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Women’s Premier League: Gujarat Giants blow away UP Warriorz’s chance of qualification | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: All-rounder Deepti Sharma produced an epic 60-ball 88 unbeaten knock and shared a superb 109-run stand with Poonam Khemnar but Gujarat Giants managed to secure a close eight-run win over UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League clash in New Delhi on Monday. Chasing 153 for victory, Warriorz were down and out and found themselves tottering at 35 for 5 but Deepti and Poonam pulled off an outstanding partnership to give Giants some nervy moments. However, with 26 needed in the final over, Deepti and Poonam failed to pull off a heist as Giants wrapped up their dismal campaign with a win. Sixteen-year-old pacer Shabnam Shakil announced her arrival on the big stage with brilliant figures of 3/11 to negate Deepti's brilliance as Giants all but dashed Warriorz's hopes of qualifying for ...
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Watch: Katrina Kaif lights up WPL with rare appearance | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bollywood icon Katrina Kaif illuminated the Women's Premier League (WPL) on Monday as she made a rare appearance to spectate the gripping match between UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium.Wearing the vibrant colours of the UP Warriorz jersey, Katrina showcased her unwavering support for the WPL franchise, capturing the attention of both cricket enthusiasts and Bollywood fans alike.On the field, Gujarat Giants set a commendable total of 152 for 8, with standout performances from Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney. While Mooney's impressive knock of 74 off 52 balls bolstered Gujarat's innings, Wolvaardt fell just short of a half-century, leaving the UP Warriorz with a challenging target to chase.As the match unfolded, Katrina Kaif's infectious en...
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Harmanpreet Kaur’s sensational 95 propels Mumbai Indians to WPL playoffs | – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a blistering unbeaten innings of 95, propelling Mumbai Indians to a convincing seven-wicket victory over Gujarat Giants in their Women's Premier League (WPL) match in Delhi on Saturday.This triumph secured Mumbai Indians' spot as the first team to qualify for the playoffs.Chasing Gujarat's total of 190 for seven, Harmanpreet's explosive knock came in just 48 balls, featuring 10 fours and five sixes. Alongside opener Yastika Bhatia, who contributed 49 runs in 36 balls, the defending champions successfully chased down the target, reaching 191 for three with a ball to spare.Despite losing wickets before reaching 100 within 13.3 overs, Mumbai faced a challenging task of needing 72 runs off 30 balls.Harmanpreet, dropped on 40, switched to "beast mod...
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Sleeping Giants Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt awaken as Gujarat flex batting muscle at top of the order

In an appraisal of a disastrous first half of this season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for the Gujarat Giants, captain Beth Mooney was blunt. “Scoring a few more runs will be pretty helpful (in the future), probably from the skipper and then flowing through the rest of the team,” she said after a fourth successive defeat. As the league moved to New Delhi for, and her side’s chances of going past the group stage hung in the balance, Mooney, alongside opening partner Laura Wolvaardt, batted as if they had taken that self-criticism to heart. The duo toyed with the Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling attack and put on a 140-run partnership, as the Giants rammed their way to a 19-run win to open their account this year on Wednesday. She missed out on a well-deserved 💯 but Captain Bet...
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Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt power Gujarat Giants to first win in WPL | – Times of India

Laura Wolvaardt and skipper Beth Mooney struck attacking fifties as Gujarat Giants notched up a 19-run win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League. Opting to bat, Gujarat Giants got off to splendid start with Mooney (85 not out) and Wolvaardt (76) putting together 140 runs for the opening wicket. There was some batting collapse but Mooney stood firm as Gujarat posted 199/5. RCSB looked out of sorts and were restricted to 180/7. It was first win of the season for Gujarat.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return; } (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() { n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.qu...
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Mooney to captain Gujarat Giants in WPL Season 2

File picture of Australian cricketer Beth Mooney during a practice session for the national team | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Australia's Beth Mooney will captain Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League beginning on February 23, the franchise announced on Wednesday. Mooney was named captain for the inaugural season as well but got injured after the first game and could not take further part in the competition. India all-rounder Sneh Rana had led the side in her absence. Rana has been named vice-captain for season two. Gujarat had finished last in the five-team competition in 2023. "They (Mooney and Rana) will be part of the leadership group with head coach Michael Klinger, mentor and advisor Mithali Raj, and assistant coach Nooshin Al Khadee," said the team in a statement. Guj...
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Deepti Sharma rises to joint second among bowlers in T20I rankings

