Tahlia McGrath's brilliant fighting knock (90 not out off 50) went in vain as an attacking fifty by captain Meg Lanning (70 off 42) and an all-round show by Jess Jonassen (42 not out and 3-43) led Delhi Capitals to a convincing 42-run win over UP Warriorz
McGrath's fighting and blistering half-century (90 not out off 50) went in vain as Delhi Capitals thrashed UP Warriorz by 42 runs in a Women's Premier League 2023 (WPL) match at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy on Tuesday.
The fanfare has touched fever pitch ahead of the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League, and UP Warriorz’s head coach Jon Lewis says that the tournament is a big moment in the game.
Tahlia McGrath on Thursday insisted that her side will prepare very hard to give themselves every chance to defeat India in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at Eden Park on Saturday.
The visitors looked set for a total close to 200 but McGrath came up with a brilliant spell in the death overs as she dismissed both Nat Sciver and Wyatt in the 17th over.
Chasing a challenging 150-run target, Mandhana smashed 52 off 49 balls and shared 57 runs with Jemimah Rodrigues (23 off 26) for the second wicket to set the platform for India before the visitors lost four wickets in a span of 10 runs to lose the plot.
"If we had women's IPL, the domestic players would get a lot of chances to prove themselves under pressure,"- Harmanpreet Kaur.
Batting first, India put up an inept performance, scoring only 118 for nine, largely due to a 37 off 26 balls by Pooja Vastrakar. Australia scored the runs in 19.1 overs, courtesy rookie McGrath (42 not out off 33 balls), who launched into Shikha Pandey's 18th over, getting 14 runs which proved to be a game-changer.
India A women's captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed six boundaries and three hits over the fence during her 32-ball 57.
The BCCI fielded a India A women’s team consisting of senior players in view of the ICC Women’s World T20 next month.