- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 Another catch for Harmanpreet, and another Australian opener back in the hut! Healy went for a big swing and it came off the higher part of the bat, going high in the air. Harmanpreet barely had to move there to grab that. Good comeback from Renuka after being hit for a boundary 32/23.5 Sadhu strikes! Mooney skies it as she swings at a full ball outside off, trying to go over midwicket again. The ball goes up high and Harmanpreet backtracks from mid-on to hold on to it. The youngster has got a big wicket here for India! 28/15.5 Sadhu has a second! The pressure tells on McGrath as she holes out at deep third! Sadhu tied her down and McGrath was forced to play a big shot. It was a length ball swinging away and she got a big edge as she got down on one knee to go inside out over covers. It's a good catch in the deep by Pooja Vastrakar as well 32/318.1 Perry gone for 37! Tossed up outside off, Perry shimmies down the track to loft this over long-on and hits it straight to Amanjot's hands. Fielding has been quote good from India today 135/85.6 Oh my god Sadhu has another! On a length on off, angling in and straightening after pitching. Gardner was drawn forward and the ball pops up back towards Sadhu off the leading edge and she makes no mistake gobbling it up on her follow-through. Australia wobbling! 33/414.4 Amanjot strikes! Slow ball has worked to break this partnership. Massive wicket. Full length ball pitched outside off, Litchfield comes down the track to loft this over mid-off but ends up holing out to Harmanpreet. Litchfield departs for 49 112/515.1 Harris gone for one! Tossed up on outside off, Harris tries to reverse sweep this but fails to connect. Gets hit on right thigh. The ball spun in a bit after pitching. Australia decide to review. Three reds light up! Shreyanka gets her wicket of the day and it's the big-hitting Harris 119/617.5 Sadhu has her fourth wicket! And it's the fourth catch for Harmanpreet as well. Full length on middle and off, she shuffles across to heave this to mid-off where the Indian captain completes an easy catch 135/719.2 141 all out! Tossed up on leg stump, slightly quicker, Wareham moves across to hit this over long-on but doesn't get the distance nor elevation as Amanjot collects the ball easily to bowl Australia out. 141/1018.5 Big appeal for lbw and umpire's finger goes up! Australia decide to review this. Looks plumb to me. Floated up on middle and leg, she goes down on one knee to sweep and can't connect. HawkEye suggests it would have gone on to hit the leg stump on umpire's call. Schutt departs! 137/9Extras11 (b 4, lb 2, w 5)TOTAL141 all out (19.2 Overs, RR: 7.29)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Beth Mooney, 3.5 ov), 2-32 (Alyssa Healy, 4.3 ov), 3-32 (Tahlia McGrath, 5.5 ov), 4-33 (Ashleigh Gardner, 5.6 ov), 5-112 (Phoebe Litchfield, 14.4 ov), 6-119 (Grace Harris, 15.1 ov), 7-135 (Annabel Sutherland, 17.5 ov), 8-135 (Ellyse Perry, 18.1 ov), 9-137 (Megan Schutt, 18.5 ov), 10-141 (Georgia Wareham, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Renuka Singh 4 0 24 1 6.00 14 2 1 2 0 P Vastrakar 2 0 28 0 14.00 1 2 2 1 0 TR Sadhu 4 0 17 4 4.25 16 0 1 1 0 SR Patil 3.2 0 19 2 5.70 10 3 0 0 0 DB Sharma 4 0 24 2 6.00 7 2 0 0 0 AB Kaur 2 0 23 1 11.50 5 0 3 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.2 Great catch from McGrath! Full length delivery outside off, slog swept to long-on where McGrath gets her jump right and collects the ball head-high. Checks the boundary rope, she is safe. 137-run stand broken! 137/1Extras21 (b 4, lb 9, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL145/1 (17.4 Overs, RR: 8.2)Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Smriti Mandhana, 15.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB D Brown 2 0 10 0 5.00 9 2 0 0 1 M Schutt 4 0 26 0 6.50 13 5 0 0 0 A Sutherland 2 0 21 0 10.50 4 1 2 0 0 A Gardner 4 0 24 0 6.00 8 1 1 0 0 TM McGrath 2 0 31 0 15.50 2 3 1 3 0 G Wareham 3.4 0 20 1 5.45 8 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India Women led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
5 January 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 3.3: Review by India Women (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Vinod Seshan, Batter - BL Mooney (Struck down)
- Australia Women: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Australia Women - 71/4 in 10.0 overs (EA Perry 16, P Litchfield 20)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (EA Perry 19, P Litchfield 29, Ex 2)
- Australia Women: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 10
- Over 15.1: Review by Australia Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Vinod Seshan, Batter - GM Harris (Struck down)
- Over 17.6: Review by Australia Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Vinod Seshan, Batter - G Wareham (Upheld)
- Over 18.5: Review by Australia Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - N Janani, Batter - M Schutt (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Innings Break: Australia Women - 141/10 in 19.2 overs (D Brown 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 0 wicket)
- India Women: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (32 balls), Extras 14
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (S Mandhana 19, Shafali Verma 19, Ex 14)
- Drinks: India Women - 86/0 in 10.0 overs (S Mandhana 36, Shafali Verma 36)
- India Women: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls), Extras 15
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 69 balls (S Mandhana 38, Shafali Verma 49, Ex 15)
- Shafali Verma: 50 off 32 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- S Mandhana: 50 off 50 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
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