Heroic Ecclestone earns Super Over triumph for the Warriorz
Sophie Ecclestone was the hero for the UP Warriorz when she played the dominant role in helping her team beat the RCB Women in the competition’s first Super Over climax in their Tata WPL clash at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday.
#UPW clinch a historic #TATAWPL game! 👏
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 24, 2025
They win the first-ever Super Over to make it 🔙 to 🔙 victories! 🥳
Scorecard ▶ https://t.co/6637diSP2I#RCBvUPW pic.twitter.com/nNqg42oQqq
In a packed stadium awash with excited RCB supporters, Ecclestone bowled a brilliant over for the Warriorz with RCB needing just nine runs to win.
She conceded only four runs to RCB’s Richa Ghosh and skipper Smriti Mandhana after the Warriorz had scored eight runs in their over.
𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗲! 🔝
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 24, 2025
A special performance from a memorable match! 💛#TATAWPL | #RCBvUPW | @UPWarriorz | @Sophecc19 pic.twitter.com/uXMB2Q4ubg
Ecclestone's achievement was not restricted to the Super Over.
Earlier, with the Warriorz needing 18 to win off the final over, she smacked two sixes and a four before being run out off the final ball with the scores tied.
The left-arm spinner struck 33 in 19 balls, including a four and four sixes, as she earned her team an unlikely reprieve.
For her heroics 👇
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) February 24, 2025
With bat and ball ✅
In the field ✅
In the final over ✅
In the Super Over ✅
Sophie Ecclestone is the Player of the Match in #RCBvUPW 🙌👌#TATAWPL | @UPWarriorz | @Sophecc19 pic.twitter.com/va8bx5csBT
The Warriorz had earlier won the toss and put the home team into bat.
Ellyse Perry, enjoying a golden run of form, struck an undefeated 90 in 56 balls (9x4s, 3x6s).
In the course of her innings she became the biggest run-getter in the WPL, surpassing Meg Lanning and it was a surprise that she was not chosen as one of her team's batters in the Super Over.
Together with Danni Wyatt-Hodge (57 off 41 balls) she added 94 off 66 balls for the second wicket.
Nobody else reached double figures as RCB totalled an impressive 180-6 in their 20 overs.
The Warriorz were always ahead of the run-rate in their reply, but they lost wickets regularly and, as the climax approached, it never seemed likely that they would get over the line – until Ecclestone proved the team’s double saviour in normal time and in the tense final over.
RCB WOMEN: Smriti Mandhana (capt), Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Ellyse Perry, Raghvi Bist, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kanika Ahuja, Georgia Wareham, Ekta Bisht, Kim Garth, Sneh Rana, Runuka Singh
UP WARRIORZ: Kiran Nargire, Vrinda Dinesh, Deepti Sharma (capt) Tahlia McGrath, Shweta Sehrawat, Grace Harris, Uma Chetry (wk), Chinelle Henry, Sophie Ecclestone, Saima Thakor, Kranti Goud
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