The 32-year-old Nat Sciver-Brunt Slammed her 8th WPL fifty during the eliminators of the 2025 season against Gujarat Giants on March 13 at Brabourne Stadium.
He Fifty comes off in 29 deliveries and becomes the first batter to slam five fifties in the ongoing WPL 2025 season. Having played 27 WPL, matches, she scored 920 runs with an average of 46.00 and a strike rate of 140.45.
She also has 28 wickets in the WPL league and become one of the most valuable players in the Women’s Premier League.
Batting first, Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia opened the innings for Mumbai while Kashvee Gautam opened the bowling attack. Aiming for a fiery start, Yastika Bhatia slammed 15 runs before being dismissed by Dani Gibson in the fifth over.
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Nat Sciver-Brunt continues her merry way with yet another #TATAWPL fifty this season 😎
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Nat Sciver-Brunt joined Hayley Matthews to score 37 runs in the powerplay. However, they went on to score 91 runs in 10 overs stabilising the innings.
Meanwhile Hayley Matthews slammed her fifty WPL fifty and also forged a 100 run partnership with Nat Sciver-Brunt. By the end of 16 overs, Mumbai Indians scored 159 runs for a wicket.
Speaking at the toss GG Women captain Ashleigh Gardner said, “We’re going to bowl. It’s another fresh wicket, and we feel that we did a lot of things right the other night.”
“Didn’t get the win, but taking a lot of positives from what we were able to do in the bowling innings. Dani Gibson comes in for Deandra Dottin. It happened five minutes ago because of an injury.”
“Really unfortunate for such a big game, but stoked for Danielle who makes her debut. It’s a pretty cool opportunity and hopefully she can shine. Generally it’s high-scoring. Might be a little bit in the wicket early.”
“Everyone’s super excited. We’ve played some really good cricket in this tournament. Apart from excitement, I’m sure there a lot of nerves as well in the camp as we’ve not been here before.”
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur said, “Yeah it’s a fresh pitch (would MI have bowled first as well?). For us, anything was okay. We have been in this situation twice and know how important this game is.”
“Only thing which works well is when you stay in the moment. One change – Parunika is not playing and Saika is back.”
