Georgia Voll has taken to the pressures of Women's Premier League cricket in the same impressive duck-to-water fashion that she introduced herself to international cricket for Australia.

The 21-year-old batting prodigy demonstrated once more why she's such an outstanding prospect as she carved out a brilliant half-century as opener in just her second WPL game for UP Warriorz on Thursday.

Alas for the Queenslander, her 55 off just 33 balls to launch their innings so promisingly in Lucknow eventually proved all in vain as the Warriorz succumbed by six wickets to Mumbai Indians, a defeat that leaves the home side on the brink of being knocked out of contention.

Voll, only brought into the squad seven days ago to replace Sri Lankan star Chamari Athapaththu, doubtless had the struggling Warriorz wishing she'd been on board since the start of the tournament as she dominated an effective opening partnership with compatriot Grace Harris.

Though she had been dismissed for a three-ball duck in her first match on Monday, the Toowoomba talent quickly made swift amends as she raced to her half-century off just 29 balls, with the 11th of her dozen boundaries deposited handsomely through mid-on.

Harris, who might have been expected to be the big-hitting partner in the opening stand, was happy to play second-fiddle as she contributed only 28, with three fours and one six off 25 balls, of their 74 partnership while Voll went about her destructive business.

The youngster, though, was not happy at giving away her wicket while trying to play an extravagant scoop off England star Nat Sciver-Brunt, who bowled her with a clever one from out of the back of her hand.

"It was a bit of a silly dismissal from myself to get out there, I was pretty disappointed.to give away my wicket," sighed Voll.

"But it had been good fun. The first game I was pretty disappointed with, so to get some runs today was nice."

Still, it was all further evidence of Voll's prowess after she started life as an Australian international in similar vein last December, with a brilliant hundred against India in just her second ODI in Brisbane.

Once both Australians had fallen, though, it proved a struggle for the Warriorz, who only got to 9-150 thanks to captain Deepti Sharma's 27 off 25 and Sophie Ecclestone's late cameo of 16 off 11, with New Zealander Amelia Kerr doing the damage with 5-38 off her four overs.

Mumbai then never looked challenged once West Indian Hayley Matthews (68 off 46) and the 2025 tournament's leading run-scorer Sciver-Brunt (37 off 23) came together for a 92-run second-wicket stand that broke the back of the chase before they reached 4-153 off with nine balls to spare.

Harris did her best, getting rid of Sciver-Brunt and Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur (four) as she recorded figures of 2-11, but the Warriorz now look almost doomed at the foot of the table, while Mumbai moved second on eight points in the hunt for a knock-out place behind the already qualified Delhi Capitals.