All posts tagged: UP Warriorz (UPW)

WPL 2025: Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana shine but it’s the hope that kills as RCB’s playoff bid ends | Cricket News

WPL 2025: Richa Ghosh, Sneh Rana shine but it’s the hope that kills as RCB’s playoff bid ends | Cricket News

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Batting on 61 off 29, in the middle of the 16th over, Richa Ghosh took count of the fielding changes, then took a couple of deep breaths, calming herself down. Next ball, as Chinelle Henry strayed down the leg side, Ghosh just casually flicked the ball, and deposited it over the fence. RCB’s hopes of staying alive depended on her capable shoulders carrying the load of a mega run-chase. Next over, however, when Deepti Sharma bowled one in her arc, her eyes lit up and she went for another big heave over midwicket. But, this time, Henry was waiting. In a tournament where their catching was forgettable for the most part, the West Indies allrounder grabbed the ball cleanly and fell on her back, arms spread across in joy – and relief. Even though Sneh Rana smashed the first five balls she faced for two fours and three sixes in a stunning cameo to give her side hope, RCB’s tournament effectively ended when Ghosh’s knock came to an end. UP Warriorz scored the highest Women’s …

STAT ALERT: UP Warriorz break record for highest WPL total, Georgia Voll misses first ever century by a run | Cricket News

STAT ALERT: UP Warriorz break record for highest WPL total, Georgia Voll misses first ever century by a run | Cricket News

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru were once again at the receiving end of a big total in the Women’s Premier League. Already, they held the record for conceding the highest total in the tournament history as well as in the third edition so far. And both those marks were beaten by a belligerent UP Warriorz side. Already eliminated from the playoff race, and playing their last match of the tournament in their backyard in Lucknow, UPW smashed 225/5, the highest score in WPL so far, breaking Delhi Capitals’ 223/2 against RCB at the Brabourne Stadium in 2023. But another record fell just short at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow: the wait for the first WPL century continued. Georgia Voll slammed an unbeaten 99, equaling the highest individual score of Sophie Devine. Beth Mooney (Gujarat Giants, 96*) and Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals, 92) were also close to the landmark in Lucknow this week. Voll was in superb form, striking 17 fours and one six in her 56-ball knock, leading a stellar top-order performance. Kiran Navgire (46 off 16 …

WPL 2025 | UPW vs DC: Meg Lanning’s return to form a positive as Delhi Capitals leave it late to beat UP Warriorz | Cricket News

WPL 2025 | UPW vs DC: Meg Lanning’s return to form a positive as Delhi Capitals leave it late to beat UP Warriorz | Cricket News

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It’s been a strange old start to Delhi Capitals’ Women’s Premier League campaign. They huffed and puffed over the line, quite literally when it came to crossing the crease, against Mumbai Indians. They were off colour for large parts against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. And despite playing well for a significant amount of the match against the UP Warriorz on Wednesday in Vadodara, they once again left it uncomfortably late. For a team that was arguably the strongest on paper before the tournament started, the start has been laboured, but having stumbled at the finish line for the first two years, maybe they are – as the cliche goes – looking to peak at the right time. And one of the more favourable signs in that regard was Meg Lanning’s most fluent knock of the tournament yet. With her signature off-side strokes, the captain struck a serene 69 off 49 balls, laced with 10 out of 12 boundaries coming on that side of the wicket, as DC beat UP Warriorz by 7 wickets to register their …