It's sister vs sister in the Women's T20 Blast final at The Oval, with Grace Harris's unbeaten 63 clinching the win for Surrey over Warwickshire and Harris's sister Laura.
Grace Harris smashed seven fours and two sixes in a brilliant 63 as Surrey won the Women's T20 Blast title at The Oval. Grace Harris said she was happy her sister Laura got out when she did as her Surrey side won the Women's T20 Blast final in London.
Grace Harris smashed an unbeaten 63 off 33 balls for Surrey as they won the final by five wickets at The Oval. The Australian's sister Laura had earlier hit a quickfire 25 off 11 in Warwickshire's 9-153 off 20 overs.Grace Harris has won a battle of the siblings, as her Surrey side beat the Warwickshire team of her sister, Laura, in the final of the Women's T20 Blast competition in England. The Australian pair both produced big-hitting knocks for their respective teams, but it was Grace's unbeaten 63 off 33 balls that helped Surrey become the inaugural women's champions, as they chased down a target of 154 in the 17th over. Grace Harris was the dominant performer in the final, with a brilliant innings that was 32 runs more than anyone else in the match.The Queenslander came out to bat in the seventh over, with her team behind the run-rate at 3-42. But the right-hander proceeded to flay the attack to all parts of the ground, changing the momentum of the game.abcsport5050@your.abc.net.au Harris saw her team home with help from Sophia Dunkley and Kira Chathli — the latter scoring the winning runs with a clip off her legs for four.Earlier, the Warwickshire Bears had got off to a rough start, losing both openers with the first two overs. When Laura Harris came to the crease in the 11th over, the Bears had recovered to be 5-83 before immediately losing Amu Surenkumar to make it 6-83.She was caught off the bowling of Danielle Gregory at the start of the 15th over, by which time Warwickshire were 8-115. They finished the innings with 9-153 off their full 20 overs. "I was a bit nervous … you want her to do well but you still want to win," Grace Harris told cricket.com.au after the match. "I'm happy she got out when she did, I was a bit nervous — it could have been a 180 chase if she hung on there and she had a few damaging innings from that position earlier in the comp. "It's fantastic that we made sure we stayed with that run chase regardless of wickets lost our bowlers did really well to set up that game."Photo shows A woman in a red-and-white football uniform jumps onto the shoulders of a woman in a black-and-white uniform.Photo shows Alex de Minaur puts his arm around Alejandro Davidovich Fokina after their Washington DC Open final.Photo shows A man celebrates after scoring a try in an NRL matchPhoto shows England bowler Ben Stokes holds out his hand to India batters Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar during a Test.Photo shows Anthony Albanese sits in the House of Representatives.Photo shows A person holds a mobile phone in a darkened room. Graphic representation of dollar signs are emerging from the phone.Child Sexual AbuseAnalysis by Keane Bourke
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