Gujarat Giants scored an eight-run win in opposition to UP Warriorz of their Women`s Premier League match right here with Beth Mooney scoring a superb unbeaten half-century and teenager Shabnam Shakil complementing her skipper along with her incisive bowling right here on Monday.
Australian Mooney smashed an unbeaten 74 off 52 balls after which Shabnam (3/11) put the Warriorz on the mat with the wickets of Alyssa Healy (4) and Chamari Athapaththu (0) within the first over itself.
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At one stage UP Warriorz have been in dire straits, dropping 4 wickets for simply 16 on the board earlier than a valiant unbeaten 88 off 60 balls by Deepti Sharma noticed them problem the rivals. But she ran out of overs.
Brief scores: Gujarat Giants 152 for 8 (Laura Wolvaardt 43, Beth Mooney 74; Sophie Ecclestone 3/38, Deepti Sharma 2/22) beat UP Warriorz 144 for five (Deepti Sharma 88 not out, Poonam Khemnar 36; Shabnam Shakil 3/11) by 8 runs.
Source: www.mid-day.com
