WPL 2024 Points Table Update: BAN-W vs MUM-W, Match-19 Results, and latest status of points table
Royal Challengers Bangalore have made it to the playoffs after defeating Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets. BAN-W vs MUM-W (Photo Source: X/Twitter) WPL 2024 Points Table Update: The 19th match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore Women and Mumbai Indians Women’s team on March 12 in Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Mumbai Indians were all out for 113 runs in 19 overs. S for Mumbai Indians. Sajna played the highest innings of 30 runs. Ellis Perry took 6 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs. Perry is the first player in the history of the league to take 6 wicket hauls. Ellyse Perry sent S Sajna (30) and Harmanpreet Kaur to the pavilion for golden ducks in the 9th over. Perry then dismissed Amelia Kar (2) and Amanjot Kaur (4) in the 11th over. Ellyse Perry then dismissed Pooja Vastrakar (6) and Nat Siver-Brunt (10) in the 13th over. Sophie Molineau, Sophie Devine, Asha Shobhana and Shreyanka Patil took 1 wicket each. Royal Challengers Bangalore chased the target in just 15 overs and won by 7 wickets. The team suffered initial setbacks early. The team had lost 3 wickets on the score of 39. Sophie Molineau (9), Smriti Mandhana (11) and Sophie Devine (4) were out cheaply. There was a match-winning partnership of 76 runs for the fourth wicket between Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh. Richa Ghosh played an unbeaten inning of 36* runs with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes in 28 balls. Elise Perry played an unbeaten inning of 40* runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Shabnam Ismail, Haley Mathews, and Nate Siver-Brunt took 1 wicket each for Mumbai Indians. Let us tell you what is the latest status of the points table after the match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. WPL 2024 Points Table Update: Women’s Premier League 2024 Updated Points Table After defeating Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore are in third place with 4 wins and 8 points from 8 matches. Also the team has qualified for the playoffs. Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians had already made it to the playoffs with 10 points each. Number Team match Victory Garland Tie N/R score net run rate 1 Delhi Capitals Women (Q) 7 5 2 0 0 10 0.918 2 Mumbai Indians Women (Q) 8 5 3 0 0 10 0.024 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Q) 8 4 4 0 0 8 0.306 4 UP Warriors Women 8 3 5 0 0 6 -0.371 5 gujarat giants women 7 2 5 0 0 4 -0.873
WPL 2024: Take a look at the top funny memes of MI-W vs RCB-W match
After this victory of RCB-W, there was a flood of memes on social media. MI-W vs RCB-W The 19th match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 was played today between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, where RCB won by 7 wickets thanks to the all-round performance of Ellyse Perry. Batting first, Mumbai team collapsed for 113 runs. In response, RCB achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 15 overs. With this victory, Smriti Mandhana’s team has qualified for the playoffs. Elise Perry took 6 wicket haul Earlier, RCB captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to bowl first, which was proved right by her bowlers. Mumbai team could not even play the full 20 overs against RCB and were all out after scoring only 113 runs. S Sajna played the highest innings of 30 runs for the team. Apart from this, Haley Mathews contributed 26 runs. On behalf of RCB, Ellyse Perry destroyed Mumbai’s batting order with her havoc bowling. He bowled lethally and took 6 wickets for just 15 runs in his magical spell of four overs. With this, Ellyse Perry became the first bowler in Women’s Premier League history to take 6 wicket haul. Richa-Perry’s match winning partnership Royal Challengers Bangalore, who set out to chase a simple target of 114 runs, suffered initial setbacks. RCB lost 3 wickets for just 39 runs, but Richa Ghosh and Ellyse Perry took over the innings. Both batted cautiously and made a match-winning partnership of 76 runs. Alice Perry, who was amazing with the ball, also showed tremendous