Ashley Gardner created history, broke Beth Mooney’s record by scoring her sixth half-century for Gujarat Giants.

Gujarat Giants captain Ashley Gardner started the Women’s Premier League 2026 with a bang. On Saturday (January 10), in the match against UP Warriors at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, Gardner took responsibility and made a special record in his name by playing an aggressive innings.

Gujarat Giants, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start and Beth Mooney was out after scoring only 13 runs. After this, Sophie Devine played a quick inning of 38 runs in 20 balls, but after her dismissal the team once again came under pressure. In such a situation, Captain Ashley Gardner took charge.

Ashley Gardner made an important partnership of 103 runs with Anushka Sharma (44 runs) for the third wicket. During this, Gardner scored 65 runs in 41 balls, which included 6 fours and 3 sixes. With this half-century, she became the batsman with the highest number of half-centuries for Gujarat Giants in WPL history. In this special list, Gardner now has 6 half-centuries in his name in 26 innings, while Beth Mooney has slipped to second place with 5 half-centuries in 19 innings.

The batsman who scored the most half-centuries for Gujarat Giants in WPL

• Ashley Gardner – 6 half-centuries in 26 innings
• Beth Mooney – 5 half-centuries in 19 innings
• Laura Wolvaardt – 3 half-centuries in 13 innings
• Harleen Deol – 2 half-centuries in 20 innings
• Dayalan Hemlata – 2 half-centuries in 21 innings

Talking about the match, Gujarat Giants scored 207 runs with the contribution of Sophie Devine (38), Ashley Gardner’s captaincy innings and Anushka Sharma (44 runs) while batting first and Georgia Wareham (27* runs).

In reply, Meg Lanning (30), Phoebe Litchfield (78) and Asha Shobhana (27) struggled for UP Warriors, but the team lost the match by 10 runs.