It was simply over every week in the past that Georgia Voll joined UP Warriorz as a alternative for Chamari Athapaththu. The quick window hasn’t stopped Voll from leaving her imprint on the third season of the Ladies’s Premier League (WPL).
On Saturday, in simply her third sport, the 21-year-old Australian walloped an unbeaten 99 off 56 deliveries in opposition to Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the Ekana Cricket Stadium. The whirlwind knock within the last sport of the Lucknow leg helped UP Warriorz rack up 225 for 5 – the highest-ever complete in WPL — and finish its disappointing marketing campaign with a comfort 12-run win.
The sport contained umpteen twists and turns as Richa Ghosh’s 33-ball 69 and Sneh Rana’s six-ball 26 saved RCB within the contest proper until the shut. Even after Ghosh’s dismissal within the seventeenth over, Rana appeared to have her say when she helped RCB take 28 runs off the penultimate over by Deepti Sharma. However the host nearly held its nerve.
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Warriorz’s show, although too late within the season because it was already out of competition to make the Eliminator, dealt a decisive blow to RCB. The defending champion can even be heading for the exit door after its last league sport in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Voll and Grace Harris took turns to go after the brand new ball, serving to their aspect waltz to 67 for no loss in six overs. In the end, it wanted a run-out for RCB to separate the 2 Aussies and finish a gap stand of 77. Emboldened by the blistering starting, Kiran Navgire relished the liberty and belted a 16-ball 46, together with 22 runs off the twelfth over by Renuka Singh.
Towards an assault responsible of providing freebies on each side of the wicket, Voll confirmed her wide-ranging repertoire, unfurling every part from cuts and drives to sweeps of the standard and reverse selection.