India’s Deepti Sharma and Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal hold the joint second spot in the latest ICC women’s T20I bowling rankings. File | Photo Credit: PTI India's Deepti Sharma rose one place to joint second, while teammate Renuka Singh moved up a spot to 10th in the latest ICC women's T20I bowling rankings issued on January 30.Sharma’s rise was largely due to South Africa spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba dropping three places from earlier second to fifth after one wicket from two games against Australia.Similarly, Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal took the joint second spot with Sharma after moving up one place. England's Sarah Glenn was at fourth after rising a rung.England spinner Sophie Ecclestone maintained a healthy lead at the top of the T20I rankings for bowlers.There was no change within the top 10 ...
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Watch: Richa Ghosh’s brilliant run out of Beth Mooney in one-off Test – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Richa Ghosh's brilliant run out of a baffled Beth Mooney highlighted Australia's plight in the one-off Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.India were bowled out for 406 and Australia were off to a fine start on Day 3 in their second innings scoring 43 runs off 11 overs without losing any wicket.Sneh Rana, bowling the 12th over, was hit for a boundary on the third ball, but disaster struck for the Aussies on the fifth ball of the over.Mooney, who is one of the most experienced players in international cricket, displayed poor game awareness and was run out.Mooney blocked out a full ball from Sneh Rana to silly point and for some strange reason, stepped out of the crease casually and tried to get back but it was too late as Richa sensed the opportunity and hit the...
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India vs Australia One-off Test: Watch Beth Mooney dismissed in bizarre fashion by Richa Ghosh

It’s Christmas season, after all, and Australia gave India a gift during the One-Off Test at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday when opener Beth Mooney was run out in a bizarre manner. The experienced left-hander, who has been a thorn in India’s flesh many times in the past, was looking in good touch early on in Australia’s second innings. And then came a moment she’d like to forget in the 12th over. Sneh Rana bowled a full ball that Mooney patted to Richa Ghosh at silly point. The Test debutant, who keeps wickets in the shorter formats, bent down low and picked up the ball in one quick motion. Ghosh then released the ball quickly to effect a direct hit. Meanwhile, Mooney had walked out of the crease and didn’t really make a conscious effort to get back as she turned her back to the field...
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Our plan was to move the ball into Aussie batters using wobble seam: Pooja Vastrakar | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Pacer Pooja Vastrakar, who wrecked Aussies with a four-wicket haul in their first innings of the one-off Test, said on Thursday that the Indian Women's plan was to exploit the visitors' vulnerability against incoming deliveries bowled with a wobble seam.Vastrakar's four for 53 was instrumental in India restricting Australia to a mere 219 in their first innings."Naturally, I have out-swing, but while watching the videos of both these teams (Australia and England), they had some difficulty in facing incoming deliveries," Vastrakar told the media here after the first day's play."We practiced during the training to try and get the ball moving in with the wobble seam, since the ball cuts well with the wobble seam and batters face difficulty," she added.Among her victims on the day wa...
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Watch: Dream start for India against Australia in one-off Test | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India made a brilliant start in the one-off Test against Australia at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday as the visitors lost 2 wickets as early as in the second over of the match.On the last ball of the first over, Phoebe Litchfield was run out after a misunderstanding with Beth Mooney, who tapped a delivery by Renuka Singh to the right of backward point and Jemimah Rodrigueshad ample time to sense the opportunity at the batting end as Litchfield was ball-watching instead of responding to Mooney's call and running to the other end.Rodrigues threw the ball to the keeperYastika Bhatia who removed the bails as Litchfield collected a diamond duck.Next batter in Ellyse Perry was clean bowled by Pooja Vastrakar on the fourth ball of the next over with a delivery that came back in. V...
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Smriti Mandhana moves up to 6th, Harmanpreet Kaur drops to 8th in ICC Women’s ODI rankings | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian batter Smriti Mandhana has moved up a spot to number six, while her captain Harmanpreet Kaur has dropped to the eighth position in the latest ICC women's ODI rankings released on Wednesday.Mandhana now has 704 rating points, while Harmanpreet, who moved two spots down, has 702.Among the Indian players, left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad holds the ninth position in the bowlers' rankings, while all-rounder Deepti Sharma occupies the seventh spot in the all-rounders' rankings. Both players have moved down a spot in their respective categories.Meanwhile, Australia's Beth Mooney has reclaimed the top spot in the ODI batters rankings, displacing Sri Lankan Chamari Athapaththu, whose reign lasted for only two weeks.Mooney's impressive performances in the first two ODIs ...
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1st ODI: England beat Australia to level Women’s Ashes | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Skipper Heather Knight hit an unbeaten 75 as England women edged Australia by two wickets in first ODI in Bristol on Wednesday to level the Women's Ashes series at six points all.After Beth Mooney's unbeaten 81 took Australia to 263 for 8, Knight's unbeaten half-century helped England chase down the target with 11 balls to spare. Mooney earlier top-scored for Australia as the visitors punished some sloppy England fielding to post a competitive total after opting to bat. England dropped five chances and missed a chance to stump Mooney, whose innings was the bedrock of Australia's total as wickets tumbled regularly.Opener Phoebe Litchfield made 34 and Ellyse Perry added 41 before Jess Jonassen chipped in with 30 down the order for the Ashes holders.Tammy Beaumont (47) and Alice...
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Australia take control of women’s Ashes with T20 win | Cricket News – Times of India

