That's it from me Nikhil alongside my co-commentator Ninaad and our scorer/analyst Manish. We will catch you soon with the second game in some time till then take care.
NIKHIL: 20:32 pm IST. So that's it from the first game here between the Falcons and the Spirits as the Spirits Women have defeated the Falcons Women by 27 runs. This game had everything you could ask for. The Falcons started really well with both bat and ball but couldn't capitalize on their good starts as they leaked way too many in the first innings while bowling at the later stages and while batting they collapsed drastically after the wicket of Athapaththu. Spirits came in with a proper plan and executed that perfectly here. They started off slowly as Chantham was finding it hard to hit but they kept on with the aggressive approach from the other end, as a result, everyone chipped in with a few and Dunkley got the majority with a half-century. The score of 147 looked like a walk in the park till Athapaththu was batting but as soon as she departed the Spirits grabbed this game with both hands and never let loose of it. Miyaji was the pick of the bowler here as she picked up 4 wickets with 2 crucial wickets of Hill and Satish which killed the game then and there. Spirits women finally have some points on board here in Dubai with a much-needed victory against the Falcons Women who lose their First game in 3 played. An entertaining game of multiple phases ends with the Spirits being the happier of the two teams. That's it for this game catch you soon with the live action of the second game of this doubleheader day here in Dubai.
W GONE! Shukla departs. Tossed up delivery outside the off stump. Walks down the pitch to push this down the ground but completely misses the line of the ball. The keeper does the rest to dismantle the bails as Spirit take the game by 27 runs.
19.5 S Miyaji to S Tippoch
1 Short of a length on the stumps, pulled between midwicket and short leg for one.
19.4 S Miyaji to G Shukla
1 Fuller again, tucked off the front foot to long on for another run.
19.3 S Miyaji to S Tippoch
1 Tossed up outside the off stump, plays the slog sweep in the air which lands short of the deep midwicket fielder.
19.2 S Miyaji to G Shukla
1 Good length outside the off stump, punched to the point fielder with soft hands and gets off strike with a single.
19.1 S Miyaji to S Tippoch
1 Final over, 33 to win. Over the wicket, length ball outside the off stump, gets down on a knee to pull behind square in the leg side for one.