{"id":7109,"date":"2023-03-18T22:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T22:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-premier-league-sophie-devine-hits-99-in-rcb-win-sophie-ecclestone-stars-in-warriorz-victory\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T22:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T22:30:54","slug":"womens-premier-league-sophie-devine-hits-99-in-rcb-win-sophie-ecclestone-stars-in-warriorz-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/womens-premier-league-sophie-devine-hits-99-in-rcb-win-sophie-ecclestone-stars-in-warriorz-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Premier League: Sophie Devine hits 99 in RCB win & Sophie Ecclestone stars in Warriorz victory"},"content":{"rendered":"


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England captain Heather Knight helped guide RCB to victory after Sophie Devine’s sublime knock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Women’s Premier League, Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gujarat Giants 188-4 (20 overs): <\/strong>Wolvaardt 68 (42), Gardner 41 (26); Patil 2-17<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Royal Challengers Bangalore 189-2 (15.3 overs):<\/strong> Devine 99 (36)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scorecard<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Table<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Gujarat Giants by eight wickets after Sophie Devine hit a spectacular 99 off 36 balls in the Women’s Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Openers Devine and Smriti Mandhana put on 125 off 56 balls to help RCB chase down 189 and avoid elimination.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Giants posted 188-4 after Laura Wolvaardt made 68 off 42 and Ashleigh Gardner struck 41 off 26.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, leaders Mumbai Indians fell to their first defeat, losing by five wickets to UP Warriorz.<\/span><\/p>\n

New Zealand’s Devine hit eight sixes in her stunning innings to record the highest individual score in the competition so far.<\/span><\/p>\n

She missed out on a century after picking out Ashwani Kumari on the edge of the ring off Kim Garth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Australia’s Ellyse Perry and England captain Heather Knight shared an unbeaten partnership of 32 off 22 balls to guide RCB to victory with 27 balls to spare.<\/span><\/p>\n

The win saw RCB move up to fourth place in the table as they remain in contention for the playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are level on points with the fifth-placed Giants but ahead on net run-rate. The top three sides qualify for the play-offs.<\/span><\/p>\n

RCB’s victory means second-placed Delhi Capitals have qualified for the play-offs with two games spare, but the final spot is still open as Warriorz, Giants and RCB can all still finish third.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s nice to be able to contribute with both bat and ball,” said player of the match Devine, who bowled England’s Sophia Dunkley for 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was happy to be able to put RCB into a winning position tonight.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of Devine’s incredible knock, Giants skipper Sneh Rana said: “I am short of words right now. It was a good total on the board but we couldn’t do it with the ball.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ecclestone stars in Warriorz win<\/h3>\n
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Sophie Ecclestone has picked up 12 wickets in the Women’s Premier League so far<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Women’s Premier League, Mumbai (Dr DY Patil Sports Academy)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mumbai Indians 127 (20 overs):<\/strong> Matthews 35 (30); Ecclestone 3-15<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UP Warriorz 129-5 (19.3 overs): <\/strong>Harris 39 (28), McGrath 38 (25); A Kerr 2-22<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UP Warriorz won by five wickets<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scorecard<\/span><\/a>. Table<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

England’s Sophie Ecclestone took three wickets and hit a six to win the match in the final over as UP Warriorz upset previously unbeaten leaders Mumbai Indians.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chasing 128 in a low-scoring thriller, the Warriorz needed five from the last over. <\/span><\/p>\n

England bowler Issy Wong bowled two dot balls, but Ecclestone cleared the ropes from the next delivery to take her team over the line with three balls to spare.<\/span><\/p>\n

The spinner had earlier taken 3-15 to help dismiss Mumbai for only 127, despite Wong adding 32 from just 19 balls late on.<\/span><\/p>\n

In reply, Australia pair Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris put on a partnership of 44 off 34 to get Warriorz close before Deepti Sharma and Ecclestone finished off the chase.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It got close in the end but full credit to our girls for hanging in there and for getting the job done,” said Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was an important win for us to just get some momentum.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Defeat meant Mumbai Indians missed out on the chance to qualify for the final, but they have two games left to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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England captain Heather Knight helped guide RCB to victory after Sophie Devine’s sublime knock Women’s Premier League, Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) Gujarat Giants 188-4 (20 overs): Wolvaardt 68 (42), Gardner 41 (26); Patil 2-17 Royal Challengers Bangalore 189-2 (15.3 overs): Devine 99 (36) Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets Scorecard. Table Royal Challengers Bangalore beat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7111,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7109\/revisions\/7111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}