Devine went at about run-a-ball until the 15th over, which is when Giants raised their team’s 100. They needed at least 50 more to put up a fight. At the dawn of slog-overs, for a well-set Devine batting on 21 off 23, it was time now to unleash in the company of the big-hitting Bharati Fulmali. Except, she led to the Indian’s run-out. Ball-watching as Phoebe Litchfield eventually fumbled the take off her aerial sweep, Devine stayed her ground even as Fulmali ran across to the striker’s end. The part-time legspin of Chloe Tryon consumed Kanika Ahuja, and Sophie Ecclestone nipped the Kashvee Gautam threat in the bud in the following two overs. If they could tighten the leash further, UPW already seemed set to extend GG’s losing streak to four.
