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WPL 2024/25, GG-W against Upw-W 15. Match-Match report, March 03, 2025

Gujarat Giants 186 for 5 (Mooney 96*, Deol 45, Ecclestone 2-34) Beat Up Warriorz 105 (Henry 28, Gautam 3-11, Kanwar 3-17, Dottin 2-14) of 81 runs

It was not a happy return for Up Warriorz, who received a Thrashing from Gujarat giant giant at the Ekana stadium and slipped from third to last place onto the points table. In the first WPL match in Lucknow, Beth Mooney organized an exhibition to lead giants to 186 for 5, the third highest this season.

She recalled why she is the No. 1 T20i dough in the ICC ranking, and helped the giant losses from fifth place to the second end of the evening.

Warriorz opened in the answer and lost through massive 81 runs. They lost two gates in the first time, four in the power play and were 48 for 6 – only one dough in the top -six hits – before Chinelle Henry's 14 -Ball 28 took over over 100.

Thanks to the mammoth victory, the Netto -Run rate rose from Giants from -0.450 to 0.357 and they are now only placed behind Delhi Capitals, with their six points taking them with Mumbai Indians, the NRR 0.166.

Mooney's master class

It looked like this wasn't Mooney's season. In the competition, she was only 84 in five innings, which was an average of 16.80 on average. Since giants have no replacement writer in the squad, it was no question to drop them. She started slowly and was 23 out of 21 when the power play ended, and helped some four in a Deepi Sharma.

But after the field restrictions were over, Mooney really came to him. She used her feet both against Sophie Ecclestone and Deepti and used the pace of Henry and Kranti Goud. Whenever warriorz had in the middle of the middle and with the middle and with the bowled length, she used her feet to access the area over the floor and the straight line for 49 runs in the arch between long -term and long. At some point it looked like she was meeting the first century of the WPL, but she was only allowed to confront five balls during death (over 17-20).

Thanks to Mooney's attack attacks, Giants achieved 104 runs in the ten overs from seven to 16, only the fourth time that they scored over 100 points in the WPL in this phase.

Deol supported, dottin entertaining

Warriorz decided with the trend in WPL 2025 to roll itself on a mixed casting surface with an appropriate grass cover and taste successfully in the opening. Henry's overwhelm Hemalatha's extraordinary time of day for 2. It was her fourth single -digit score in five games this season.

Deol, in 3rd place, began with an air dish from Grace Harris over square leg. But the highlight of their inning was their footwork against the Quicks. She lowered Henry through the vastness to end the third and repeated treatment against Goud after the end of the power play. She enjoyed the ball that came to the bat – Phoebe Litchfield later called The Ekana the “best blow conditions” – and stroked her way to a 32 -ball -45.

After a 44-run stand between Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner, the Giants campaigned for a strong finish, Deandra Dottin had in 17th place with four discounts with a four-man and hit Ecclestone for one six and four in the next. She tried an unsettled setback and was caught by Ecclestone from Ecclestone for an eight ball 17. Warriorz graduated well and only gave up 16 in the last two overs, but that wasn't enough.

Warriorz and their wounded stroke

After Warriorz had not played Chamari Athapaththu in the five games for which she went for national duty, she made a debut on Georgia Vollia on the first opportunity. Completely found a massive success when he opened in the WBBL, but Warriorz kept Warriorz with Kiran Navgire and Harris as openings with full 3.

Navgire nudged an outsider of Dottin without moving her feet and was caught by a diving litchfield for a golden duck on the second ball of the chase. Three balls later made a wild trip from the body, just so that the ball inaugurated and reached the tip of the middle. And just like that, Dottin had made huge for a win.

From the other end, Kashvee Gautam found a massive swing and success after Vrinda Dinesh was shaped into shovel, but was beaten by the inner curve. Deepti also fell cheap and spelled Meghna Singh behind it. Harris kept going out the partners before giving the shovel by Tanuja Kanwar and hauling warriors halfway.

Henry hit a few lustful strokes in the order, but it was really just a flickering before the fire was deleted.

S Sudarshanan is a subeditor at ESPNcricinfo. @Sudarshanan7