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Warriorz — going big on quality as well as quantity as far as spin is concerned

UP Warriorz’s Sophie Ecclestone celebrates a dismissal against Royal Challengers Bangalore Women in the Women’s Premier League, at Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai on March 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Shabnim Ismail is as quick as any bowler around in women’s cricket at the moment. She is among the most experienced seamers as well, with 314 wickets in international white-ball cricket for South Africa.So imagine her shock at being told that she was not going to play for UP Warriorz in its match of the Women’s Premier League. “Sixteen years I have been playing and I have never been dropped,” she told Lisa Sthalekar, the Warriorz mentor. “Welcome to the WPL,” Sthalekar, the former Australian all-rounder, told her. UP Warriorz’s Rajeshwari Gayakwad celebrates a dismissal against Royal Chall...