The race for the playoffs intensified with UP Warriorz clashing horns against Mumbai Indians in the 16th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL). Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, hosted the clash on Thursday. Mumbai Indians defeated UP Warriorz by six wickets.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first. UP Warriorz opened their innings on a strong note with a 74-run partnership. However, they eventually crumbled towards the end with wickets falling at quick succession and were restricted to 150/9. Georgia Voll was the lone warrior for the UP side scoring 55 off 33 balls.
In response, the Kiwi bowler Amelia Kerr picked up a five-fer and concluded with figures of 5/38. The rest of the team in the form of Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Parunika Sisodia picked up four wickets combined.
Mumbai batters, on the other hand, were in a spot of bother after the star performer of the game, Amelia Kerr was out for 10. However, Hayley Matthews (68) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (37) added a crucial 92-run partnership to lead the home to victory with six wickets and nine balls to spare.
Women’s Premier League 2025 Most Runs
Nat Sciver-Brunt jumps to the top of the chart after her knock off 37. She has been exceptional throughout the tournament, maintaining an average of 77.25 at 309 runs. Ellyse Perry (295), and Shafali Verma (260) comfortably sit in second and third position with a strike rate of 149.74 and 159.5 respectively.
The Australian duo, Ashleigh Gardner and Beth Mooney have scored 213 and 180 runs respectively. The sixth place is occupied by Hayley Matthews, jumping all the way after her knock off 68 earlier in the day against UP Warriorz. She now has 171 runs alongside Meg Lanning at seventh position at an average of 34.2 and 28.5 respectively.
Chenille Henry occupies the eighth position with 144 runs. She is closely followed by the RCB batters Smriti Mandhana and Danni Wyatt-Hodge with 140 and 137 runs respectively.
Women’s Premier League 2025 Most Wickets
Amelia Kerr leads the chart with her magnificent spell of picking up five wickets earlier in the day against UP Warriorz. She now has a total of 10 wickets alongside Renuka Singh. Kashvee Gautam, along with Hayley Matthews, Jess Jonassen, Shikha Pandey, and Georgia Wareham have added nine wickets to their tally. Hayley Matthews picked up two crucial wickets in the game to jump to the fourth position in the table.
Nat Sciver-Brunt slips a position further to fill the eighth spot with eight wickets, and is closely followed by Annabel Sutherland with eight wickets. Tanuja Kanwar closes the table with seven wickets to her name at an economy of 6.4.
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