Stats: Mumbai Indians' dream start, Harmanpreet Kaur's fastest fifty
Gujarat Giants’ 143-run loss is the biggest by runs for a team in the major women’s T20 leagues
Sampath Bandarupalli04-Mar-2023207 for 5 Mumbai Indians’ total against Gujarat Giants on Saturday is the joint second-highest total recorded across the major women’s T20 leagues*. The highest is 242 for 4 by Sydney Sixers against Melbourne Stars in 2017, while Melbourne Renegades also made 207 against Brisbane Heat in 2021.143 Victory margin of Mumbai is the biggest by runs for a team in the major women’s leagues. There have been only two wins by a margin of 100-plus runs previously: Perth Scorchers beat Renegades by 104 runs in 2022, while Sixers beat Hobart Hurricanes by 103 runs in 2017.64 Giants’ total in the 208-run chase is the joint second-lowest in those women’s T20 leagues. The lowest is 47 all out by Velocity against Trailblazers in the 2020 T20 Challenge, while Yorkshire Diamonds were also bowled out for 64 against Southern Vipers during the Women’s Cricket Super League in 2016.
115 Runs scored by Mumbai during the middle overs (from the seventh over to the 16th). They hit 19 fours and three sixes during this ten-over period. The powerplay was their least productive phase: only 44 runs came in those six overs, while 48 were scored at the death (the final four overs) to take them past the 200-run mark.22 Balls Harmanpreet Kaur needed to complete her fifty. It is the quickest Kaur got to a fifty across her 34 fifty-plus scores in the T20 format. Kaur’s previous fastest T20 fifty came off 23 balls in 2018, for Sydney Thunder against Heat.18 Fours hit during the Kaur and Amelia Kerr partnership between the 11th over and the 17th over. The pair scored 57 runs against the spinners off 30 balls, and struck seven fours in the 12 balls against the pace bowlers.
7 Consecutive fours hit by Kaur across the 15th over (four off Monica Patel) and 16th over (three off Ashleigh Gardner). Kaur raced to 59 off just 24 balls from 31 off 17 with those seven consecutive boundaries.