Hayley Matthews in motion in WPL 2025.© BCCI/Sportzpics
Hayley Matthews adopted up her knock of 77 by choosing 3-31 as Mumbai Indians arrange a title conflict in Ladies’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 with the Delhi Capitals after beating Gujarat Giants by 47 runs within the Eliminator on the Brabourne Stadium right here on Thursday. After knocks of 77 from Hayley and Nat Sciver-Brunt, together with a panoramic 36 from captain Harmanpreet Kaur, took MI to an enormous 213/4, the West Indies captain shone together with her off-spin bowling to choose three wickets, as GG have been bowled out for 166 in 19.2 overs. She additionally acquired good help from Amelia Kerr, who picked two wickets, whereas Nat and Shabnim Ismail have been additionally among the many wickets as they sealed MI’s place in taking part in the summit conflict in opposition to DC on the similar venue on Saturday.
Shabnim struck for Mumbai when Beth Mooney’s exterior edge was pouched by Hayley, transferring to her proper at first slip. Harleen Deol and Danielle Gibson hit 5 boundaries between themselves earlier than the previous was run out by an correct throw from Sanskriti Gupta and Yastika Bhatia, dislodging the stumps in time.
Hayley made an enormous dent into GG’s already behind-going chase by castling Asheigh Gardner for eight. Regardless of Danielle and Phoebe Litchfield coping with boundaries, it could not assist in bringing the required run charge all the way down to a manageable one for GG.
A strong throw by Amanjot Kaur from deep mid-wicket resulted in Danielle being run out for 34, whereas Phoebe missed a googly from Amelia and was stumped for 31. After a mix-up resulted in Kashvee Gautam’s run out, Bharti Fulmali and Simran Shaikh tried delaying the inevitable with a flurry of boundaries earlier than the previous’s off-stump was knocked down by Hayley.
From there, Amelia, Nat and Hayley took a wicket every to make sure MI made it to their second WPL last and maintain their clear slate in opposition to GG intact in entrance of their residence crowd comprising their group homeowners and IPL group counterparts.
Transient scores:
Mumbai Indians 213/4 in 20 overs (Nat Sciver-Brunt 77, Hayley Matthews 77; Danielle Gibson 2-40, Kashvee Gautam 1-30) beat Gujarat Giants 166 in 19.2 overs (Danielle Gibson 34, Phoebe Litchfield 31; Hayley Matthews 3-31, Amelia Kerr 2-28) by 47 runs
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