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

Smriti Mandhana, PoM: The wicket was on the slower side so we were looking to reach 125 but we got 140 so 15 runs was a bonus. We’ve seen her (Harmanpreet) doing this stuff from the Indian dressing room (her final over boundaries). It was a bit annoying to be on the receiving end! Jhulan di was confident bowling yorker so we went with her experience. But it didn’t come off, so Suzie and I went to her and said to bowl wider. The way the first innings went, our plan was to keep it low because it is hard for the batters to get elevation.

Smriti Mandhana is the Player of the Match for her 90 off 67

Captain Mandhana is delighted!

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 6, 2019

Harmanpreet Kaur, Supernovas captain: I knew if I stay till the end, I had that confidence that if I stay till the end I can win the game for the team. Sophie bowled the 19th over really well and that changed the game.We bowled really well inthe first 10 overs, but in the last 10, we didn’t execute our plans. No doubt that Smriti also batted really well. When we were getting runs, we threw away wickets too, and that why we didn’t make it today. I’m really happy both teams played really well, that’s what we wanted. Our bowlers did really well.

Dhoni knows what Harmanpreet must be feeling!

Harman plays a blinder and misses the last ball outside off. Tries to run a bye and non-striker is run-out. Dhoni smiles.

— Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) May 6, 2019

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)

19.5 FOUR! SHOT! Harmanpreet almost won it with that shot. Full ball outside off from Goswami and Harman has slammed this up and over. Hits this over covers for a boundary. Almost carried all the way. Inches short, TV umpire had to be referred. 3 off 1

19.4 FOUR! Harmanpreet comes down the track and smashes it over point for another boundary. Goswami put under severe pressure. 7 off 2

19.3 DOT BALL! Goswami goes full and outside off, Kaur was eyeing the cover region, ball sneaks under the bat. 11 off 3

19.2 FOUR! Kaur is turning this game from nowhere. She gets across her stumps and deposits this fuller length ball to the square leg boundary with ease. 11 off 4

19.1 FOUR! Kaur backs away, creates some room and lofts it over extra cover for a boundary. Poor length delivery outisde off from Goswami. 15 off 5

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.

SIX! Deepti dishes a gift to Devine in the form of a full toss that has been powerfully dispatched over mid wicket boundary.

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

Perhaps the last batting combination that can seriously threaten this target at the crease now. Taniya Bhatia is next, but these two need to get the target down to under a run a ball. One big over, which bowler will these two pick? Deepti hasn’t had a good day, so she’s a prime candidate.

FOUR! Kaur comes down the wicket and heaves this across to mid wicket fence for another boundary

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.

SIX! A fraction short from Gayakwad and Devine has muscled this over deep mid wicket for a mighty six! What a powerful hit from the White Ferns all-rounder.

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.

FOUR! Excellent batting from Devine. Uses the pace of the bowler to glide it through non-existent first slip. No chance for the short third to cut that off.

FOUR! Cut away! Sophie Devine pounces on the little bit of width on offer and slaps it away through point for her first boundary.

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.

A breakthrough from a run out! Selman picks up a run out after two catches have been dropped on her bowling. Harmanpreet Kaur and Sciver now at the crease, and the batting talents of Devine to come. Interesting that they have used her as a finisher rather than the opening enforcer.

FOUR! Kaur is toying with Harleen Deol, this time she shuffles across her stumps and pumps the sweep to deep square leg fence. Back-to-back boundaries.

FOUR! SHOT! Kaur dances down the pitch and slams it over the infield, wide of mid off and to the wide long off boudnary. Very good placement after some excellent use of the feet.

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)

Trailblazers are spilling everything. After Kalpana started with a very smart catch, they have put down three chances, two certainly routine. There’s going to be a lot of nerves for sure, for many of these players this is their first high profile game.

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.

FOUR! Shakira Selman bowls a fullish delivery at off-stump as Rodrigues drives one towards the boundary. Boundaries are flowing for the Supernovas now.

DROPPED! Rodrigues dropped by Deepti Sharma at mid on at 16 runs. A short-length delivery as Jemimah plays a pull shot. She doesn’t time it right, but is lucky not to be dismissed. It was an easy chance for Deepti Sharma.

After 5 overs, Supernovas 34/1 ( R Rodrigues 15, C Athapaththu 12)

Deepti Sharma is introduced into the attack. Rodrigues turns the strike over with a single. Athapaththu is able to collect his first boundary after a couple of dots. Seven runs came from the over.

