🏏WPL 2024: Match 3: Gujarat Giants W vs Mumbai Indians W🏏 - Page 5

Mumbai Indians Women need 52 runs in 51 balls

END OF OVER 13

11 runs

MI-W: 91/3

CRR: 7.00 • RRR: 5.14

Need 36 from 42b

AC Kerr

15 (15)

H Kaur

27 (27)

KE Bryce

3-1-22-1

S Rana

2-0-15-0

Mumbai Indians Women won by 5 wkts

Congratulations girls

This game didn't turn out to be a thriller like the previous two games as MIW cruised to a comfortable victory. Once MIW restricted GGT to a below par total, they were always the firm favourites at the halfway stage.

GG-W

126/9

MI-W

(18.1/20 ov, T:127) 129/5

MI Women won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

10:43pm A fairly comfortable win for the defending champions, despite losing a couple of wickets towards the end. They found themselves in a bit of early bother, with Yastika and Matthews both departing inside the powerplay. Sciver-Brunt, though, injected momentum and alleviated the pressure. Harmanpreet then got into her work and played a controlled hand, with Kerr providing her support through the middle overs.

The Giants just did not have enough runs to play with. Even when they picked up two early wickets, the required-run rate did not zing up to worrying proportions (from an MI perspective). Their fielding also left a bit to be desired. They will, however, be happy with how their bowlers adapted defending a low total, and they will go back to their hotel thinking that if they can put up good totals, they have the bowling attack to defend it.

Shabnim Ismail: I went back to Cape Town, worked with my bowling coach to start getting some swing. Happy it worked out. I am still working as hard as I can to contribute to my team. I have worked a lot (on getting swing) and happy I could do that today. (On switching to the Mumbai Indians) I don't like to put pressure on myself, I like to do my thing and keep things simple. It is not easy for Wong, and that my success is her success and her success is my success. (On the pitch) The pitch we played on the first day was better, it was quicker. The wicket was much slower tonight but there was movement. So, I decided to bowl a little fuller.

Beth Mooney, Gujarat Giants captain: I was a bit nervous about the first game against Mumbai but got through it unscathed fortunately. (On the score) We let ourselves down in the first ten overs. Credit has to go to TK and Bryce to get us to a defendable total. We were 20 runs short in the end to make it a challenging chase. Lot to take away from the first innings. (On Bryce) She was very good tonight. She has been a great find, hopefully this is just a sign of things to come. Sometimes you have to take the result out, especially in a new team. It is disappointing to lose but we take the positives and move on to the next game. taking the emotion out of the result is really important.

Amelia Kerr, Player of the Match: When you are bowling later on in the innings, you can get hit but also get wickets. For me, it is about working out the conditions and going to variations. It came out well tonight. It (the googly) is something I practice, it is a useful option in T20 cricket, especially against left-handers. The way Shabs (Shabnim Ismail) started off, it allowed us to stay on top. Charlotte Edwards (MI head coach) asked me to just go out there and bat till the end. Just about backing my game and I tried to play low-risk cricket in that situation. (On playing for MI) It is an amazing franchise to play for. Amazing group of people, that is what I enjoy most. We have match-winners and we are fortunate to have so many. Nice to see so many people step up at different times.