tossed up outside off. Drives it towards cover
16.3
1
Ecclestone to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
a length ball around off. Forced to the left of mid-off
16.2
1
Ecclestone to Matthews, 1 run
quicker one angled towards the pads. Matthews gets an inside edge through her pads towards backward square leg
16.1
1
Ecclestone to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
length ball at the stumps. Worked towards deep midwicket
end of over 1622 runs
MI-W: 136/1CRR: 8.50 • RRR: 1.75 • Need 7 runs from 24b
Hayley Matthews58 (47b 7x4 2x6)
Nat Sciver-Brunt73 (42b 13x4)
Grace Harris 2-0-29-0
Deepti Sharma 3-0-25-1
Time for a strategic break, with MI needing just seven from 24 balls
15.6
4
Harris to Matthews, FOUR runs
goes back and pulls this short-ish delivery towards midwicket. Almost a six - just bounces inside the boundary line
15.5
4
Harris to Matthews, FOUR runs
tossed up outside off. Matthews looks to smash it but gets a thick outside edge that runs away to the deep third boundary. The fielder puts in a chase but cannot prevent the four
15.4
1
Harris to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
short of length at the stumps. Pulled to deep midwicket
15.3
1
Harris to Matthews, 1 run
length ball. Goes back and pulls it towards long-on to bring up her fifty
15.2
6
Harris to Matthews, SIX runs
slow through the air from Harris. Matthews comes down the ground, waits for the ball to arrive and smashes it towards deep midwicket where the fielder gets her hand to it but ends up parrying it over the boundary line
Free hit coming up
15.2
5nb
Harris to Matthews, (no ball) FOUR runs
a length ball on the stumps. Matthews rocks back and pulls it between long-on and deep midwicket. To make it worse for UPW, Harris has overstepped
sidn: "elysse, nat, gardner, sophie - this tells the importance of international players for franchise cricket - it would be more fun if indians join the party too."
15.1
1
Harris to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
another high full toss and Sciver-Brunt fails to put it away again. A single to deep midwicket
Just 29 required from 30 balls
end of over 1511 runs
MI-W: 114/1CRR: 7.60 • RRR: 5.80 • Need 29 runs from 30b
Nat Sciver-Brunt71 (40b 13x4)
Hayley Matthews39 (42b 4x4 1x6)
Deepti Sharma 3-0-25-1
Tahlia McGrath 2-0-11-0
14.6
1
Sharma to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
a full toss and Sciver-Brunt pulls it hard. Made great sound off the bat but it went straight towards deep midwicket
14.5
1
Sharma to Matthews, 1 run
full on the pads. Flicked away to deep square leg
14.4
1
Sharma to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
a low full toss on the stumps. Bunts it towards deep midwicket
14.3
4
Sharma to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR runs
moves across once again and this time she laps it fine, to the right of short fine, and picks up another boundary
14.2
4
Sharma to Nat Sciver-Brunt, FOUR runs
moves across to this fuller delivery and sweeps it hard and fine, to the left of short fine leg
14.1
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Sharma to Nat Sciver-Brunt, no run
a length ball outside off. Sciver-Brunt goes for the cut but the slowness of the delivery means she ends up chopping it into the ground
end of over 144 runs
MI-W: 103/1CRR: 7.35 • RRR: 6.66 • Need 40 runs from 36b
Nat Sciver-Brunt61 (35b 11x4)
Hayley Matthews38 (41b 4x4 1x6)
Tahlia McGrath 2-0-11-0
Sophie Ecclestone 3-0-22-0
13.6
1
McGrath to Nat Sciver-Brunt, 1 run
short of length outside off. Pulled to deep midwicket
Language
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Win Probability
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Over 17 • MI-W 143/2
Hayley Matthews c Vrinda b Ecclestone 59 (50b 7x4 2x6 64m) SR: 118
MI Women won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)W
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