Jemimah is looking really good, even better than her overseas partner Athapaththu. Mandhana said in the break that the pitch wasn’t what she expected, not as easy to bat on. But these two seem to have adjusted better. The benefits of batting second.

FOUR! Deepti slides on Athapaththu’s legs and and she has found the gap perfectly. Worked it off her pads to long leg.

After 4 overs, Supernovas 27-1 ( R Rodrigues 14, C Athapaththu 6)

Ecclestone comes back into the attack, but concedes eight runs, including a powerful boundary by Jemimah Rodrigues. Supernovas are right back in the game after that early blow.

FOUR! Jemimah drives one through the extra-cover region as Ecclestone bowls one wide outside off. A powerful shot by Jemimah.

After 3 overs, Supernovas 19/1 ( J Rodrigues 10, C Athapaththu 6)

Rodrigues collects couple of boundaries from Goswami’s second over as she moves into the double figures. Deepti misfield allowed four free runs for the youngster. Athapaththu will retain the strike with a single of the final ball.

FOUR! Rodrigues picks this up nicely. Goswami strays on the pads and Rodrigues hoists it away to backward square leg fence. Consecutive fours.

FOUR! Rodrigues simply punches off the backfoot but what should have been a dot ball results in a boundary. Poor fielding from Deepti Sharma at short extra cover and the runs away to cover fence.

After 2 overs, Supernovas 8-1 ( J Rodrigues 1, C Athapaththu 4)

Just three runs conceded off Ecclestone’s over, including a wicket as Priya Punia gets dismissed for just one run. Jemimah Rodrigues comes in at number three.

OUT! A soft dismissal as Priya Punia nicks it to the wicketkeeper Ravi Kalpana. She goes for a cut, an early breakthrough for Trailblazers.  Priya Punia c Ravi Kalpana b Ecclestone 1(6)

After 1 over, Supernovas 5-0 ( P Punia 1, C Athapaththu 2)

Jhulan Goswami opens the attack for Trailblazers as Priya Punia takes strike. Jhulan unsuccessfully appeals for lbw with Priya Punia on strike. Jhulan concedes a wide in the first over. A good start for Trailblazers.

Priya Punia and Chamari Athapaththu all set to open the batting for Supernovas against Trailblazers as they begin their chase of 141.

After 20 overs, Trailblazers 140/5 ( Dayalan Hemalatha 2)

Supernovas need 141 to win! Three wickets in the final over including the dismissal of Mandhana for 90 as Trailblazers manage 140/5 in 20 overs.

WICKET! Taylor run out (Priya Punia/Bhatia) 2(2)

They got a single! Taylor wanted a second as well but her partner didn’t respond and a run out at striker’s end.

WICKET! Deepti Sharma b Radha Yadav 0(1)

Lovely delivery! Flighted by Radha as Deepti stepped out and missed the ball completely as she lost her stumps

WICKET! Mandhana c Athapaththu b Radha Yadav 90(67) 

Mandhana stepped out again but got too close to the ball as she chipped it straight for the long on fielder. A great innings comes to an end

After 19 overs, Trailblazers 126/1 ( S Mandhana 91, S Taylor 0)

Four leg byes on first ball as Devine’s full ball brushes Harleen’s pads and runs down to fine leg fence followed by her wicket. Went for a wild swing on outside off, full ball but didn’t get the proper connect as long on fielder took the catch. A four for Mandhana as she drives the ball from her slot to deep extra cover. 10 off the over.

FOUR! Too much class there. Mandhana squants to pick the ball from her slot and slam it over the cover for a boundary

WICKET! PARTNERSHIP BROKEN!

Harleen Deol c Radha Yadav b Devine 36(44) 

Tried to swing her bat on an outside off full ball, got some decent connect but wasn’t enough as Radha took the catch at long on

After 18 overs, Trailblazers 126/1 ( S Mandhana 84, H Deol 36)

An over of two great shots by Mandhana. Sciver’s tossed up her delivery too much as the full toss was swatted over deep square for a six by Mandhana. Punched the length ball off cutter through cover for a four.

FOUR! Absolute class. Mandhana rocked back to punch the length ball through cover. One of the shots of the match

SIX! Sciver tosed it up too much as it became a full toss and that has been swatted to square leg by Mandhana

After 17 overs, Trailblazers 113/1 ( S Mandhana 73, H Deol 34)

Poor bowling this. A full toss for Mandhana to attack as she smoked it down the ground for another maximum. 12 added in the over.

