UPW Women vs DC Women, 15th Match at Delhi, WPL, Mar 08 2024 - Match Result

11:10pm And...breathe. What an encounter. A result that has kept the Warriorz alive, and has ensured that no team has yet qualified for the playoffs. Five teams, thus, are still in contention for three spots, and tomorrow, the Mumbai Indians will have a chance to get to the 10-point mark when they clash with the Gujarat Giants, who showed signs of life themselves in their previous encounter. Do join us for that game too. Until then, this is goodbye from all of us here at ESPNcricinfo. Goodnight and take care!

Alyssa Healy, UP Warriorz captain: (On the game) This is cricket. Anything can happen. Funnily enough, something like this happened in a practice game before the tournament. (On the score they put up) We probably did not get the partnerships we were after. We felt anything around 150 would be competitive. Deepti did a fantastic job but we needed more partnerships on the way to get above 150. (On the wicket that tilted the game firmly their way) Probably the last one (smiles). It is never over (before that). Did not necessarily think we would win. I cannot fault the girls' effort (in any game). They have a smile on their face and they turn up every time.

Deepti Sharma, Player of the Match: I backed my strengths and my shots, and was believing in my ability. Was trying to read the situation and pick what shots would work when. (On her bowling) We were trying to bowl as many dots as possible to the set batter. I like challenges, I was just backing myself and bowling stump-to-stump. (On taking a hat-trick) Oh, I did not know. (On the 19th over and the caught and bowled dismissal) Shikha di tries to play forward and I was ready for the caught and bowled (dismissal). We knew that we could change the game at any situation, and we were just confident in that. I want to continue the way I have been playing. There is no limit to learning and the more I learn, the better it will be for me.

Meg Lanning, the Delhi Capitals captain is also the Orange Cap holder. Here is what she has to say: (What she is feeling) Disappointed to not get the win. Felt we put ourselves in a pretty good position. Credit to the Warriorz for sneaking out that win. (What was the game-changer) My wicket probably played a part. I feel like I was the set batter and needed to take it a bit deeper, it put pressure on the other batters coming in. We could not get going at the back end. Couple of unfortunate dismissals. We did not play the conditions as well as we should have. (On the positives) We still got a lot right. Our bowling innings was excellent. Our powerplay batting was good too. It just shows that as long as you don't put 40 overs together, you don't get through.

Grace Harris: (On bowling the last over) I cannot use some of the words I used out in the middle. I knew what I wanted to bowl and happy that I executed in that way. I was not really nervous or anything, which shocks me. There was not a lot of expectation (from myself) in bowling that last over. Very happy for the win. (On the first-ball six) I kind of did thing that that may have changed the game and the momentum. Knew I had to be pretty perfect from there on. Was near perfect after that. But I did bowl the full toss, lucky I got away with that. The run-out (of Jonassen) was also crucial, flicked the momentum back in our favour. Saima, the way she started, when she got up and about against Shafali Verma, I thought she bowled extremely well. She kept the stumps in play, bowled a hard length and showed her competitive side. The girls were jumping on the back of that energy. We had a pretty good fielding effort, pretty happy with it.

10:45pm Phew, adjectives and superlatives will never be able to do justice to what we just witnessed. The game swung one way, then the other, then back in the original direction before eventually tilting towards the Warriorz. They had only 28 to defend in the last four overs, and had to take seven wickets. And they managed it with a ball to spare, while only allowing the Capitals to score 26.

Deepti was the star towards the end. Her penultimate over brought about three wickets, and that put the Capitals firmly on the back foot. Harris then went for a six on the first ball of the final over but recovered superbly to hold her nerve. Not great batting at different junctures by the Capitals, it must be said, but the Warriorz deserve credit for pushing them into a spot where the Capitals were pressurized into those strokes.

Prior to that, Lanning kept the Capitals ticking along nicely, registering her third consecutive fifty. Capsey, though, found it really tough. Rodrigues and Sutherland could not get going either, and that piled on the pressure towards the end, which was discernibly visible in their decision-making.

Sadhu is the last batter in. Two still needed. Almost everyone up in the circle

Taniya in at 10. She has opened in the past. The first time she is batting this season, though

Just two needed now. Four balls to get there

Phew. So much has happened in this game already, and there is still an over left. Radha on strike. Harris to bowl. This is her first over tonight. 10 needed for the win. Nine to go into a Super Over

Jonassen on strike. Surely she tries to take a single?

Radha to try her luck now

Deepti pulls out late, like she always does - to see what the batter had in mind

Pandey strides out. DC need 15 off 10. It is all happening here

Reddy is the new batter at the crease. DC need 15 off 11

Deepti to bowl the penultimate over. DC need 15 off 12. Sutherland on strike

19 off 13 now

Jonassen joins Sutherland. DC need 27 off 17

A superb 17th over by Ecclestone. DC now need 27 off 18, and it is getting a lot closer than the Capitals would like. Thakor to bowl the 18th

Just one run off the over so far