The Meg Lannings-led Delhi Capitals (DC) started the ongoing Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 in grand style,.
Put to bat first, the Capitals went on to post a massive total of 223/2 on the board, thanks to incredible batting knocks from Shafali Verma and skipper Lanning. While Shafali smashed 84 off just 4🐻5 deliveries, including ten fours and four sixes, the Aussie legend scored a classy 72 off 83 balls, laced up with 14 boun𓄧daries.
During the DC innings, , who scored an unbeaten 22, used the Decision Review System (DRS) to check a waist-high no-ball. The one-of-its-kind incident happened in the final over when Jemimah crouched down against the bowling of Megan Schutt and tried to slog the 🌠ball to ꦏthe leg side.
It was a full toss, and Jemimah connected the ball much higher than her waist, down on one knee. The field umpire did not signal it a waist-high no-ball, so Jemimah challenged the umpire’s decision and sent it upstairs to be checked.
The third umpire used a ball tracker to check the flight and the points of possible impact when the ball crossed Jemimah and where it would eventually end in the stumps. The ball track🌠er showed that the delivery was descending quickly and would have impacted Jemimah below her waist, hence the third umpire🔯 termed it as a legitimate delivery.
Jemimah’s decision to challenge the no-ball stirred the debate on social media regarding whether players can even review no-balls. For the unversed, the constitution of WPL permits players to use the DRS to challenge wide and no ball. In the tournament opener , MI skipper Harmanpreet Kaur had also used the DRS to overturn a wide ball.
Coming back to the match, the Challengers got the enormous target of 233 to chase, which they failed to do so and could only reach 163/8 in 20 overs, losing the match by 60 runs. Tara Norris was the pick of the bowlers for Delhi, bagging a sensational five-wicket haul for🥂 just 29 r🎀uns in her quota of 4 overs.
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