UP Women Vs MI Women Match Highlights
The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow was packed, with UP Warriorz Women taking on Mumbai Indians Women in the 16th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025. The game began at 7:30 PM local time, which was an important encounter for both teams, with Mumbai Indians Women going on to win by 6 wickets.
The UP Warriorz tried to turn around a flickering campaign, scoring a competitive 150 runs for 9, which the Mumbai Indians chased down quite comfortably at 153 for 4 in 18.3 overs. Live cricket score and commentary gave every exciting detail, bringing the fans a close view of a match whose turns kept hanging between hope and heartbreak for the Warriorz and clinical steadiness from the defending champions.
Mumbai won the toss and opted to bowl first, as has been the trend in most of the tournament, wherein most of the teams have preferred to chase. The Warriorz openers, Grace Harris and Georgia Voll, set a stunning tempo right from the start, as at the end of the sixth over, they were already off to their 50 without loss in the powerplay. Harris, energetic as always, scored a quick 28 off 25 deliveries laced with five fours, while Voll took more time to score her sublime 55 off 33 balls, striking 12 boundaries. Their 74-run partnership was a major boost for UP, as they had hopes of a score well beyond 150.
But in the eighth over, Hayley Matthews ripped the opening partnership apart; Harris had been going well but was finally dismissed for 28, caught by G Kamalini. Mackenzie’s big moment came when she weaved a web around the Warriorz middle order, with Kiran Navgire falling for a two-ball duck, caught by Parunika Sisodia off the bowling of Kerr, while Georgia Voll’s resistance was ended by one from Nat Sciver-Brunt in the 10th over for a score of 55.
In went Amelia Kerr’s next trophy: the quick successes of catching out Vrinda Dinesh (10) and Chinelle Henry (6), with her fourth outing her stumping Deepti Sharma, who was the top scorer of 27 off 25 balls, mustered a clever variation. Sophie Ecclestone provided the late-inning flourish with 16 off 11 balls, which included a four and a six, but the kingpin of her spell was the fifth scalp of Ecclestone caught by Amanjot Kaur- a brilliance of 4-0-38-5.
Matthews alongside her already mentioned grabbed Shweta Sehrawat (0), and then Uma Chetry was dismissed for 1 by Parunika Sisodia, which left the UP Warriorz struggling at 150 for 9 at the innings break. While the innings had a heartening start, they tumbled towards the end to a total of 150 runs supplemented by extras of 6 runs; of their bowlers, Shabnim Ismail (3-0-33-0) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (3-0-16-1) supporting them well.
Chasing a target of 151, Mumbai Indians Women approached the chase with composure. Hayley Matthews and Amelia Kerr opened the batting, but Kerr’s stay was particularly brief, dismissed for 10 off 13 balls in the third over caught by Grace Harris off Chinelle Henry. Nat Sciver-Brunt joined Matthews and the two put on a match-defining partnership of 92 runs. Matthews, after a slow start, unleashed her flair, scoring 68 off 46 balls, including eight fours and two sixes, at a strike rate of 147.83.
Sciver-Brunt provided good company with her fluent 37 off 23 balls, featuring seven fours, before holing out to Deepti Sharma off Grace Harris in the 12th over. Matthews fell soon after in the 14th over, caught by Georgia Voll off Kranti Goud, but not before preparing Mumbai for 127 for 3. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur managed only 4 off 9 balls before Harris had her out, while Amanjot Kaur (12 not out off 15) and Yastika Bhatia (10 not out off 6; two of which were fours) had added surety. Mumbai crossed the line at 153 for 4 in 18.3 overs, 12 extras having helped their cause.
The Warriorz bowling struggled to find ways to contain the chase by Mumbai. Chinelle Henry (4-0-28-1) and Grace Harris (2-0-11-2) carried out vital executions, yet fell short of the breakthroughs needed found by Sophie Ecclestone (4-0-28-0) and Deepti Sharma (3.3-0-27-0). While Kranti Goud (3-0-31-1) and Gouher Sultana (1-0-16-0) were expensive, Georgia Voll’s only over went for 6 runs. Mumbai’s powerplay scored 50 runs, in accordance with UP, yet their middle overs—thanks to Matthews and Sciver-Brunt—sealed the deal. Live commentary raved about Matthews’ match-defining knock and Kerr’s all-around brilliance, while fielding lapses of UP and inability to take early momentum faced criticism.
Controversially, by 6 wickets, this brought a Mumbai Indians Women’s victory to the 2025 WPL points table as title contenders while UP Warriorz Women regretted yet another unfinished story of promise. It’s the match facts for Mumbai that came out on top, with Kerr’s five-for and Matthews’ half-century making the headlines for them. Georgia Voll’s fifty was the only highlight for UP, but after that their campaign was hanging by a thread and almost dead as they now needed miracles to advance to playoffs. As the lights in Lucknow went out, Mumbai celebrated a clinical victory, leaving fans wanting to see more of the thrilling tournament.
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