Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    28.6 Vastrakar gets a wicket just before the lunch! Clever, this is from the bowler. She bowls another short pitched delivery outside off, Mooney looks to cut on the backfoot but she could get only her glove on it. Rana at first slip goes down on one knee and collects the ball. Harmanpreet is pumped after the dismissal 103/4
    0.6 Litchfield has been run out for a diamond duck. Huge miscommunication, and Litchfield is a goner. On a length just outside off, she taps it to point and sets off. Litchfield runs but then stops and looks at the fielder. Mooney, meanwhile is at a point of no return. The youngster Litchfield commits and is run out with Rodrigues lobbing a simple throw to the keeper. 2/1
    1.4 TIMBER! What a jaffa this is from Vastrakar, who is making deliveries like these a habit. Length ball that jags back in sharply. Perry has left a huge gap between bat and pad and the ball makes its way through to castle off and middle stump. India could not have asked for a better start. 7/2
    21.6 Rana breaks the stand! It's the big wicket of McGrath. It's a full ball on off stump, she looks to flick this away towards midwicket but doesn't get the timing right. Gayakwad jumps at the right time to collect the ball head high to dismiss the Australian vice-captain 87/3
    45.1 Cleans her up! The sweep brings about the downfall of Healy. Tossed up on off stump, she lines up the sweep, misses and the ball clatters into the stumps. Needless shot from the captain and Australia are pushed back once more. 143/5
    50.6 Vastrakar gets her third! Length ball from outside off, nips back in sharply as Sutherland looks to defend and misses. It's the low bounce that has troubled Australia again. It looks plumb and the umpire raises the finger. Once again, the bowling change has worked for India 159/6
    52.1 Gardner gone! That's a big nick from the allrounder. Vastrkar bowls a length ball outside off, the seam wobbles in the air, Gardner looks to push this towards off side and gets a thick outside edge to the keeper, who leans to her right to collect the ball 160/7
    70.4 Appeal for lbw as Jonassen misses a reverse. The umpire stays unmoved, again. Must say this really looks close if there is no bat on it. Was looped fuller on middle and leg stump. She goes for the reverse, gets no bat on it and is struck right in front. The tracker confirms the ball would have gone on to smack middle stump. Excellent review from the Indians and now they are just one wicket away. 198/9
    55.1 Full length delivery just outside off, King looks to defend and there is a big shout for caught behind. Umpire says not out. India want to review this decision. UltraEdge confirms there is bat involved. Rana removes King to pick up her second. Excellent from India to review this 168/8
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    79
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    39.43
    77.4 It's all over for Australia! Rana bowls one full outside off, Cheatle comes down the track to go big but didn't time it well and ends up holing out to Mandhana, who ran backward from mid-off to complete the catch 219/10
    Extras
    2 (lb 1, nb 1)
    TOTAL
    219 all out (77.4 Overs, RR: 2.81)
    Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Phoebe Litchfield, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Ellyse Perry, 1.4 ov), 3-87 (Tahlia McGrath, 21.6 ov), 4-103 (Beth Mooney, 28.6 ov), 5-143 (Alyssa Healy, 45.1 ov), 6-159 (Annabel Sutherland, 50.6 ov), 7-160 (Ashleigh Gardner, 52.1 ov), 8-168 (Alana King, 55.1 ov), 9-198 (Jess Jonassen, 70.4 ov), 10-219 (Lauren Cheatle, 77.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Renuka Singh703505.0000
    P Vastrakar1625343.3101
    S Rana22.445632.4700
    RS Gayakwad1342902.2300
    DB Sharma1934522.3600
  • BATSMEN
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    16.4 Jonassen breaks the opening stand in her fourth delivery! Length ball on the stumps, Shafali looks to defend but misses and the ball sneaks in and hits her back pad. Shafali has a word with Mandhana but they decide not to review this. Looked plumb 90/1
