Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

AJ Healy
51(35) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 9 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
4 0 8 2 9 5 15 8
DB Sharma
49(46) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %93%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 17 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
3 0 0 14 17 8 1 6

Best performances - Bowlers

Poonam Yadav
O4
M0
R19
W4
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
S Pandey
O3.5
M0
R14
W3
Eco3.65
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Australia Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

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

21 February 2020 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

India Women 2, Australia Women 0

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Deivarayan Muthu

10.25pm Riding on Poonam Yadav's sublime control and wrong'uns, India have toppled defending champions Australia to open the T20 World Cup in front of 13,432 spectators, comfortably a record for a standalone women's match in Australia. Hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we did bringing is to you. This is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Alex Malcolm and Venkat Raghav.

Harmanpreet Kaur, India captain: This is a great feeling to win the first game of the tournament. We knew this track is something where we can do well. If we can get to 140, we thought the bowlers can do the job. This track wasn't easy to bat on - the partnership between Jemi and Deepti was crucial for us. I'm happy we got 130 and that was something with which our bowlers can do well. A bowler like Poonam is someone who leads from the front. We were expecting a great comeback from her. Our team is looking nice, earlier we depended on two-three players.

Meg Lanning, Australia captain: They started off well and put us under the pump. At the halfway mark, 133 to chase, we thought we did well. It was consistent bounce, there was a little bit, we thought of playing straight
.I think the lack of partnerships in the middle (what went wrong?) India bowled extremely well and thoroughly deserved the win.

10.15pm Poonam Yadav, Player of the Match: Thanks to her physio and team-mates and family and friends for helping her recover from injury. This is the third time I'm missing a hat-trick, but thanks to my physio and team-mates I've recovered. Hopefully, I get a hat-trick in the future.

Simon: "Some atrocious shot selection by Aus to waste a great bowling performance. They need to get their heads right fast or it will be a short tournament. "

Suyog: "Well played girls. Poonam, you are the star. Hattricks do need a share of luck, you will get one in future, no worries. Congrats to you."

Ramasamy: "Also, tremendous control by Indian bowlers. No wides, just 2 extras in the 20 overs. "

19.5
W
Pandey to Schutt, 1 run, OUT, pretty full on middle, opens the face and drives to deep cover. There's a mix-up between the wickets and that is that. Jemimah swoops down on the ball and catches Strano short

M Strano run out 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

Alan : "good to see Aussies preparing low and slow wickets...seriously why make India feel at home"

19.4
1
Pandey to Strano, 1 run, shuffles across off and drags a single wide of midwicket

rahul: "in the context of the game, Verma and Sharma's innings along with Yadav bowling is where India will win the contest"

19.3
0
Pandey to Strano, no run, off-stump yorker, dug back to Pandey

Schutt is the No.11

19.2
W
Pandey to Gardner, OUT, full-toss on off, not above the waistline, surprises Gardner, she splices it high into the air. Pandey runs in from her followthrough and grabs the return catch

A Gardner c & b Pandey 34 (36b 3x4 1x6) SR: 94.44

Vivek Rajendran: "Isn't she no:10 by the way.?!" --- Oh well, of course

19.1
1
Pandey to Strano, 1 run, full and swerving away outside off, Strano eyes up the leg side, swipes....and the ball settles into the gloves of Bhatia. India think they have their woman. Caught behind? Okay, replaces indicate that the ball bounced just in front of the keeper. Gardner is back on strike

Australia need 21 off the last over to pull off a coup

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS-W: 112/8 (21 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.89, RRR: 21.00)

  • Ashleigh Gardner34 (35b)
  • Molly Strano0 (0b)
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-17-0
  • Poonam Yadav4-0-19-4
18.6
0
Sharma to Gardner, no run, skidder outside off, Gardner swishes and misses, No.11 will be on strike for the start of the last over

AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st32AJ HealyBL Mooney
2nd23AJ HealyMM Lanning
3rd12RL HaynesAJ Healy
4th9RL HaynesA Gardner
5th0EA PerryA Gardner
6th6JL JonassenA Gardner
7th19A GardnerA Sutherland
8th7DM KimminceA Gardner
9th5M StranoA Gardner
10th2M StranoM Schutt