WPL 2023: Top batting performances of first week
These batters dominated the first week of the 2023 WPL with their swashbuckling batting shows.
4. Meg Lanning’s 70 vs UP Warriorz
In the fifth match of the WPL, Delhi Capitals (DC) vs UPW locked horns with each other after winning their first games. Alyssa Healy, the skipper of UPW, won the toss and elected to bowl first. However, her decision backfired as both DC captain Meg Lanning and her opening partner Shafali Verma provided an ideal start to their team.
Verma got dismissed on 17 runs off 14 deliveries and following the opener’s removal, Marizanne Kapp also went back to the pavilion scoring 16 runs off 12 deliveries. However, despite the fall of both wickets, Lanning didn’t stop her natural game and continued her power-hitting against UPW bowlers.
She ended her innings scoring 70 runs with the help of 10 fours and three maximums in 42 deliveries, at a mind-boggling strike rate of 166.67. Thanks to her magnificent batting show, DC compiled 211 runs on the board and thumped UPW by 42 runs. This was also her second half-century in the tournament as she played a similar knock for her team against RCB in the second match of the competition.
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