The captain of the Indian T20I team, Harmanpreet Kaur celebrated her debut in the Kia Cricket Super (KSL) with a six off the penultimate ball of the match to register a thrilling win for Lancashire Thunder against Surrey Stars at The Oval.

Kaur’s team needed 10 off five balls when wicketkeeper Eleanor Threlkeld was run out by Laura Marsh. With 10 to get off four, Kaur finished things off with a two, a four, and a six, off Marsh. She finished with a 21-ball unbeaten 34 in which she smashed three fours and the six to win the match.

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While chasing a modest total of 149, Lancashire team was put on track by Nicole Bolton, whose 87 took her only 61 balls. When Nat Sciver claimed Bolton in the 19th over, Thunder needed only 11 from nine balls, but they lost three wickets in a heap before Kaur bailed them out. Sciver also bowled Emma Lamb, and finished with excellent figures of 2 for 26.

This was not Sciver’s first great act of the day. After Lamb (3 for 34) had reduced Surrey to 17 for 3, Sciver batted till the end to help her team to reach a respectable total of 148 for 5, and finished on an unbeaten 57-ball 95 with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. It was unfortunate that the Player of the Match award went to Nicole Bolton who played a useful knock of 87 runs in 61 balls with the help of 13 fours, who was outscored by Sciver and did not bowl.

Brief scores:

Surrey Stars 148 for 5 in 20 overs (N Sciver 95*, E Lamb 4-0-34-3) defeated by Lancashire Thunder 151 for 5 in 19.5 overs (N Bolton 87, H Kaur 34*; Nat Sciver 4-0-26-2) by 5 wickets.