Finishes the game by slaying it over mid-off. Danced down the pitch and lifted it on the up, a indicative of how comprehensive the chase was.
IND Women vs AUS Women, 1st ODI at Mumbai, IND v AUS (W), Dec 28 2023 - Match Result
AUS Women won by 6 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
There's the Australia we know. They stood tall against a confident Indian team and take a 1-0 lead after a tough loss in the Test. The teams meet again in a couple of days again: same time, same place. See you then. For now, it's goodbye from me, Ekanth, my report-writing co-commentator, Srinidhi Ramanujam, and our scorers, Harshith Gowda and Binoy George.
Phoebe Litchfield, POTM: This award was special, all three I have in ODIs are pretty special. Early on, Pez played her own game, struck down the wicket really well. I was slow but that's partnership batting going with the ebbs and flows. When we brought up our fifties, that was our best. Pitch played well to be fair. Didn't spin as much as I thought. I need to work the game a bit better: scoring off more balls, take on the game a bit more and not getting out on 80 laughs
Alyssa Healy, Australia captain: Sometimes you just gotta get out the way and let the good players do their thing. laughs Dew came in late in the game but I thought we could've been tighter in the last ten while bowling. Batting approach was sensational, that was the blueprint we want to put out there. Our batters play down the ground really well, helps when the ball is skidding on a little bit. Girls bounced back and showed how we wanted to play.
Harmanpreet Kaur, India captain: We managed to get a defendable total. Bowlers did their job but fielding didn't work well. After a while dew was there, but bowlers did well to keep stumps in play. But I was unhappy with our fielding, Australia were amazing saving runs. Pooja was great. We need to back ourselves and play aggressive cricket.
Ellyse Perry: Awesome fun to bat out with Phoebe. We talked about putting up a big partnership after not doing it in the Test. Nice to see the girls finish the way they did. Conditions were nice today, game's come along a long way. We've been pushed by India, so we gotta raise the bar. I thought 280 was around, had a good effort in the field and bowled well for a large part. With the lights coming on and ball coming on, the bowlers had a low margin for error with the field restrictions. We started positively and capitalised. We never let the grip loose which was pleasing. We had Christmas which was a lot of fun and a couple of days off, different for some of us. Cool to have a big contingent of 50-odd people, which was a nice, new experience. Switch between formats was nice too. Our energy in the field matched with the bowling.
sanket : "The way Aus women has chased down such a huge target without much of fus will pose some serious questions in Indian dug out. Indian women batted brilliantly with their different approach of playing aggresive cricket but even that didn't helped them to challenge this formidable Aus unit. It will be interesting to se how Harmanpreet and co can come out of this loss"
8:39pm A clinic from Ellyse Perry with Phoebe Litchfield allowed the visitors to clinch it without breaking a sweat. Perry was deliberate in her strokeplay and intent to go for boundaries when the ball was in her zone. For a while, the whole pitch seemed like her zone. It allowed Litchfield, who was slow at the start, to pick up pace. She broke free with three fours in the 17th over and the duo kept scuttling thereafter. Both of them finished with 70s and India might've seen an opening but Tahlia McGrath ensured that didn't happen with a seamless, free-flowing 68*, with able support from Mooney. India's spinners couldn't hit their straps and the fielding was a letdown. Vastrakar shone with an accurate spell but it came very late in the piece.
Starts to dance down but gets a full toss on off, driven to cover
Clips the length ball on the pads to fine leg
Final over of the game?
Makes room and gets a yorker on leg. Tries to scythe it but plinks it off the inside edge into the ground and then behind. Gardner rejects the call for a single
Yorker on off, jammed to point
Very full on middle and off, driven to mid-off
Helps the length ball on the pad to deep fine leg
Makes room and tries to clobber it across the line but inside edges the length ball following her. It deflects off the pad to the off side
Smacked off a length. It's picked up from fifth, back knee bends and the hands follow through, it races through cover point. Just five needed now
Meanwhile, South Africa have pumped India in the men's Test at Centurion by an innings and 32 runs
Full around off, driven to long-off
Length ball angling away into the stumps line. Looked to have beaten the attempted defence
Jams the yorker on middle and it's smothered inside the crease. It rotates on a spot but doesn't roll back
Length on fifth, McGrath waits for it to angle away and crashes it off the back foot through cover point
Dances down and check-drives the full ball to long-on
Full at the stumps, stays leg side and drives to long-off
Around
Beaten on the square drive. Wide on a length, Gardner went with for the shot with a full follow-through and almost nicked it
Back of length over middle and leg, punched off the back foot to midwicket
Length on off, crunches it to deep cover
Length on top of the stumps, helped around to the corner
Length at the stumps, blocked in front
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Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | India Women, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Australia Women led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | WODI no. 1357 |
Hours of play (local time) | 13.30 start, First Session 13.30-16.40, Interval 16.40-17.10, Second Session 17.10-20.20 |
Match days | 28 December 2023 - daynight (50-over match) |
WODI debut | |
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