performance with the bat. He scored unbeaten 40 runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and one six. Whereas Richa Ghosh played an unbeaten inning of 36 runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. For Mumbai, Shabnim Ismail, Haley Mathews and Nat Siver Brunt got 1 wicket each. Here’s a look at the top funny memes of the MI-W vs RCB-W match. RCB Qualified for playoffs🔥#RCBvMI #WPL2024 pic.twitter.com/eueUEUYvsF — π (@calculus_18) March 12, 2024 The result you know The reason you don’t#WPL2024 #rcb #MI pic.twitter.com/PqqYmfyDCS — Karan (@krnvirq) March 12, 2024 Ellyse Perry in Today’s Match#RCBvMI #WPL2024 pic.twitter.com/pvUTwlv4qW — Virendra Sahu 🇮🇳 (@VirendraSahu7) March 12, 2024 Messing with Rohit Sharma bought Ambani to Cry🤣🤣#WPL2024 #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/WEwVDYBY8o — Aryan (@aryan89217) March 12, 2024 RCB HAVE QUALIFIED INTO PLAYOFFS THE GREATEST CRICKETING FRANCHISE IN THE HISTORY OF CRICKET!!!#Playoffs #ViratKohli𓃵 #WPL2024 pic.twitter.com/e3CtQfc2xh — choudhary amit poonia (@amitpoonia26) March 12, 2024 RCB FANS RIGHT NOW🤗#MIvRCB #WPL2024 pic.twitter.com/1d3Yr97ZCK —Finally Live 𝕏 (@FinallyLiveNews) March 12, 2024 Ellyse Perry🛐#TATAWPL #ViratKohli #playbold #rcbvsmi pic.twitter.com/dxzibtP8bn — KUNAL 🇮🇳 (@fakekunal) March 12, 2024 same energy 😴#TATAWPL #MIvRCB pic.twitter.com/0GgbxPxxHg — Cʜɪɴɴᴀ ⎊ (@itschinna18) March 12, 2024 UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants are officially Knocked Out of WPL Season 2 as Royal Challengers Bangalore beats Mumbai Indians by 7 Wickets!#TATAWPL , #MIvRCB , #WPL2024 , #RCBvMI pic.twitter.com/kOSyB8MFZD — IPL Scoop (@Ipl_scoop) March 12, 2024
WPL 2024: After the ball, Ellyse Perry also showed her magic with the bat, RCB reached the playoffs by defeating Mumbai.
Royal Challengers Bangalore made it to the playoffs by defeating Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets. RCB Women Team (Photo Source: X/Twitter) WPL 2024, BAN-W vs DEL-W: The 19th match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl first, in which the team was successful. Batting first, Mumbai Indians were all out for 113 runs in 19 overs. Royal Challengers Bangalore chased the target in just 15 overs and won by 7 wickets. With this win, RCB has reached the playoffs with 4 wins and 8 points in 8 matches. WPL 2024: Ellis Perry wreaked havoc with brilliant bowling Mumbai Indians, who came to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore, got a good start. There was a partnership of 43 runs for the first wicket between Haley Mathews and Yastika Bhatia. Hayley Mathews lost her wicket against Sophie Devine in the sixth over after scoring 26 runs in 23 balls. After which, in the 9th over, Ellyse Perry sent S Sajna (30) and Harmanpreet Kaur to the pavilion for golden ducks. Perry then dismissed Amelia Kar (2) and Amanjot Kaur (4) in the 11th over. Ellyse Perry then completed the haul of 6 wickets by dismissing Pooja Vastrakar (6) and Nat Siver-Brunt (10) in the 13th over. Ellis Perry took 6 wickets for just 15 runs in 4 overs. Ellyse Perry is the first player to take a 6-wicket haul in the history of the Women’s Premier League. Apart from Ellyse Perry, Sophie Molineau, Sophie Devine, Asha Shobhana and Shreyanka Patil took 1 wicket each. Great partnership between Richa Ghosh and Alice Perry While chasing the target, RCB faced setbacks early. Sophie Molineau became the victim of Hayley Mathews in the fourth over and lost her wicket for 9 runs. Then in the very next over, Smriti Mandhana lost her wicket against Net Siver Brunt after scoring 11 runs. Sophie Devine also could not show anything special and was out for 4 runs in the 7th over. After which there was a match winning partnership of 76 runs between Ellyse Perry and Richa Ghosh. Richa Ghosh played an unbeaten inning of 36* runs with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes in 28 balls. Elise Perry played an unbeaten inning of 40* runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Shabnam Ismail, Haley Mathews, and Nate Siver-Brunt took 1 wicket each for Mumbai Indians.
WPL 2024: Match-19, MUM-W vs BAN-W Match Prediction: Know which team has the upper hand and who can win today’s match?