LONDON: Australia took a dominant grip of the multi-format women's Ashes with a four-wicket victory in the first T20 of the series on Saturday.Beth Mooney's 61 not out steered the world T20 champions home with one ball to spare at Edgbaston chasing 154 to win.After winning the sole Test match of the series, the visitors now lead 6-0 on points with just 10 left to play for, courtesy of two points for a win in the two remaining T20 clashes and three one day internationals.Australia captain Alyssa Healy, who played despite managing two fractured fingers, won the toss and elected to field first.Sophia Dunkley anchored the England innings as she hit 56 off 49 balls but wickets fell regularly at the other end.Danni Wyatt, Alice Capsey and Nat Sciver-Brunt all departed for single figures.But a...
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Losing key players dented our composition: Gujarat Giants mentor Mithali Raj | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Giants' team mentor and former India captain Mithali Raj said that losing key players early in the Women's Premier League campaign dented the team's composition, resulting in its elimination from the inaugural tournament.Gujarat were eliminated after losing their last match against UP Warriorz on Monday.Gujarat's head coach Rachel Haynes conceded that they had some tough moments, but also praised her team for showing a lot of character during the tournament.Gujarat suffered a big blow to their prospects early in the tournament, when Australia opener and designated skipper Beth Mooney suffered a calf injury on the opening day of the tournament and missed the remainder of the WPL.Even as the others stepped up, Gujarat Giants did miss a player of Mooney's calibre through...
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Beth Mooney out of WPL, Laura Wolvaardt replaces her; Sneh Rana named captain of Gujarat Giants

Beth Mooney walks back to the pavilion after getting a cramp during the 2023 Women’s Premier League (WPL) match between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on March 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Beth Mooney will take no further part in the Women’s Premier League. The captain and opener of Gujarat Giants had suffered a calf strain in the opening match of the league and had to leave the field after facing just three balls. One of the world’s leading female batters, Mooney had come to the tournament in cracking form, right after winning the player-of-the-match award for her 74 not out in Australia’s final against South Africa at the T20 World Cup at Cape Town. Interestingly, the woman who top-scored for South Africa in that match, Laura Wolvaardt, is he...
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Gujarat Giants’ Beth Mooney ruled out of Women’s Premier League with calf injury | Cricket News – Times of India

Beth Mooney's short stay in the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) ended on Thursday as a calf injury ruled out the Gujarat Giants' skipper for the rest of the ongoing tournament. It will take as much as six weeks for Mooney's calf to heal, after she picked up the injury in Gujarat's opening game of the T20 league last weekend. The 29-year-old missed the next two matches and will now travel home for rehabilitation, with South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt replacing her in the Gujarat squad.Wolvaardt, who was in Pakistan to take part in the Women's League exhibition matches, has been released by her team Super Women."I was really looking forward to the maiden WPL season ... but unfortunately injuries are part and parcel of the sport and I am gutted to be missing the remaind...
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WPL 2023: Gujarat Giants’ skipper Beth Mooney to miss rest of Women’s Premier League due to injury

Australia opener Beth Mooney will miss the remainder of the Women’s Premier League due to a calf injury that will require up to six weeks to heal, Cricket Australia said on Thursday. Mooney, the captain of the Gujarat Giants, suffered the injury in the opening match of the Twenty20 tournament in India last weekend as she retired hurt. The 29-year-old missed the next two matches and will now travel home for rehabilitation, with South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt replacing her in the Gujarat squad. Wolvaardt, who was in Pakistan to take part in the Women’s League exhibition matches, has been released by her team Super Women. “I was really looking forward to the maiden WPL season … but unfortunately injuries are part and parcel of the sport and I am gutted to be missing the remainder of the se...
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UP Warriorz vs Gujarat Giants, WPL 2023 Live Score: UP to open campaign against battered Gujarat – The Times of India

LIVE NOWTHE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 05, 2023, 17:32:01 ISTODI MATCH LIVE UPDATES Alyssa Healy-led UP Warriorz will open their WPL campaign today against Gujarat Giants, who suffered a morale-shattering defeat against Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener on Saturday. Mumbai thrashed Gujarat by 143 runs at the same stadium yesterday.Read Less!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {}; const { TimesApps } = window; TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() { (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function() { n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments); }; if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; ...
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Captaincy helps me bring out my best performances: Harmanpreet Kaur | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After powering the Women's Premier League to an electrifying start with a scintillating 65-run knock against Gujarat Giants in the opener at Navi Mumbai on Saturday, Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur said leadership brings the best out of her.Kaur's onslaught and her 89-run stand for the fourth wicket with Amelia Kerr powered Mumbai Indians to 207/5, and their bowlers outclassed Gujarat Giants by dismissing them for just 64 to record a 143-run win.The @ImHarmanpreet-led @mipaltan are off the mark in the #TATAWPL in style! #MI win the opening game against #GG… https://t.co/eCtwHjUymW— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) 1677951962000The right-handed batter told the media after the game that captaincy brings out the best from her.She said, "I have been captaining teams...