WPL 2024: Alyssa Healy fiercely tackles pitch-invader during Match 6 against MI-W

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getcricketnews|29-02-2024

UP Warriorz registered their first win of the Women's Premier League 2024 as they beat the defending champions Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in Match 06 on Wednesday, February 28 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Kiran Navgire was the star with the bat for UP who scored a blistering half-century off 25 balls. She was eventually dismissed after scoring 57 (31) clobbering six fours and four sixes in her innings and took home the Player of the Match award. While several stars from both teams shone during the game, a pitch invader also made his appearance during the first innings of the match. The incident took place before the last of Mumbai Indians' innings bowled by Anjali Sarvani. After Sarvani shattered S Sajana's (4 off 2) stumps and sent her back into the pavilion, a fan managed to breach the security and run onto the pitch. Coming back to the match, Mumbai Indians Women (MI-W) were without their regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur and fast bowler Shabnim Ismail who were both ruled out due to a niggle. Hence, MI brought in fast bowler Issy Wong and batter Humaira Kazi as replacements with Nat Sciver-Brunt taking over the captaincy duties. On the other hand, UP brought in Sarvani in place of Gouher Sultana. Hayley Matthews scored a half-century for Mumbai After being put in to bat first, Mumbai got off to a good start with openers Yastika Bhatia (26 off 22) and Hayley Matthews (55 off 47) adding 50 runs for the first wicket off 48 balls. Captain Brunt (19 off 14), Amelia Kerr (23 off 16), Pooja Vastrakar (18 off 12) and Issy Wong (15* off 6) also made valuable contributions as MI-W finished their innings on 161/6 in their allotted 20 overs.
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