TRA vs SUP Highlights and Match Recap, Women’s T20 Challenge 2019, Full Cricket Score: Trailblazers beat Supernovas by two runs

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19.6 Trailblazers win by 2 runs What a thrilling end to the opening game of the Women’s T20 challenge! Goswami holds it wide of off and back of a length, Harmanpreet fails to connect it and Lea Tahuhu runs for the bye but Kaur is late to responsible**.** However Ravi Kalpana with the gloves on ran and broke the stumps. Lea Tahuhu might have made her ground, so she has to relay it to the non-striker’s end, but they can run only one, third umpire is referred and but replays reveal Tahuhu was out at the keeper’s end. Phew! WHAT A GAME! WHAT A FINISH!

Tahuhu run out (Ravi Kalpana) 0(1)

After 19 overs, Supernovas 122/5 (Harmanpreet Kaur 30, L Tahuhu 1)

Ecclestone is brought into the attack to bowl the penultimate over. Celebrating her 20th birthday she delivers a potentially match-turning over for Supernovas. She also gets the prized wicket of Sophie Devine. Two runs and a wicket. Excellent stuff from the young English spinner. Credit to Mandhana to hold her final over for this clinch moment. She ends with superb figures of 4-0-11-2. Supernovas need 19 off 6 balls

OUT! Devine shuffles across her wickets in the pursuit of playing a slog sweep to deep square leg. She misses and is caught in front. Smart bowling from Eccelstone, who slipped in the arm ball that hurried onto Devine, she must have seen her move across.  Devine challenges the on-field call but three reds on the review means Devine has to continue her walk to the pavilion.

Devine lbw b Ecclestone 32(22)

After 18 overs, Supernovas 120/4 (Harmanpreet Kaur 31, S Devine 29)

Four singles along with a massive hit from Devine to take 10 runs from Deepti Sharma’s final over. We are heading for a tight finish as Supernovas require 21 off the final two overs.

After 17 overs, Supernovas 110/4 (Harmanpreet Kaur 27, S Devine 23)
 

Kaur starts the over with a boundary but Trailblazers had the chance to dismiss her but once again a catch goes down. Hemlatha puts down another chance at long on and Harmanpreet Kaur is dropped on 25 this is going to cost Trailblazers big time. Nine came from the over. Supernovas need 31 off 18 balls.

After 16 overs, Supernovas 101/4 (Harmanpreet Kaur 21, S Devine 20)

Kaur and Devine building a solid partnership here and looking to take the game away from Trailblazers. They go past the 100-run mark with a six-run over. Supernovas need 40 off 24

After 15 overs, Supernovas 95/4 (Harmanpreet Kaur 16, S Devine 19)

Devine continues her attacking strokeplay, smashing a huge six over mid wicket. Gayakwad concedes nine runs off her over but finishes with noteworthy figures off 4-0-17-2.

After 14 overs, Supernovas 86/4 (Harmanpreet Kaur 15, S Devine 11)

Couple of consecutive boundaries for Devine from the over. She has looked positive from the onset and it will take some pressure off Kaur. Selman’s over costs 11 runs. Supernovas need 55 runs off 36 balls.

After 13 overs, Supernovas 75/4 (Harmanpreet Kaur 14, S Devine 1)

Rajeshwari Gayakwad delivers another very good over for the trailblazers. A single along with a wicket of Sciver from her penultimate over. She frustrated Sciver with slower deliveries not allowing her any pace to work with.

OUT! Sciver goes across her stumps and sweeps it. She seemed to have got enough on it but finds her fellow national teammate Sophie Ecclestone, who takes a fine catch at backward square leg. Early end for Sciver.

Sciver c Ecclestone b Rajeshwari Gayakwad 1(4)

After 12 overs, Supernovas 74/3 (Harmanpreet Kaur 14, Nat Sciver 1)

Nat Sciver gets off the mark with single down the ground. After getting her eye in, Kaur smashes couple of consecutive boundaries to end the 12 over. Harleen’s first over costs 10 runs.

After 11 overs, Supernovas 64/3 (Harmanpreet Kaur 5, Nat Sciver 0)

Successful over for Gayakwad as Athapaththu makes her way to the pavilion. Nat Sciver joins Kaur in the middle but she is yet to face a delivery. Couple of singles on either side of the wicket.

OUT! Athapaththu runs out of luck as she has been finally caught at long on. Gayakwad tosses the ball and invites her to play the big stroke. She tries to swipe it across and doesn’t get it from the meat of the bat. Harleen Deol at long on makes no mistake.

C Athapaththu c Harleen Deol b Rajeshwari Gayakwad 26(34)

After 10 overs, Supernovas 62/2 (C Athapaththu 26, Harmanpreet Kaur 3)

Ecclestone is brought into the attack for her third over. Some diciplined bowling from the tweaker allowing just a couple of singles. At the halfway stage, Supernovas need 78 to win off 60 balls. Strategic time-out signalled.

After 9 overs, Supernovas 60/2 (C Athapaththu 25, Harmanpreet Kaur 2)

Rajeshwari Gayakwad comes to the bowling crease for the first time. She slips in a tidy over as Supernovas captain Harmanpreet Kaur gets off the mark

After 8 overs, Supernovas 55/2 (C Athapaththu 22, )

Shakera Selman must have been ruing her luck when she had three catches drop from her bowling, couple of them coming at the start of this over. Athapaththu was the beneficiary on both ocassions, but Selman puts in some neat work in the field herself to dismiss Rodrigues.

OUT! Shakera Selman might not have had the support of her fielders but her brilliance in the field as let to Rodrigues’ downfall. Athapaththu gets an inside edge onto her pads and the ball rolls on the leg side. She takes off for a quick single but Selman continues her follow through, hares towards the ball and dives to underarm a direct-hit. Rodrigues puts in a full-length dive too but she is more than couple yards short. Big wicket.

Rodrigues run out (Selman) 24(19)

After 7 overs, Supernovas 46/1 (J Rodrigues 24, C Athapaththu 14)

Better second over for Deepti Sharma. She already has a golden duck, a  misfield and a drop catch against her name, the only she can redeem herself is with the ball. Ecckestone does well this time around as she keeps it down to two at backward square leg.

After 6 overs, Supernovas 42/1 ( R Rodrigues 22, C Athapaththu 13)

Shakera Selman concedes eight runs off her first over.Nothing going right for the Trailblazers ever since the first wicket as Jemimah and Athapaththu start to build momentum for Supernovas.