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AUS Women vs India (W), 2nd ODI at Mumbai, IND v AUS (W), Dec 30 2023 - Match Result

RESULT
2nd ODI (D/N), Wankhede, December 30, 2023, Australia Women tour of India
(50 ov, T:259) 255/8

AUS Women won by 3 runs

Player Of The Match
23 (29) & 3/47
annabel-sutherland
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Scores: Harshith Gowda | Comms: Ekanth and Himanshu
Scorecard summary
Australia Women 258/8(50 overs)
India Women 255/8(50 overs)
end of over 5012 runs
IND-W: 255/8CRR: 5.10 
Shreyanka Patil5 (2b 1x4)
Deepti Sharma24 (36b 1x4)
Annabel Sutherland 9-0-47-3
Ashleigh Gardner 10-0-46-1

Another series win for Australia. They keep finding people, they keep finding ways to do it. You can read all about it here on ESPNcricinfo. Thanks for joining us. On behalf of my co-commentating report writer, Himanshu Agrawal, and our scorers, Chandan Duorah and Harshith Gowda, I'm Ekanth, quoting Alyssa Healy for the sign-off: "See you in 2024!"

Annabel Sutherland, POTM: It was good fun. It was a team effort in the field. All the way, we held our nerve as much as possible. Phoebe took a couple of screamers and was outstanding. (Favourite wicket) I tried to keep the stumps in play, so the bowled [Amanjot] was great. It was cool to do that at the end. Nice for the skip to have faith in me. I just try to read the game as much as possible. Done a lot of work with the bowling coach. Lot of practice and experience from games at home and around the world helps. I thought it was a tricky wicket to start on. There was spin and it was slower than in the last game. I thought we were under par but Alana was unbelievable and we took momentum off the back of her hits. Phoebe's was a tough innings, she grinded things out which we needed to put up the total.

Alyssa Healy, Australia captain: I need a defib, got very close in the end. Credit to our girls to find ways to win in a tough situation. We felt a bit short with our score. Took some momentum with Alana's hitting. We lost many wickets late but took wickets and defended it. We just hang in there, something about Australian teams. We fight till the last ball. We still believed we can win till the last ball and that's what made us successful. Things didn't go our way. We dropped catches and let ourselves down there but our energy has been unbelievable. People probably forget we've seen a lot of changes in the last 12-18 months, yet we keep producing players who are ready for international cricket. They're learning as they go out there but are still contributing. So, a credit to our domestic system and the team culture.

Harmanpreet Kaur, India captain: We bowled really well. We knew we had to keep looking for wickets. Lots of positives. I know they took the game away. I'm proud of the team, the way we played. We needed a bit more awareness late in the chase. Richa played really well, Jemimah helped her in the middle. We know Australia have a long batting line-up. Stopping them under 300 was a positive. We knew we could've chased it but didn't show enough awareness in the middle overs. Dropped catches are part of the game. We are playing under a lot of heat and back to back, it's part of the game. It's always important how we bounce back. We keep letting the bowlers know they're doing a great job and that we're trying our best to support them.

Mustafa Moudi : "Though India ended up losing the series, they gave a great fight tonight compared to the last match. Hope they prevent the clean sweep next match !!"

Phoebe Litchfield: Was a big challenge, you probably saw me struggling. Credit to their spinners, they bowled well on a challenging pitch. But 250 was par, and I rest easy knowing that. Batting with Perry is a dream. She takes the pressure off me and lets me do my thing. Hope we have many more. You saw Ash's first over, she didn't get much spin, but it started ragging in the 15th on her return. Was easier at the top and the spinners did an awesome job in the middle. [Deepti catch] Felt pretty good. To hold onto that in a pressure situation. Mom probably clapped, laughed, got camera shy laughs reacting to it. We had to hold our chances under pressure at the death. We bowled amazingly, Ash and Sutherland held their nerve.

9:16pm Hugs and cheers among the Australian team. They've pulled off a thriller in the post-Lanning era. It's hard to account for all the dropped chances in the end but India's 7 is definitely above Australia's 4. King's boundaries in the last over of the first innings were huge. The chase started decently for India with Smriti and Yastika. Garth removed Yastika with Healy's help with the DRS. Mandhana was fluent, she tried to take on King first ball but holed out. Then Jemimah joined forces with Ghosh. The latter struggled to get going but got chances and persevered. Jemimah compensated and ensured India kept ticking along. Wareham got Jemimah and Harman.

49.6
4
Sutherland to Patil, FOUR runs

Reverse pulls, beats short third to the right. Goes to the deep-third fence but India fall three agonising runs short! Was a great shot. Shortish ball just outside off, Shreyanka reversed the grip and smacked it along the ground, past the diving fielder

49.5
1
Sutherland to Sharma, 1 run

Mathematically impossible unless there are extras now! Into the pitch outside off, looked like the slower one. Deepti slapped it in the air and top edged just past the ring. Long-on came in and stopped it.