    38.4 Mix-up, mix-up. Has Mandhana made it back? Oh, is her bat on the line there? Yes, it is. Heartbreak for Mandhana as she is run out for 74. Tossed up outside off, she dances down the track and skews it off the outside part of her bat to backward point. Ghosh calls her through for a single. Some confusion and a good throw comes in with Gardner whipping off the bails in a flash at the non-striker's end. Mandhana's bat was right on the line. She could have been quicker, to be honest. Didn't stretch enough at the end as well. 147/3
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    34.5 Gardner breaks the stand! Full length on off stump, much flatter, Rana comes forward to defend but she plays the wrong line. Ball goes straight past the bat and hits the middle stump. Excellent from Gardner to just keep bowling tight lines 140/2
    69.5 The short ball does Ghosh in. Banged in short on middle and leg, she eyes the pull, but does not connect cleanly. Deep backward square leg gets around and completes a simple catch. Ends a quite stunning innings from Ghosh on debut. The 113-run stand comes to a close. 260/4
    78.4 Oh, that's a super catch at extra cover. Gardner has another one and India have lost their seventh. Floated nicely well outside off. Rodrigues drives, can't keep it down or find the gap and Sutherland takes a sharp catch, reverse-cupped. 274/7
    70.2 Keeps very low and strikes Harmanpreet's pads. The umpire's finger is up in a flash. Going down leg? Mighty close on first viewing. It was a length ball that just didn't rise up. Harmanpreet looks to defend, but the ball sneaks below her bat and raps her on the pad. No bat, and tracker has the ball clipping the outer part of leg stump. Two wickets in quick time for Australia. 261/5
    72.3 Another lbw shout and the umpire's finger is up again. Will Yastika review as well. Yes, she does. This looks mighty, mighty close. Gardner tosses the ball up around middle and off inviting a sweep from Yastika. She misses and is caught in front of the stumps. Tracker confirms the ball would have crashed into off stump. 265/6
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    125.5 Cleans her up and that wicket-to-wicket line works for Garth. Fuller-length ball homing in on off and middle, Deepti looks to work it across the line, probably searching for that single. The ball sneaks between bat and pad and the stumps take a beating. 402/9
    122.6 The short ball plan works and Vastrakar vigil ends on 47. Banged in short around off stump, Vastrakar gets a good chunk on the pull but she hits it straight to square leg, who was halfway from the boundary rope. 396/8
    126.3 That's that. The short ball does the trick once more for Sutherland. Banged in halfway down, Renuka backs away, trying to take evasive action but just hangs her bat out. The ball catches her splice and spoons straight up for Gardner to take a simple catch at gully. 406/10
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    Extras
    24 (b 15, lb 5, nb 4)
    TOTAL
    406 all out (126.3 Overs, RR: 3.2)
    Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Shafali Verma, 16.4 ov), 2-140 (Sneh Rana, 34.5 ov), 3-147 (Smriti Mandhana, 38.4 ov), 4-260 (Richa Ghosh, 69.5 ov), 5-261 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 70.2 ov), 6-265 (Yastika Bhatia, 72.3 ov), 7-274 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 78.4 ov), 8-396 (Pooja Vastrakar, 122.6 ov), 9-402 (Deepti Sharma, 125.5 ov), 10-406 (Renuka Singh, 126.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    L Cheatle932302.5500
    KJ Garth1425824.1400
    EA Perry403107.7502
    A Gardner41710042.4300
    JL Jonassen1844212.3300
    A Sutherland11.324123.5602
    AM King1916903.6300
    TM McGrath1022202.2000
  • BATSMEN
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    11.5 What's happening here!? Excellent match-awareness and great throw from Ghosh. Full ball defended to silly point. Ghosh takes no time to hit this to stumps when Mooney was just out of crease. First breakthrough for India! Mooney looks so casual while getting out of crease but was late to get back 49/1
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    13.5 Why would you do that, Litchfield!? She was batting well but completely missed the line here. Too full and just outside off, she looks to reverse sweep this but fails and is bowled. Could have just driven to cover, this felt unnecessary. Australia two down 56/2
