WPL 2023 | UP-W vs GG-W, As it happened: Harris fifty takes UP home in nail-biter

What a sensational game and sensational finish. Harris and Ecclestone make a match out of nowhere and took UP home. Harris scored brilliant 50 and scored 19 in the last over to take her team home.

Navgire brought it along after three early wickets but Garth put Gujarat back in the game with two-in-two. With 63 needed of last four overs, Harris and Ecclestone defied all the odds with Harris hitting 59 unbeaten off just 26 balls.

Brilliant game, brilliant advertisement for the league.
 

What a sensational game and sensational finish. Harris and Ecclestone make a match out of nowhere and took UP home. Harris scored brilliant 50 and scored 19 in the last over to take her team home.

Harris is definitely the key here and has been finding boundaries with ease. Can she keep going on?

33 needed of 12.

Harris can  use the long handle but would she have enough support from the other end? 

Stage set for a tight finish with 63 needed in 24 balls with 3 wickets in hand.

Devika Vaidya 4(7) c Hemlatha b Sutherland

Slower ball, chipped in the air, good low catch by Hemlatha at mid-on.

What a turnaround by Kim Garth, she takes both set batswomen out in same over and Gujarat now firmly in command.
 

Simran Shaikh 0(1) b Garth

Fifer for Garth! Delivers perfect yorker to shatter timbers!

Short, high, Navgire edges it to leg side, Sushma takes a good catch.

Navgire fifty keep Gujarat at bay, Deepti played her part perfectly before being taken out by Joshi.

Deepti Sharma 11(16) b Joshi

Full, straight, missed by batter! Deepti goes after much important partnership with Navgire.

UP keeping it alive, Navgire playing a brilliant innings here. Gujarat also keeping pressure on, game can go any side from here on.

50 partnership up in seven overs with Navgire doing bulk of scoring here.

Navgire continues the fight as she takes 9 off Sutherland's second over and hits Gardner for a four. Deepti is playing as per situation and just hanging in there. 50 up for UP as well.

At par with the Giants after 8 overs.

Powerplay ends with UP in rebuild phase after Garth's triple-wicket over.

Kiran Navgire though has shown some real intent but she has to keep giving.

Tanuja Kanwer takes the new ball with Kim Garth. Delivers 5 good balls but ends the over with a four.

Garth continues for her second and takes out Healy first, Sehrawat second and McGrath third in the same over.

Tahlia McGrath 0(1) c Hemlatha b Garth

Edge and caught at slip, Gujarat on fire, UP in trouble.

Shweta Sehrawat 5(6) c Joshi b Garth

Chips in the air and Mansi Joshi takes a sharp catch at short third point.

Alyssa Healy 7(8) c&b Garth

Chipped straight to the bowler who holds on to a very good catch.

Kim Garth takes the new ball as Healy faces first ball with Shweta Sehrawat on non-strike. Seven off the over with one four.

Much better outing for Gujarat tonight, many starts but no big score apart from Harleen, who played well for her 46 and got partnerships with Sushma Verma and Ash Gardner. Meghana at the top also played a handy inning of 24 off 15.

Deepti Sharma and Sophie Ecclestone were pick of the bowlers, picking two wickets apiece.

Deepti Sharma bowls second-last over. Hemlatha hits a six and a four and takes Gujarat to 160.

Ecclestone bowls her and inning's final over. 9 runs off the over takes Giants to 169.

Harleen turns the game on with four consecutive boundaries in the 17th over. 18 off the over!

Anjali bowls the 18th over, been expensive tonight but takes out dangerous Harleen.

Harleen Deol 46(32) c McGrath b Anjali

Harleen had to take risk, she hit it well but straight to the fielder.

Big over for Gujarat, Anjali bowls three wides, 13 off the over.

Deepti take out Ash Gardner, smart bowling. Harleen must stay till end now.

Ash Gardner 25(19) st Healy b Deepti

Good bowling from Deepti, sees Gardner coming down the pitch, slows a bit, a bit of fumble by Haley but WP gets a wicket.

Rajeshwari bowls out, gives away just 30 in her four overs.

Ecclestone comes back for her third over, brilliant bowling so far but Ash Gardner takes her for cleaners on fifth ball of her over. 100 up.

Tahlia McGrath bowls 11th over and takes Sushma Verma out, breaking the partnership in building.

Devika Vaidya for the first time and Ash Gardner comes to bat. 

The ground fielding has been brilliant by UP so far, no easy boundaries given.

Sushma Verma 9(12) c Sehrawat b McGrath

Tries a big shot, slower ball, gets caught just outside the ring on the leg side.
 

Tahlia McGrath comes on to bowl the 9th over. Just seven off it. Gujarat needs to up the ante now.

Rajeshwari comes back for her third over. UP is fielding well with Giants players trying to open arms.

Deepti bowls her second over, just 5 off it. Rebuild phase for Gujarat.

Ecclestone on top here, takes second wicket in her second over.

Annabel Sutherland 8(10) c Anjali b Ecclestone

Tries a hoick over long-on but goes as far as the fielder. Second for Ecclestone in two overs.

Anjali bowls final over of the powerplay and concedes first-ball boundary! Good over, just six off it. Powerplay ends!

Deepti Sharma comes to bowl the fourth one. Good to see positive intent from the Gujarat batters but Deepti gets a wicket in the process.

Sophie Ecclestone comes on to bowl the fifth over and immediately takes a wicket as Meghana departs, trying too many shot.

Meghana 24(15) c Sehrawat b Ecclestone

Meghana tries one shot too many as Ecclestone gets wicket in her first over.

Sophia Dunkley 13(11) b Deepti

Deepti finds gap in the defence as Dunkley's stumps get shattered.

Anjali shares news ball with Rajeshwari and straight away a four off the first two balls. Dunkley also gets two four, 17 off the over.

Day of boundary on the first ball? Rajeshwari concedes one now on first ball of her second over. Meghana now dealing in boundaries only.

Rajeshwari starts with the ball for UP and Meghana gets off the mark on the first ball. Giants would be extra focused today, given last night's defeat.

Just three of the over now.

Alyssa Healy(w/c), Shweta Sehrawat, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Simran Shaikh, Kiran Navgire, Devika Vaidya, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Sophia Dunkley, Sushma Verma (wk), S Meghana, Hemalatha Dayalan, Sneh Rana (capt), Harleen Deol, Tanuja Kanwer, Annabel Sutherland, Mansi Joshi, Ashleigh Gardner

Three changes for Giants:

Sushma Verma comes in for Mooney. Sophia Dunkley and Kim Garth in as well for Monica Patel and Georgia Wareham

Sneh Rana comes out for Gujarat as Beth Mooney is out and Alyssa Haley captains UP Warriorz

Hello and welcome to the coverage of Match #3 between UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants in Women's Premier League.

Toss will take place in about 30 minutes at 7:00 PM local time with match set to start 7:30 PM local time.

After the fireworks by Mumbai skipper Harmanpreet Kaur yesterday against the Gujarat Giants, it would be interesting to see how Gujarat plays today.