49.4
Sutherland to Sharma, no run

Yorker and all Deepti could do is drill it back to the bowler, 9 off 2 needed! It was just outside off, Deepti stayed leg side and smothered it right into the pitch

49.4
1w
Sutherland to Sharma, 1 wide

Tight wide call, given! Back-of-hand cross seamer

49.3
1
Sutherland to Patil, 1 run

Dropped by McGrath at cover, that's probably the 11th for the day and could've closed out the game! She tried to take it above head, clasped at it and it burst through the hands.

49.2
1
Sutherland to Sharma, 1 run

Deepti plinks the pull and they get only one!. Slow and very short, doesn't rise much though. Deepti went hard at the front-foot pull and got it to square leg

49.1
4
Sutherland to Sharma, FOUR runs

Deepti makes room and thrashes it through extra. It was at the stumps but was too full, Deepti could get underneath and power a drive along the ground

Sutherland has 16 to defend for the win in the final over

end of over 493 runs • 1 wicket
IND-W: 243/8CRR: 4.95 RRR: 16.00 • Need 16 from 6b
Deepti Sharma18 (32b)
Ashleigh Gardner 10-0-46-1
Annabel Sutherland 8-0-35-3
48.6
W
Gardner to Deol, OUT

Harleen dances down and Gardner goes through her! Shortish ball at 87ks, Harleen still couldn't cope with the lack of bounce. She tried to turn it leg side and got nothing on it! Subdued celebration from Gardner, crowd goes quiet

Harleen Deol b Gardner 1 (4b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 25
48.5
1
Gardner to Sharma, 1 run

Makes room and cuts the length ball from around fourth to short third

48.4
Gardner to Sharma, no run

Makes room and slaps it hard but finds cover. Healy asks the fielder to "hold it", and that's what happens

48.3
Gardner to Sharma, no run

Looped up invitingly, beats the big swing. 75ks outside off on a fullish length, swpins away and Deepti can't connect with the slog over long-on

48.2
1
Gardner to Deol, 1 run

Shortish ball at 81ks keeps low. Harleen goes back, gets low and clips it to midwicket

Long-off, long-on, midwicket and forward square back

48.1
1
Gardner to Sharma, 1 run

Shortish ball outside off is belted straight to long-off

India need 19 off 12. King, who was dropped in Australia's innings, got 18 off the final over. Can that be the difference? Gardner to bowl from around

end of over 483 runs • 1 wicket
IND-W: 240/7CRR: 5.00 RRR: 9.50 • Need 19 from 12b
Harleen Deol0 (2b)
Deepti Sharma16 (28b)
Annabel Sutherland 8-0-35-3
Ashleigh Gardner 9-0-43-0
47.6
Sutherland to Deol, no run

Overpitched around off, driven straight to cover

47.5
Sutherland to Deol, no run

Wide on a length, 111ks, Harleen tries to cut it square and misses

Harleen, the concussion sub, comes in at No. 9/ Probably lower than expected but at a crunch situation.

47.4
W
Sutherland to Vastrakar, OUT

Pulled hard but can't clear deep midwicket. Slower one does the trick for Sutherland, back of hand into the pitch. It's cranked from outside off but the top edge finishes a few feet inside the ring. Gardner takes it above head.

Pooja Vastrakar c Gardner b Sutherland 8 (8b 1x4 0x6 12m) SR: 100
47.3
1
Sutherland to Sharma, 1 run

Can't thread through cover. Low fully outside off, was slapped hard. Litchfield dove to the left and half-stopped it.

47.2
1
Sutherland to Vastrakar, 1 run

Full toss outside off, 111ks, cloths a heave across the line to long-on

47.1
1
Sutherland to Sharma, 1 run

Full on fourth, whipped to midwicket. Sutherland bowling to the field, angling it in, not offering room

Around

end of over 477 runs
IND-W: 237/6CRR: 5.04 RRR: 7.33 • Need 22 from 18b
Pooja Vastrakar7 (6b 1x4)
Deepti Sharma14 (26b)
Ashleigh Gardner 9-0-43-0
Annabel Sutherland 7-0-32-2
46.6
Gardner to Vastrakar, no run

Vastrakar wanted a single and is sent back. Dinked towards cover, fielder swooped in. Good call from Deepti

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
RM Ghosh
96 runs (117)
13 fours0 six
Productive shot
cut shot
19 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
75%
P Litchfield
63 runs (98)
6 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
14 runs
1 four0 six
Control
77%
Best performances - bowlers
DB Sharma
O
10
M
0
R
38
W
5
ECO
3.8
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
A Sutherland
O
9
M
0
R
47
W
3
ECO
5.22
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
TossAustralia Women, elected to bat first
Series
Season2023/24
Player Of The Match
Series resultAustralia Women led the 3-match series 2-0
Match numberWODI no. 1358
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 days30 December 2023 - daynight (50-over match)
IND-W Player Replacement
Concussion sub in out (2nd innings, 47.4 ov)
WODI debut
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Language
English
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