Ashleigh Gardner, captain of Gujarat Giants (GG), expressed her happiness after their 10-run win against UP Warriorz (UPW) in the ongoing WPL 2026 at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. She pointed out that their fielding was one of the turning points of the match.
Speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony, she said: “I felt we probably needed close to 200. Phoebe hit the ball beautifully from ball one, and we knew that would be a competitive target. We bowled well in patches and there are plenty of learnings with both bat and ball, but I thought our fielding was excellent and that might have made the difference in the end.”
First, GG posted a massive total of 207/4 in 20 overs. While chasing, despite a mini-collapse, UPW’s Phoebe Litchfield was batting brilliantly and at one point it looked like she could take the match away from GG, but Sophie Devine finally dismissed her for 78 off 40 balls.
“We were definitely searching for ways to stop her (Litchfield). Georgia bowled really well, and knowing the depth in our bowling attack, I can throw the ball to anyone with confidence. I’ve played a lot of cricket with and against Phoebe, so I know how dangerous she is. She hits all around the ground, which makes setting fields tough, but we managed to slow her down a bit and then get the wicket. That really swung the momentum back our way,” said Gardner.
Meg Lanning, the captain of UPW, gave credit to the GG batters for the win.
“I thought the Giants batted extremely well and put us under pressure. We probably didn’t execute as well as we would have liked, a little bit on two sides of the wicket. It was a tough wicket to bowl on and good for batting. You always have things to improve on every game and we have a few before our next game,” said Lanning.
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