Sent in at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai stumbled early when Matthews drove the fourth delivery of the contest to cover, to give Australian off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner (3-34) the first of her three wickets. Mumbai have won all their five games to sit on top of the five-team standings on 10 points, albeit only two points clear of Delhi Capitals who have lost once in five outings. Matthews then returned with her off-spin to snatch three for 23 from four incisive overs and destabilise the Giants run chase, the innings eventually melting down at 107 for nine. The right-hander, who struck a rich vein of form in her opening three matches of the tournament, perished for a three-ball ‘duck’ at the top of the order but Mumbai got a top score of 51 from captain Harmanpreet Kaur to gather 162 for eight from their 20 overs.

MUMBAI – West Indies captain Hayley Matthews failed again with the bat but made a massive impact with the ball, to help Mumbai Indians maintain their unbeaten run with a 55-run thrashing of Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League in India on Tuesday.

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