[Watch] Ashleigh Gardner Goes On A Rampage In Sizzling Cameo Vs UP Warriorz
Phoebe Litchfield also lend a supporting hand to Ashleigh Gardner with swift 35 (BCCI)
Gujarat Giants overseas all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner punched out a sizzling 17-ball 30 against UP Warriorz to lift her side’s scoring rate in their WPL 2024 faceoff in Bengaluru.
The 26-year-old belted four boundaries and a huge six after Gujarat Giants top-order had squandered away their sublime opening partnership between captain Beth Mooney and Laura Wolvaardt.
Ashleigh Gardner’s thunderous cameo at the death eventually lifted the Giants to a competitive 142-5 from their 20 overs after they were precariously placed at 83-3 at nearly run-a-ball.
Ashleigh Gardner pounds 17-ball 30 in dazzling cameo
Ashleigh Gardner made her first impact with the bat this WPL 2024 season by pounding 30 scintillating runs from just 17 balls against UP Warriorz. Turning up for Gujarat Giants in match number eight of the competition, the Australian all-rounder made her way to the crease following the dismissal of Harleen Deol at 83-3 amidst her team’s dwindling run-rate.
Forming forces with fellow Australian Phoebe Litchfield, Gardner dished out a huge six over deep midwicket off UP Warriorz spinner Grace Harris before thwacking Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s half-tracker for a scorching boundary towards the same region the following over.
Watch: Ashleigh Gardner takes Giants to 142 with rapid 30
Ashleigh Gardner ended up sharing 52 runs off just five overs with Phoebe Litchfield to take Gujarat Giants to 135 in 18 overs. Litchfield herself pumped out 35 runs from just 26 balls as the duo led Giants recovery after their semi top-order collapse at the hands of UP Warriorz spinner Sophie Ecclestone.
Gardner and Litchfield’s death-overs dexterity took Gujarat Giants to a competitive 142-5 from their 20 overs, as they aim to register their opening points of the WPL 2024 season.