{"id":8750,"date":"2025-03-06T22:42:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=573376"},"modified":"2025-03-06T22:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:12:48","slug":"wpl-2025-matthews-and-nat-sciver-brunt-among-wpls-elite-pairs-as-the-duo-records-another-50-run-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/wpl-2025-matthews-and-nat-sciver-brunt-among-wpls-elite-pairs-as-the-duo-records-another-50-run-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"WPL 2025: Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt among WPL\u2019s elite pairs as the duo records another 50+ run partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mumbai Indians Women (MIW) continued their dominance in the Women\u2019s Premier League (WPL) with a clinical performance against UP Warriorz (UPW), where key batting partnerships once again defined their success. Hayley Matthews and Nat Sciver-Brunt stitched together their <\/span><b>fifth 50+ stand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, cementing their place among WPL\u2019s most consistent batting duos.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Matthews-Sciver Brunt match MI\u2019s elite partnerships<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With their latest half-century stand, <\/span><b>Matthews and Sciver-Brunt joined elite company in WPL history<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, equaling Amelia Kerr-Harmanpreet Kaur and Yastika Bhatia-Hayley Matthews for the second-most 50+ partnerships (5). Delhi Capitals\u2019 <\/span><b>Meg Lanning and Shafali Verma remain the undisputed leaders with 11 such stands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mumbai\u2019s batting has thrived on these consistent partnerships, and this match was no different. Matthews and Sciver-Brunt\u2019s composed start ensured a smooth chase, reinforcing their value as one of the most reliable pairs for the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kerr\u2019s five-for wrecks UP Warriorz<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier, UP Warriorz, after opting to bat first, posted <\/span><b>150 runs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, struggling against Mumbai\u2019s disciplined attack. The turning point came when Amelia Kerr ran through the UPW lineup with a stunning <\/span><b>five-wicket haul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, ensuring the target remained within MIW\u2019s comfort zone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Current scorecard:<\/p>\n<p>MI-W 132\/3(15 overs)<\/p>\n<p>Batters at strike:<\/p>\n<p>Harmanpreet Kaur 3(5)<\/p>\n<p>Amanjot Kaur 3(4)<\/p>\n<p>UP-W<\/p>\n<p>Deepti Sharma 3-18-0-0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai Indians Women (MIW) continued their dominance in the Women\u2019s Premier League (WPL) with a clinical performance against UP Warriorz\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":31555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}