WAR-W vs FAL-W

Fairbreak Global Womens T20 · Match 7

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Commentary

Turns out to be a one-sided tussle in the end. The Warriors were the better team right from the start and they get a comprehensive win in the end. It's going to be a double header in this Fairbreak Global invitational Women's T20 tomorrow and catch the LIVE coverage at 7:00 am IST. Until next time, this is Pragadeesh signing off on behalf of my fellow commentator Pradeep. See yaa 
Sindu Sriharsha (Warriors Women captain) - It's a great start to the tournament. It's a team effort. Suzie and Satish took the game away from us but we came back stronger to restrict them well in the end
Suzie Bates (Falcons Women captain): We weren't at our best in the field, that's cricket, if you don't take your chances against a quality side then you lose those matches. We got three days off and we want to bounce back. Satish been brilliant, love batting with her and put up a partnership, would've been nice if one us batted through but were short of 15 runs in the end, wicket played well today and was a great game of cricket. Mariko is brilliant with the ball, we've got so many options up my sleeve as a skipper. Kapp, Mariko, Jahanara all bowled well today, we will figure out.
Kathryn Bryce is the Player of the Match! Here's what she has to say: It's great to get the award but it's all about team performance, you have to be on the money against Chamari, otherwise you'll get hit. Just needed to hit the good areas and let the ball do off the pitch. Great to get the win, got a bit tight in the end but I think it's get out of the way early in the competition.
Warriors Women won by 5 wickets
Ellie Johnston 38(27) | Theertha Satish 45(37)
Yasmeen Khan 2-9(2) | Marko Hill 3-11(2.4)

It's a superb fightback from the Falcons but the inevitable has to happen and it did eventually. The Warriors maintain an unbeaten record and go to the top of the table with a brilliant victory

The openers laid the foundation with that 87-run stand, and when it looked like things would be easy peasy for the Warriors in the chase, the Falcons bowlers picked up wickets at regular intervals after the drinks break to make things interesting. Mariko Hill in particular took three wickets but her heroics, unfortunately, came after the openers put the Warriors in a driving seat. 

Johnston went after the Falcons' bowlers inside the powerplay and helped the team to race off to a quick start. Litchfield was happy to play a second fiddle in the partnership but two spectacular catches from Hill and Bates sent the openers to the dugout in quick succession. 

Soon after, the boundaries dried up in the middle and Hill put a squeeze on by picking up three wickets for just 9 runs but Oza and du Preez kept their composure and helped the team to cross the finish line eventually
17.4 Mariko Hill to Esha Oza, THAT'S IT! Warriors continue their unbeaten streak in the tournament and find themselves at the top of the table now! Change of pace, short into the batter. Oza too early to pull that one away but misses, ricochets off the body to the keeper as they cross over for a leg-bye to seal the game.
17.3 Mariko Hill to Esha Oza, FOUR! Short and well outside the off-stump. Oza stood tall and slashes it over backward point, that trickles past the ropes in the end for a boundary. Scores are level now!
17.3 Mariko Hill to Esha Oza, WIDE! Full toss but ends up straying it down the leg-side, called a wide.
17.2 Mariko Hill to Mignon du Preez, back of a length on the off-stump. du Preez backed away and punched it to sweeper cover for a single.
17.1 Mariko Hill to Esha Oza, OH! Sloppy from Gurung at short third-man, should've stopped it and they take the single. Back of a length on the fourth stump. Oza dabs it straight to the fielder who runs towards the ball and let's it through. 
It's been 34 deliveries since the last boundary and it shows the Falcons have put the squeeze on since breaking the opening stand
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Esha Rohit*3 (6)
Mignon du Preez5 (6)
Jahanara Alam0/24
16.6 Jahanara Alam to Esha Oza, yorker length on the fourth stump. Oza squeezes it into the off-side and is happy to do it in singles here.
16.5 Jahanara Alam to Mignon du Preez, length delivery outside the off-stump. du Preez leans and crunches it straight to deep covers for one.
16.5 Jahanara Alam to Mignon du Preez, WIDE! Full delivery but goes way outside the off-stump, called a wide.
16.4 Jahanara Alam to Esha Oza, back of a length on the off-stump. Oza presses to defend but skews off the inside edge to deep square-leg for a single.
16.3 Jahanara Alam to Esha Oza, change of pace, back of a length outside the off-stump. Oza is shouldering arms here, through to the keeper.
16.2 Jahanara Alam to Esha Oza, back of a length on the off-stump. Oza on the backfoot defends it to the cover fielder.
16.1 Jahanara Alam to Esha Oza, DROPPED! Nannapat spills another catch, what a day she's having behind the stumps. Short and wide of off-stump. Oza looks to cut but takes a healthy edge straight into the hands of the keeper who shells it.
Jahanara Alam [3-0-20-0] comes back into the attack

Wickets kept tumbling and Hill being the chief architect to cause this unexpected damage. The Falcons aren't going down without a fight and a wicket of du Preez would break this game wide open now