    42.4 Perry perishes! Important wicket for India. Just a little nick down the leg side. It's a full ball on the stumps, spinning away from the batter, she goes deep in crease and gets a tiny bit of bat in it while looking to flick this to leg side. Yastika Bhatia is quick to move towards her left to complete the catch. Rana appeals and the finger goes up. 84-run partnership has been broken 140/3
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    71.5 Harmanpreet gets the wicket now, off her first over! Tossed up outside off, McGrath leans forward to defend, gets an inside edge onto the pad and then to the stumps. Just a tiny gap between pad and bat, but it's enough for the ball to sneak through to disturb the leg stump. 66-run stand broken! A big wicket for India and Harmanpreet wheels off in celebration 206/4
    79.4 Is this going to be her second wicket! Length ball on the stumps, spins back a bit, Healy looks to sweep but misses, gets hit on the front pad. Umpire raises his finger immediately. Australia review this. There is a clear gap between bat and ball. Three reds light up! India captain removes Australia captain 221/5
    100.2 Another review from India for caught behind. Tossed up outside leg, goes for a sweep, Yastika collects the ball head high. Did she get a bit of bat/glove on it? Harmanpreet takes a bit of time but decides to review. Replays confirm that the ball touched Sutherland's glove. Massive for India. Australia seven down 251/7
    91.4 Yorker length on the stumps, big shout for lbw as the ball lands on the batter's toe. Did Gardner get a bit of bat on it? India take the review. UltraEdge confirms there is no bat involved. Ball is crashing onto the leg stump. Excellent review from India, Vastrakar gets her first! 233/6
    105.4 THROUGH THE GATE! Australia have been bowled out for 261 and India need 75 to make history. Another jaffa from Gayakwad. She tosses the ball up outside off and gets it deviate into the batter sharply. She goes for an expansive drive, misses and sees her stumps in a mess 261/10
    100.3 RANA! Two in two for the bowler. It's all turning India's way all of a sudden. Tossed up outside off, King jabs her bat on the ground gently, but the gap between bat and pad allows the ball to roll back onto the stumps. wow! 251/8
    103.3 WHAT A BALL! That pitched just on middle on a length, and spun sharply past Garth's outside edge to take off pole. Gayakwad gets her first wicket of the match and it's a stunner. Australia nine down. 260/9
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    Extras
    13 (b 10, lb 3)
    TOTAL
    261 all out (105.4 Overs, RR: 2.47)
    Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Beth Mooney, 11.5 ov), 2-56 (Phoebe Litchfield, 13.5 ov), 3-140 (Ellyse Perry, 42.4 ov), 4-206 (Tahlia McGrath, 71.5 ov), 5-221 (Alyssa Healy, 79.4 ov), 6-233 (Ashleigh Gardner, 91.4 ov), 7-251 (Annabel Sutherland, 100.2 ov), 8-251 (Alana King, 100.3 ov), 9-260 (Kim Garth, 103.3 ov), 10-261 (Jess Jonassen, 105.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Renuka Singh1143202.9000
    P Vastrakar1114013.6300
    S Rana2256342.8600
    DB Sharma2273501.5900
    RS Gayakwad28.4114221.4600
    JI Rodrigues201306.5000
    H Kaur902322.5500

Match Details

Toss

Australia Women , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India Women won the one-off match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

9.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30

Match days

21,22,23,24 December 2023 (4-day match)

Women's Test debut

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Close of Play

  • Thu, 21 Dec - day 1 - India Women 1st innings 98/1 (S Mandhana 43*, S Rana 4*, 19 ov)
  • Fri, 22 Dec - day 2 - India Women 1st innings 376/7 (DB Sharma 70*, P Vastrakar 33*, 119 ov)
  • Sat, 23 Dec - day 3 - Australia Women 2nd innings 233/5 (A Sutherland 12*, A Gardner 7*, 90 ov)
  • Sun, 24 Dec - day 4 - India Women 2nd innings 75/2 (18.4 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

IND Women 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4S MandhanaShafali Verma
2nd51S MandhanaRM Ghosh
3rd20S MandhanaJI Rodrigues