SIX! Very poor bowling by Yadav as she gifted a full toss and that was smoked down town by Mandhana

After 16 overs, Trailblazers 103/1 ( S Mandhana 66, H Deol 31)

Mandhana is oozing class here! Shimmied down to blaze Poonam over deep extra-cover for first maximum of the match. 100 up for her side.

Mandhana bringing some spark to this encounter with a fifty, and the first six of the match. She’s played a very Mithali Raj like innings, with the same kind of dependability. But you get the feeling that Supernovas won’t mind Harleen being at the crease.

SIX! First maximum of the match! Once again Mandhana got out of her crease to play an uppish drive over deep extra-cover

After 15 overs, Trailblazers 93/1 ( S Mandhana 57, H Deol 30)

Big over for Trailblazers. Mandhana got to her fifty by smoking Devine’s full toss downtown for a four. Pulled the half-tracker to fine leg for another boundary. 11 off the over. Mandhana has flicked the switch.

FOUR! Slow and back of the length as Mandhana went with a strong swing of the bat to get a four through fine leg

FIFTY! FOUR! Mandhana smokes the full toss by Devine over her head to get to the fifty in just 47 balls

After 14 overs, Trailblazers 82/1 ( S Mandhana 46, H Deol 30)

Slight delay in the game after Mandhana’s drive is collected by bowler Anuja after one bounce. She hurt her fingers and took treatment. Mandhaan also offered a chance as her chip to long on went close to Atapattu but fell just ahead of her. Five off the over.

After 13 overs, Trailblazers 77/1 ( S Mandhana 42, H Deol 29)

Mandhana gets a four first ball as she comes out get under the full ball by Sciver to drive it over cover. Three more singles added.

FOUR! A step forward by Mandhana to get under the full ball by Sciver as she drove it over cover for a boundary

After 12 overs, Trailblazers 70/1 ( S Mandhana 36, H Deol 28)

Harleen adds another boundary with some good feet movement. Got outside off to slog sweep the full ball to deep square leg. Eight off the over.

Lea Tahuhu comes in after the halfway mark, which means she might bowl four of the five overs from one end. But if Mandhana sticks around, that strategy may change, because she has a great record against the Kiwi. Trailblazers have the likes of Stafanie Taylor in the hut, so we might see these two take more risks.

FOUR! Well played by Harleen. She came out of off to get under the full ball and slog swept it to deep backward square

After 11 overs, Trailblazers 62/1 ( S Mandhana 35, H Deol 21)

Tahuhu into attack and Mandhana finally gets some real pace and makes the most of it. First ball was in slot for a pull as she swung it to cow corner for a four. A double with a cover drive and another four on last ball. 10 off the over.

FOUR! Classy shot. Almost a six

FOUR! Tahuhu has been welcomed into attack with a pull shot to cow corner by Mandhana. It was in the slot for the shot

After 10 overs, Trailblazers 52/1 ( S Mandhana 25, H Deol 21)

Devine missed her marker and gave away a wide full toss as Mandhana slammed it past point for a boundary. 50 up and time for strategic break.

FOUR! Poor delivery punished by Mandhana. Wide full toss and put away past point for a big boundary

After 9 overs, Trailblazers 44/1 ( S Mandhana 19, H Deol 19)

Big over for Trailblazers. Two fours and four singles. Mandhana picked the off spinner from Poonam to drive it over cover for a boundaru and Harleen got a four with a swipe to cow corner.

FOUR! Harleen came out to get to the pitch of tossed up ball to swipe it to cow corner for a boundary

FOUR! Excellent shot. An off spinner from Poonam as Mandhana came out to play an inside-out shot over cover

After 8 overs, Trailblazers 32/1 ( S Mandhana 13, H Deol 13)

Pacer Sophie Devine called into attack. A leg bye for Deol, Mandhana shimmies down for a chip to add another single. One more for Deol with a drive down the ground. Mandhana get one with a cover drive. Four off the over.

Sluggish start from the Trailblazers. Harmanpreet has been smart enough to keep Tahuhu out of the attack, because Mandhana loves pace on the ball. Mandhana in turn is playing the long game. She knows how critical it is for her to play a long innings, even at the cost of a bit of pace.

