UP Warriorz skipper Alyssa Healy stole the limelight together with her antics throughout the Girls’s Premier League (WPL) sport towards Mumbai Indians ladies. The match between the 2 groups happened on Wednesday (twenty ninth February) on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
UP Warrioz displayed a sensational efficiency with bat and ball within the sport and made positive that Mumbai Indians suffered their first defeat of the season. Whereas Kiran Navgire and Grace Harris earned a lot applause for his or her performances, skipper Alyssa Healy overshadowed them together with her antics.
Simply forward of the final ball of Anjali Sarvani’s over, which was additionally the final ball of the Mumbai Indians innings, the incident unfolded. As the brand new batter walled out to bat to face the ball, a person from the stands ran onto the pitch and the play stopped for a while.
Alyssa Healy nonetheless, tried to do away with the pitch invader in her approach. The UP Warrioz skipper was tackling the invader to the bottom earlier than officers escorted him off the sphere. It caught the eye of many as a result of this was one thing that nobody anticipated.
Right here’s the video:
Alyssa Healy tackled the Pitch invader throughout #MIvsUPW match tonight on the M Chinnaswamy stadium.
Incident occurred within the final over of MI’s innings.#WPL #WPL2024 #MIvUPW #CricketTwitter
Video Credit score – Fox Cricket pic.twitter.com/7kBmzg73BN
— Subrat (@subrat2022) February 29, 2024
Alyssa Healy tackles the pitch-invader. 👊#CricketTwitter #WPL2024 #MIvUPW pic.twitter.com/OIhf6DPnUQ
— Feminine Cricket (@imfemalecricket) February 28, 2024
After she gave a brutal sort out, Australian media correlated her with late all-rounder Andrew Symonds and Australian ladies’s soccer icon Sam Kerr. The duo additionally used to cope with pitch invaders equally throughout their enjoying days.
Alyssa Healy performed an honest position with the bat for her crew. Within the chase of 172 runs, she made positive that her crew received off to a valiant begin. The skipper performed an honest hand of 33 runs on the prime of 29 balls. She additionally slammed 5 fours in her innings and added 94 runs opening stand with Kiran Navgire.
Kiran and Grace Harris had been the primary architects behind the win. Whereas the opening batter slammed 57 runs off 31 balls, Harris remained unbeaten at 38 runs off 17 balls. Deepti Sharma (27*) in the long run performed a significant hand as UP Warriors accomplished a snug 7-wicket win.
“Over the moon to get ourselves on the board”- Alyssa Healy on the win over Mumbai Indians ladies
Alyssa Healy talked about her crew’s efficiency after a 7-wicket win over Mumbai Indians. She mentioned that she was over the moon after registering her first win of the season. She opened up about how Kiran Navgire satisfied her to open the innings. The UP skipper additionally mentioned that she is happy with the best way how her crew performed.
“Over the moon to get ourselves on the board, to beat a top quality aspect like Mumbai The women bounced again after a disappointing final night time. Apparently Kiran went to the boss final night time and requested if she will be able to open, she desires to open. [on whether Navgire would have opened if not for Vrinda’s injury] In all probability not however issues occur for a motive. To be truthful they received 25 extra on us, we gave away too many on the sphere and we let it slip.
“However the batters received the job executed, the bowlers have been retaining us within the sport. It’s one-dimensional however all of them have totally different types, now we have received seam on the bench if want be. [on the celebrations tonight] With cake – that’s how we do it in India. Sophie Ecclestone is de facto excited in regards to the cake. Happy with the women they got here again onerous, good to get on the board however nonetheless plenty of work to do,” she concluded.