Alyssa Healy is happy by the problem her UP Warriorz face once they play Harmanpreet Kaur’s Mumbai Indians for a spot within the inaugural Women’s Premier League ultimate.
Skipper Healy and Australian teammates Tahlia McGrath and Grace Harris can count on the sellout crowd on the 50,000-capacity DY Patil Stadium close to Mumbai to be strongly behind the Indians in Friday’s eliminator.
At stake is a spot in Sunday’s title decider towards Australia skipper Meg Lanning’s Delhi Capitals.
The Indians – underneath nationwide captain Kaur and with Australian Heather Graham of their ranks – dropped solely two of eight video games within the common season to complete second on the ladder behind the Capitals (additionally 6-2).
In the 2 instances they met the Warriorz beforehand, the Indians gained the primary fixture by eight wickets on the Brabourne Stadium and misplaced the second by 5 wickets on the DY Patil Stadium in a final-over thriller.
The Warriorz, one of many two franchises with no crew within the males’s equal IPL, had been third with 4 wins and head into the eliminator on the again of a five-wicket loss to the Capitals on Tuesday.
“Look, I am really excited to be part of the finals. It’s exactly what we wanted to do,” Healy instructed the host broadcaster then.
“Coming up against Mumbai – I know DY Patil Stadium is going to be absolutely chock-a-block on Friday night, so I am really excited for that and hopefully all the girls are as well.
“We have performed effectively towards Mumbai over the past week; we all know that, however we’ve got to repair a couple of areas and replicate fairly rapidly … and get ourselves going.”
McGrath (second), Healy (fifth) and Harris (ninth) all feature among the top 10 run-scorers of the tournament behind Lanning.
Spin bowling is expected to dictate terms in the playoffs.
The top 10 wicket-takers in the league are topped and tailed by the Warriorz finger spin pair of Sophie Ecclestone (England) and Deepti Sharma.
But the Indians’ spin trio of Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Saika Ishaque and West Indies’ Hayley Matthews are all among the top five.
Wristspinner Kerr’s legbreaks and googlies particularly may very well be a handful on the sluggish DY Patil floor.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
