Jaipur: England top-order batswoman Danielle Wyatt starred with the bat as Velocity opened their account with a three-wicket victory over Trailblazers even as Deepti Sharma gave them a last-minute scare, in the second game of the Women’s T20 Challenge here on Wednesday. Chasing a paltry 113 for victory, Velocity were never in trouble with Wyatt scoring a brisk 46 off 35 balls her innings laced with five fours and two sixes. Skipper and veteran India batswoman Mithali Raj (17) gave her good company as the pair almost took the team over the line.
With two runs needed from 20 balls, Wyatt was removed by Rajeshwari Gayakwad in the 17th over, and in the next ball Veda Krishnamurthy was run out. It was a comedy of errors in the next overs, as Deepti, who returned magical figures of 4/14, snared three wickets in five balls with no run being scored. First, Mithali yorked herself to lose her stumps, followed by Shikha Pandey who was cleaned up as she tried a needless sweep. Amelia Kerr did the same as Velocity lost five wickets without adding a single run.
Brief Scores
Trailblazers: 112-6 (Harleen Deol 43; Ekta Bisht 2/13) lost to Velocity: 113-7 (Danielle Wyatt 46, Shafali Verma 34; Deepti Sharma 4-14).