The 19th match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 will be played between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Royal Challengers Bangalore (Pic Source-Twitter) Preview: MUM-W vs BAN-W Match Prediction: The 19th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 will be played between Mumbai Indians Women’s Team (MUM-W) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (BAN-W). Mumbai Indians are at second place in the points table with 5 wins and 10 points from 7 matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore are at third place with 3 wins and 6 points from 7 matches. Mumbai Indians team had registered a thrilling win by 7 wickets against Gujarat Giants in the last match. Batting first, Gujarat Giants put 190 runs on the board at the loss of 7 wickets. Mumbai Indians chased the target and won by scoring 191 runs losing 3 wickets in 19.5 overs. Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 1 run against Delhi Capitals in the last match. Batting first, Capitals scored 181 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore team fought on the last ball to achieve the target but missed by 1 run. Richa Ghosh played a brilliant inning of 51 runs in 29 balls for the team but failed to lead the team to victory. Match Details: matches details matches Mumbai Indians Women vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Women, Match-19 Venue Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Date and Time 12 March, Tuesday, 7:30 PM IST Live Broadcast and Streaming Details Sports18 & Jio Cinema App Pitch Report: The pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi seems to provide more support to the batsmen. Due to the shot boundary, it is easy for the batsmen to hit fours and sixes here. As the game progresses, the spinners get more help here. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 150 runs. Head to Head Records: Matches Played 3 Mumbai Indians Women Won 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Women Won 0 No Result 00 Probable Playing XIs: Mumbai Indians Women (MUM-W): Yastika Bhatia (wk), Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, S Sajna, Pooja Vastrakar, Humaira Qazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaq. Royal Challengers Bangalore (BAN-W): Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh (wk), Disha Cassatt, Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molyneux, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Thakur Singh. Probable Best Batter of the Match: Smriti Mandhana has been in great form in WPL 2024, she has scored 248 runs in 7 matches this season. Smriti Mandhana can be seen batting brilliantly in the match against Mumbai Indians women’s team. This match is very important for Royal Challengers Bangalore, hence he is expected to play a captaincy innings. Probable Best Bowler of the Match: In the last match, Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs against Delhi Capitals. Shreyanka Patil can be seen performing brilliantly against Mumbai Indians. Who will win the match (Today’s Match Prediction): Royal Challengers Bangalore will win against Mumbai Indians.
WPL 2024 Points Table Update: DEL-W vs BAN-W, Match-17 Results, and latest status of points table
Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 1 run to secure a place in the playoffs. DEL-W vs BAN-W (Photo Source: X/Twitter) WPL 2024 Points Table Update: The 17th match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 was played between Delhi Capitals Women and Royal Challengers Bangalore Women. Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning had won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Delhi Capitals put 181 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. Jemimah Rodriguez played an inning of 58 runs in 36 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Whereas Alice Capsey scored 48 runs in 32 balls with the help of 8 fours. Meg Lanning contributed 29 runs and Shefali Verma contributed 23 runs. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Chasing the target, Royal Challengers Bangalore could only score 180 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and Delhi Capitals won by 1 run. After the dismissal of Smriti Mandhana, there was a partnership of 80 runs for the second wicket between Sophie Molineau and Ellyse Perry. Ellyse Perry was run out by Shikha Pandey for 49 runs in the 11th over, after which Sophie Molineau returned to the pavilion after scoring 33 runs in the very next over. The team needed 17 runs to win in the last over, and Jess Jonassen was bowling. Richa Ghosh hit two sixes in the last over and took the team to the threshold of victory. Two runs were needed on the last ball, but Richa Ghosh was run out. Richa Ghosh played an inning of 51 runs in 29 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Let us tell you what is the status of the points table after the match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. WPL 2024 Points Table Update: Women’s Premier League 2024 Updated Points Table After the win against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals has qualified for the playoffs with 5 wins and 10 points in 7 matches. Mumbai Indians have also reached the playoffs. This means that now there will be a fight between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriors for the third place. Number Team match Victory Garland Tie N/R score net run rate 1 Delhi Capitals Women (Q) 7 5 2 0 0 10 0.918 2 Mumbai Indians Women (Q) 7 5 2 0 0 10 0.343 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 7 3 4 0 0 6 0.027 4 UP Warriors Women 7 3 4 0 0 6 -0.365 5 gujarat giants women 6 1 5 0 0 2 -1.111
WPL 2024: In the thrill of the last over, Delhi won and secured a place in the playoffs, Richa Ghosh’s brilliant innings went in vain.
Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 1 run to secure a place in the playoffs. Delhi Capitals Women Team & Richa Ghosh (Photo Source: X/Twitter) WPL 2024, DEL-W vs BAN-W: The 17th match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 was played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning had won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Delhi Capitals put 181 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. Chasing the target, Royal Challengers Bangalore could only score 180 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and Delhi Capitals won by 1 run. With this win, Delhi Capitals has reached the playoffs. Jemimah Rodriguez played half-century innings for Delhi Delhi Capitals got a great start against Royal Challengers Bangalore. There was a partnership of 54 runs for the first wicket between Meg Lanning and Shefali Verma. Shefali Verma lost her wicket against Asha Shobhana after scoring 23 runs in 18 balls in the 7th over. Whereas Meg Lanning became the victim of Shreyanka Patil after scoring 29 runs in the 8th over. After which there was a partnership of 97 runs between Jemimah Rodriguez and Alice Capsey for the third wicket. Jemimah Rodriguez played an inning of 58 runs in 36 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Whereas Alice Capsey scored 48 runs in 32 balls with the help of 8 fours. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Shreyanka Patil took 4 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Shreyanka Patil made Meg Lanning (29), Jemimah Rodriguez (58), Alice Capsey (48) and Jess Jonassen (1) her victims. Richa Ghosh could not lead the team to victory Royal Challengers Bangalore, while chasing the target, got a bad start. In the very second over, captain Smriti Mandhana lost her wicket against Alice Capsey for 5 runs. There was a partnership of 80 runs for the second wicket between Ellyse Perry and Sophie Molineau. Ellyse Perry was run out by Shikha Pandey for 49 runs in the 11th over, after which Sophie Molineau returned to the pavilion after scoring 33 runs in the very next over. Sophie Devine became the victim of Marizanne Kapp for 26 runs in the 18th over. After which all the responsibility was on Richa Ghosh, in the last over RCB needed 17 runs to win. Richa Ghosh hit two sixes in the last over and took the team to the threshold of victory. Two runs were needed on the last ball, but Richa Ghosh was run out. Then Delhi Capitals won by 1 run. Richa Ghosh played an inning of 51 runs in 29 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes.
WPL 2024: Match-17, DEL-W vs BAN-W Match Prediction: Know which team has the upper hand and who can win today’s match
The 17th match of the Women’s Premier League 2024 will be played between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 9. BAN-W vs DEL-W (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Preview: The 17th match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 will be played between Delhi Capitals Women (DEL-W) and Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (BAN-W). Delhi Capitals is at the first position in the points table with 4 wins and 8 points in 6 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore is in third place with 3 wins and 6 points from 6 matches. Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 19 runs against Gujarat Giants in the last match. Batting first, Gujarat Giants put 199 runs on the board at the loss of 5 wickets. While chasing the target, Royal Challengers Bangalore could score only 180 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Delhi Capitals team had to face defeat by 1 run in the last match against UP Warriors. Batting first, UP Warriors put 138 runs on the board at the loss of 8 wickets. While chasing the target, Delhi Capitals team was all out for 137 runs in 19.5 overs. Match Details: matches details matches Delhi Capitals Women vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Women, Match-17 Venue Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Date and Time 10 March, Sunday, 7:30 PM IST Live Broadcast and Streaming Details Sports18 & JioCinema App Pitch Report: The pitch of Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi seems to provide more support to the batsmen. Due to the shot boundary, it is easy for the batsmen to hit fours and sixes here. As the game progresses, the spinners get more help here. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 150 runs. Head to Head Records: Matches Played 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Women Won 0 Delhi Capitals Women Won 3 No Result 00 Probable Playing XIs: Delhi Capitals Women (DEL-W): Meg Lanning (captain), Shafali Verma, Elise Capsey, Jemimah Rodriguez, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Tania Bhatia (wicketkeeper). Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (BAN-W): S. Meghna, Smriti Mandhana (captain), Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineau, Simran Bahadur, Ekta Bisht, Asha Shobhana, Renuka Singh. Probable Best Batter of the Match: In the last match, Smriti Mandhana had played an inning of 24 runs in 16 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes against Gujarat Giants. Smriti Mandhana can bat brilliantly for the team against Delhi Capitals. Probable Best Bowler of the Match: In the last match, Jess Jonassen took 1 wicket for 31 runs in 4 overs. Jess Jonassen can be seen bowling brilliantly against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Who will win the match (Today’s Match Prediction): Scenario 1 Delhi Capitals won the toss and chose bowling powerplay score– 40-50 Score of first innings- 160-170 Delhi Capitals won Scenario 2 Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl. powerplay score– 45-55 Score of first innings- 180-200 Royal Challengers Bangalore won
