Issy Wong, the 20-year-old pacer of the Mumbai Indians, made history in the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League, winning the tournament’s first-ever hat-trick in the Eliminator clash against UP Warriorz. Stepping up when her franchise needed her most, Issy took a total of 4 wickets for just 15 runs in 4 overs as Mumbai beat UP by a whopping 72 runs in the virtual semi-final on Friday. In the process, Mumbai went to the finals of the tournament and made a deal with Delhi Capitals.
Wong, who hails from England, took the big wickets of Alyssa Healy, Kiran Navgire, Simran Shaikh and Sophie Ecclestone – with the last three consecutive – to complete her treble. Take over Navgire’s wicket in the 13th as the UP batsman appeared to take a big hit but found the safe hands of Nat Sciver-Brunt. On the next ball, Wong produced a stunner to throw Simran Shaikh out for a duck. On the hat-trick ball, Wong also dispatched Sophie Ecclestone for 0. Here’s the video:
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Take a bow Issy Wong
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Earlier,
Nat Sciver-Brunt’s half-century helped Mumbai Indians post 182/4 against UP Warriorz in the Eliminator.
Sciver-Brunt hit an unbeaten 72 from 38 deliveries as Melie Kerr hit a 29-run knockout in 19 balls. For UP Warriorz, Sophie Ecclestone took two wickets while Parshavi Chopra and Anjali Sarvani called one each.
Then right-hander Nat Sciver-Brunt came to bat. The duo of Brunt and Matthews played cautiously, pushing boundaries at regular intervals.
Matthews’ enterprising knock was cut short after 16-year-old Parshavi Chopra produced a stunning pitch to return the Mumbai batsman. She scored 26.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur came to center on the fall of Matthew’s wicket. Brunt then opened, when she hit Parshavi for back-to-back sixes and bounds in the 12th over of the game for 16 runs.
Sophie Ecclestone then came up with a fine pitch to clear Harmanpreet for 14 in the 13th over.
Melie Kerr replaced the skipper at the crease. Sciver-Brunt continued her red-hot form as she grounded UP bowlers while also stealing hits and turning the strike. Sciver-Brunt brought up her much-needed fifty off just 26 balls, in the 16th left of the innings.
Sciver-Brunt slammed Rajeshwari Gayakwad for back-to-back bounds in the 17th over, scoring 13 runs.
However, Kerr fell to Ecclestone with a score of 29. New batsman Pooja Vastrakar and Sciver-Brunt hammered Deepti Sharma for 18 runs, hitting two sixes and one four in the final over, to take their team’s total to 182/ 4 to insert. 20 overs.
With PTI inputs
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