Mooney, bowlers power Australia to six-wicket win
Australia dominated again, thanks to Beth Mooney's 45, two wickets each from Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner, and India's inability to prop up Smriti Mandhana's third successive half-century
22/03Result
1st match, India Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series at Mumbai, Mar 22 2018
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![India Women]( "India Women")
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![Australia Women]( "Australia Women")
156/4 (18.1/20 ov)
Player of the Match
22/03Result
1st match, India Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series at Mumbai, Mar 22 2018
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![India Women]( "India Women")
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![Australia Women]( "Australia Women")
156/4 (18.1/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Australia Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
22 March 2018 (20-over match)
Women T20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia Women 2, India Women 0
Scorecard Summary
INDIA WOMEN 152/5 (20 OVERS)
- Anuja Patil35 (21)
- Smriti Mandhana67 (41)
- Ellyse Perry2/31 (4)
- Ashleigh Gardner2/22 (4)
AUSTRALIA WOMEN 156/4 (18.1 OVERS)
- Elyse Villani39 (33)
- Beth Mooney45 (32)
- Jhulan Goswami3/30 (4)
- Poonam Yadav1/22 (4)
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Australia were clinical in their chase. It was their bowling that won them the match as Smriti said the pitch was a road and the captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, says they were 30 runs short.
18.1
4
Dhar to Lanning, FOUR, steers it to short third-man where a misfield allows them a boundary
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs | AUS-W: 152/4 (1 run required from 12 balls, RR: 8.44, RRR: 0.50)
- Meg Lanning31 (24b)
- Rachael Haynes12 (9b)
- Poonam Yadav4-0-22-1
- Rumeli Dhar2-0-24-0
17.6
1
Poonam Yadav to Lanning, 1 run, turns it to the leg side for a single
17.5
0
Poonam Yadav to Lanning, no run, looks to sweep it and is beaten outside the off stump
17.4
0
Poonam Yadav to Lanning, no run, cuts it to point
17.3
0
Poonam Yadav to Lanning, no run, drives it back to the bowler
17.2
0
Poonam Yadav to Lanning, no run, sweeps it to square-leg
Match Coverage
All Match NewsShould have stayed until the 20th over - Mandhana
Despite top-scoring for India with a 41-ball 67, the opener blamed herself rather than the misfiring middle order for Thursday's defeat to Australia
Mooney, bowlers power Australia to six-wicket win
Australia dominated again, thanks to Beth Mooney's 45, two wickets each from Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner, and India's inability to prop up Smriti Mandhana's third successive half-century
Increased interest around women's cricket has been brilliant - Perry
The Australia allrounder is thrilled at the attention the women's game has been getting over the last couple of years, and is all praise for the atmosphere she has experienced at Indian grounds