After 7 overs, Trailblazers 28/1 ( S Mandhana 11, H Deol 12)

Deol tried hard but couldn’t take a single on first three balls. Finally dropped it on off and ran a quick one. That’s what they need, rotating strike. Mandhana stepped out for a chip to long off for one. A single more on last ball.

The overseas players will need to make huge contribution to this game, and already Suzie Bates has been dismissed. Its interesting how much spin Harmanpreet is choosing to bowl, taking the pace off the ball. Making it hard for the other team to get power behind the ball in the Powerplay.

After 6 overs, Trailblazers 25/1 ( S Mandhana 10, H Deol 10)

Another excellent over from Anuja. Just three singles off it. Both batters ar strrugling to get going. Powerplay up.

After 5 overs, Trailblazers 22/1 ( S Mandhana 9, H Deol 8)

Deol breaks the shackles and gets a four. Got behind the length ball on off from Radha to slog sweep it to cow croner. Five off the over.

FOUR! Good shot! It was slow and on legth as Deol got behind it to slog sweep it to mid-wicket

After 4 overs, Trailblazers 17/1 ( S Mandhana 9, H Deol 3)

Just four from this over as Anuja finishes her second over. Two singles each for Mandhana and Deol.

After 3 overs, Trailblazers 13/1 ( S Mandhana 7, H Deol 1)

Deol gets a single with a shot to third man. Mandhana adds another single after clipping one to square leg. Just two off the over.

After 2 overs, Trailblazers 11/1 ( S Mandhana 6, H Deol 0)

Anuja Patil strikes for Supernovas. The offie removes highly-rated Suzie Bates, who got out trying to play a slog sweep. Went early in her shot and the top-edge was taken by Jemimah at cover. Maiden over.

WICKET! Bates c Rodrigues b Anuja Patil 1(4)

Anuja draws the first blood to remove a top-rated Bates. The New Zealander decided to go for a wild swipe but was early in the shot as the top-edge flew to cover for a catch

After 1 over, Trailblazers 11/0 ( S Mandhana 6, Suzie Bates 1)

Blazing start for Trailblazers. Natalie Sciver bowls the first over. Mandhana got a double with pull to mid-wicket and a four as she cut the length ball past point off back foot. Four leg byes as one hits her pads and went to fine leg.

FOUR! First boundary of the match. Excellent shot by Mandhana. A bit short as she got on back foot to drive it past point

Time for live action! 

We are minutes away from the first match of Women’s T20 Challenge. Smriti Mandhana and Suzie Bates are out in the middle to bat for Trailblazers. Natalie Sciver to bowl the first over for Supernovas.

Trailblazers playing 11 today: 

Smriti Mandhana(c), Dayalan Hemalatha, Deepti Sharma, Stafanie Taylor, Harleen Deol, Suzie Bates, Ravi Kalpana(w), Sophie Ecclestone, Shakera Selman, Jhulan Goswami, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Supernovas playing 11 today: 

Jemimah Rodrigues, Priya Punia, Chamari Athapaththu, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Sophie Devine, Taniya Bhatia(w), Anuja Patil, Natalie Sciver, Lea Tahuhu, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav

Supernovas vs Trailblazers toss result today:

Supernovas win the toss and opt to bowl first against Trailblazers.

The last time these two teams met was in May 2018, when Supernovas clinched a three-wicket win. You can read the preview of tonight’s match here

Trailblazers unite!

A great practice today with all these superstars. #Trailblazers @BCCIWomen @IPL pic.twitter.com/2ZWkQkRa7y

— Jhulan Goswami (@JhulanG10) May 4, 2019

The teams have been bonding together over the last few days and here is one of the photographs that has been put up by Jemimah Rodrigues

Four Continents. One Passion!@mandhana_smriti@Danni_Wyatt @ameliakerr @IPL @BCCI @BCCIWomen#cricket #wt20 #ipl #WomensT20Challenge pic.twitter.com/4GZsXGyJ0S

— Jemimah Rodrigues (@JemiRodrigues) May 3, 2019

Three teams –Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity will participate in the tournament. Click here to read the full schedule, squads, timings and more.

27 Indian players this time will get to rub shoulders with some of the best in the world, as opposed to just 16 this time. This is the BCCI’s first concrete foray into something close to a Women’s IPL. It feels like an experiment that a lot of people are watching very closely.

Hello and welcome to Firstpost’s LIVE coverage of the opening game of Women’s T20 Challenge 2019 that will be played in the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.