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WPL match no 20th UPW vs DCW this match DCW won by 5 wickets. Alice Capsey (Player of the Match): "Yes, it was adifferent role I played today which was pleasing.More responsibility today. Yesterday was fun.Coming at 3 was having fun. We needed to buildthe partnership and we did that with Kapp. It'sgood fun battling with Sophie. It was good funbattling with her. She is the number 1 bowler inthe world. I think we are looking forward to thefinal. It's exciting. First edition of WPL to play inthe finals is amazing. We will get some rest andcome back refreshed for the final on Sunday."Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals Women Skipper):"It's not something I have thought about it. Justlove to contribute and getacross the line. I don'tthink we were at our best tonight. We were sloppyin the field. The bowlers did well to keep thembelow 140. We believed in ourselves to chase itdown before the ball started to turn. It seemedlike it came onto the ball nicely with the new ball.As the innings went on, it stuck a bit in the surface.We havea good batting depth and don't rely onone or two players. That helps in these types oftournaments.Jess Jonassen (Delhi Capitals Women): "It is reallyCool to get that one down to the final day. Weget the advantage of qualifying directly for thefinal. We get some days off. We will watch theEliminator closely and who will play. To get acrossthe line like today was a pleasing thing. We havegot bundles of international experience. There isa local Indian talent as well. We have got someincredible talentand we are as a family, It hasreaped rewards for us on the field. One big gameto go. The games have come thick and fast for usand there is no time for us to rest SoI guess girlswill spenda couple of days resting and then trainfor two days before the final. Hopefully, we will liftthe trophy"Alyssa Healy (UP Warriorz Skipper): "We decidedto give chance to the players and they hadavery good outing. We were outplayed tonight.Shabnim gave a couple of wickets and gave somesniff. Those weren't easy batting conditions. Wesaw in the end there, the ball was turning andgripping. Hopefully, we will reflect on what wentwrong and we need to fix those things. We willtrain on Thursday and see how things go. We areextremely proud to get to the finals and that wasour aim. DY Patil will be a packed stadium againstMumbai and we need to be at our best." So, the Delhi Capitals Women aredirectly through to the finals as they beat theUP Warriorz Women by 5 wickets with 13 ballsto spare. They top the group ahead of MumbaiIndians Women on Net Run Rate. A complete all-round performance from Meg Lanning and hergirls.Chasing 139 on a tricky surface, Delhi Capitalscame all guns blazing scoring 56 runs inside 5overs with Ismail going for 20 in her openingover. Lanning was the aggressor today. ShafaliVerma SCored 21 off 16 balls. Meg Lanning wasgreat in her 39 off 23 balls. UP pulled it back toreduce them to 70/3 at one stage. But then theduo of Alice Capsey and Marizanne Kapp scored34 apiece to steer the side home in 17.5 overs. 11extras were given by the fielding side.Earlier in the game, UP Warriorz struggled intheir innings against a disciplined bowling attack.Shweta Sehrawat was aggressive in her 19 off 12balls. Alyssa Healy scored 36 off 34 balls. SimranShaikh struggled in her 11 off 23 balls. But it wasTahlia McGrath's 58* off 32 balls that took thescore to 138/6 in 20 overs. 6 extras were given bythe fielding side.Alice Capsey was the pick of the bowlers for theCapitals as she finished with 3/26 in 4 overs.Radha Yadav picked up a couple of wickets for28 runs in 4 overs. Jess Jonassen had the other . Alice Capsey was the pick of the bowlers for theCapitals as she finished with 3/26 in 4 overs.Radha Yadav picked up a couple of wickets for28 runs in 4 overs. Jess Jonassen had the otherwicket as she finished with 1/24 in4 0vers. Allwickets falling to the spinners in the first innings.All the bowlers were disciplined, while the fieldingwas a little off today.So, the Delhi Capitals wins this game by 5 wicketsand qualify directly into the finals. Stick arounthe presentation ceremony.

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