WPL 2024: RCB’s fanbase is the most loyal, we saw it this time: Smriti Mandhana
RCB has won 3 out of 5 matches played in the ongoing WPL season. Smriti Mandhana (Image Credit- Twitter X) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has performed brilliantly so far in the ongoing second season of the Women’s Premier League. The team has won three out of the five matches played so far. So till the time of writing this news, he is at second place in the WPL points table. When RCB won over UP Warriors by 23 runs on March 3, it reached the first position in the points table. However, yesterday Delhi defeated Mumbai by 29 runs and once again captured the first place. On the other hand, RCB’s home leg against UP was the last match in Bangalore. So during this time only RCB fans were visible in the stadium. So now Smriti Mandhana, impressed by this fanbase of RCB, has given a big statement. Mandhana says that we have seen how loyal RCB’s fanbase is. Smriti Mandhana gave a big statement Let us tell you that after the match against UP, during a discussion on RCB’s fan base, Smriti Mandhana said on Sports 18 – We will see whether the crowd of fans in Delhi can match that of the fans in Bangalore? I came here in 2016 to watch an IPL match. At that time also the crowd of fans was similar and the atmosphere was also similar. The way people are supporting me is wonderful. As a woman cricketer I feel that women’s cricket has won. Smriti further said- I am not saying this only about RCB matches. This is a victory for women’s cricket, but the fans in Bangalore were crazy for our matches. It is good to see that the fans are not only supporting RCB but also other teams. They call RCB the most loyal fanbase, and we have seen it this time. It’s great to see. This is a victory for the women’s cricket fraternity.
WPL 2024: 3 big records that can be broken in Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match
This match will be played in Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Gujarat Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Women (Image Credit- Twitter Cricket fans have seen some great matches so far in the second season of the ongoing Women’s Premier League. So far 12 matches have been played in the tournament. Delhi Capitals currently remains at the first position in the points table with 8 points after 5 matches. So now the 13th match of the tournament is going to be played between Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Let us tell you that this match will be played on March 6 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. On the other hand, Gujarat, which has suffered 4 defeats in 4 matches, will be eyeing to open its account of victory. So Bangalore would like to maintain its winning streak. Besides, three big and special records can also be seen in this match. Let us know about these records- 3. Asha Shobhana can equal Jess Jonassen in terms of taking most wickets in WPL 2024 Let us tell you that the player who has taken the most wickets in the ongoing season is Jess Jonassen of Delhi Capitals. He has taken 9 wickets in just 3 matches. Purple cap is also in his name. Apart from this, RCB’s leggie Asha Shobhana is at second place, who created a sensation in the cricket world by taking 5 wickets in the very first match of the tournament. Sobhana has taken a total of 7 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 15.14. If she manages to take 2 more wickets against Gujarat, she can leave Jess Jonassen behind. 2. Sabneni Meghna can become the third highest run scorer this season, leaving behind Alice Capsey RCB team’s best player Sabneni Meghna can make a special record in her name in this match. Let us tell you that Meghna has a total of 164 runs in her name in 5 matches at an average of 41. So, by scoring only 5 runs against Gujarat, she can leave behind Delhi Capitals’ Ellis Capsey (167), who is in third place in terms of scoring the most runs in the ongoing season. 1. Smriti Mandhana can leave Shefali behind in terms of hitting most sixes. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana has been in great form in the ongoing WPL season. So far he has scored 219 runs in the tournament and along with being the top scorer, he is also the Orange Cap holder. Apart from this, when Smriti will play the match against Gujarat, she can leave behind Shefali Verma of Delhi Capitals in terms of hitting most sixes in the tournament so far, who has hit 11 sixes in 5 matches. Smriti has hit 8 sixes in as many matches.