Earlier within the recreation, Royals misplaced their opener Gaby Lewis for 21 within the fifth over, bowled by Shabnim Ismail, which propelled Matthews to take cost. She hit ten fours and two sixes in her innings and stitched a match-saving stand of 108 runs with Rashada Williams for the second wicket, with the wicketkeeper contributing 36 runs from 23 balls. Ismail then struck twice within the seventeenth over to take away Williams and Laura Harris as Royals misplaced 4 wickets for 5 runs in 11 balls. Wellington then smashed ten runs in 4 balls to elevate Royals on the finish. Ismail added another wicket to her tally to complete with 4 for 30.