- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.3 that's the first wicket for Australia! Mithali, after playing out a couple of dots, thinks she has to get the big shot in. Gardner bowls one wide, out of the reach of Mithali as she is running down the track. Healy collects it and whips the bails off. There wasn't an effort by Mithali to get back into the crease 72/113.3 fuller ball on the leg stump. Live by the sword, die by the sword; She got so many runs by stepping down the track and clearing the fielders. She trusts herself to clear the fielder again but doesn't get enough bat on it as she had on the previous balls that got her runs. She mistimes it to mid-on where Molineux takes her first catch 99/214.3 short ball outside the off stump. It didn't get as much bounce as Kaur was expecting. She decides to go ahead with the shot anyway as she doesn't get the elevation she was looking for. Molineux takes her second catch is seven balls 100/414.1 short outside the off stump. She is down the track and looks to pull but gets a top edge to fine-leg where Gardner takes the catch comfortably 100/319 slower and fuller ball on the middle stump. Anuja doesn't spot the slower one and holes out to deep midwicket where Molineux, with hands as safe as a bank, takes the catch 141/5Extras2 (b 1, w 1)TOTAL152/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.6)Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Mithali Raj, 9.3 ov), 2-99 (Smriti Mandhana, 13.3 ov), 3-100 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 14.1 ov), 4-100 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 14.3 ov), 5-141 (Anuja Patil, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB M Schutt 4 1 23 0 5.75 0 0 A Gardner 4 1 22 2 5.50 1 0 JL Jonassen 2 0 22 0 11.00 0 0 DM Kimmince 4 0 38 1 9.50 0 0 EA Perry 4 0 31 2 7.75 0 0 S Molineux 2 0 15 0 7.50 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.1 fuller ball on the middle and leg. She comes down the track and looks to go over mid-on. Doesn't get the elevation and Shikha Pandey takes the catch. 108/30.5 what a way to come back after being hit for a boundary. Jhulan also gets the movement that Schutt was getting in the first over of the match. Healy looks to defend and the ball sneaks in the narrow gap between bat and pad. It hits the top of middle. Jhulan thunders a 'come on' as she runs to celebrate with the team 9/12.4 short of a good length delivery on the off stump and coming in. Jhulan Goswami is getting some movement off the pitch. Gardner is looking to get some bat on it and is beaten. The ball hits the top of middle. The memo to Aussies is simple: don't hit boundaries off Jhulan's bowling. 29/213.1 good length ball outside the off stump. She is beaten in judging the pace and chips it back to the bowler. Are India coming back into this ? 112/4Extras6 (lb 4, w 2)TOTAL156/4 (18.1 Overs, RR: 8.58)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Alyssa Healy, 0.5 ov), 2-29 (Ashleigh Gardner, 2.4 ov), 3-108 (Beth Mooney, 12.1 ov), 4-112 (Elyse Villani, 13.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB J Goswami 4 0 30 3 7.50 1 0 S Pandey 2 0 24 0 12.00 0 0 AA Patil 4 0 25 0 6.25 0 0 Poonam Yadav 4 0 22 1 5.50 0 0 R Dhar 2.1 0 28 0 12.92 1 0 H Kaur 1 0 12 0 12.00 0 0 JI Rodrigues 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 0
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
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