- BATSMENRB4s6sSR5.3 caught at mid on! Sutherland hangs on. A shorter length ball, not dissimilar to the one Mandhana was dropped on in the second over, she tried to pull but miscued hitting it flat to Sutherland on the circle and Sutherland takes the catch well 43/24.1 Given lbw! Looks plumb. No review. Mandhana walks off. This was fired in flat and straight, she tried to sweep, it hit her on the back leg flush infront of off. 41/115.6 Kimmince pins Jemimah, the batter has been given out lbw once again. She challenges the on-field out decision, but this looks a lot closer than the previous one. Full and straight from over the wicket, Jemimah flicks and does not make contact. Rapped on the front pad well below the knee-roll in line with middle. Pretty adjacent, three reds, and off you go Jemimah. So, Australia get the breakthrough 100/46.4 stumped! By accident! Healy gets lucky. This was drifting in, beautifully bowled, Kaur runs down and takes a wild swing, it slides through the gate, misses leg, it hits Healy on the knee and bounces onto the stumps! Healy didn't touch it with her gloves but Kaur is still stumped by a mile! 47/3Extras7 (nb 1, w 6)TOTAL132/4 (20 Overs, RR: 6.6)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Smriti Mandhana, 4.1 ov), 2-43 (Shafali Verma, 5.3 ov), 3-47 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 6.4 ov), 4-100 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 15.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Strano 2 0 15 0 7.50 5 1 1 0 0 EA Perry 3 0 15 1 5.00 12 2 0 2 0 M Schutt 4 0 35 0 8.75 3 4 0 1 0 JL Jonassen 4 0 24 2 6.00 11 2 0 2 1 DM Kimmince 4 0 24 1 6.00 4 0 0 1 0 A Gardner 3 0 19 0 6.33 2 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.5 caught and bowled! Just a 63kph leg break does the trick. This was a better length, Healy came down to it but wasn't to the pitch, tried to work to long on, closed the face, got a leading edge and it floated back to Yadav! 67/35.4 caught at backward point! Mooney feeling the pressure a touch. It was a back of a length ball, she moved towards the bowler and backs away but just slices a cut shot straight to backward point. Easy catch for Gayakwad 32/18.3 Caught behind! Beautifully bowled! Tossed up, she skipped down but didn't get to the pitch, she drives on the up, gets a thin edge and Bhatia takes a nice catch! She could have taken the bails off to stump her but was confident the umpire would give the catch 55/211.3 Poonam strikes another blow! Lobs up a wrong'un, it lures the batter out and goes past the outside edge. Delightful flight and India are back in this. Bhatia continues her fine shift behind the stumps 76/419.2 full-toss on off, not above the waistline, surprises Gardner, she splices it high into the air. Pandey runs in from her followthrough and grabs the return catch 113/911.4 Poonam is on a roll, she sends back Perry for a golden duck. She lobs up another wrong'un, Perry dares to step out. She is done in by the variation. Poonam sneaks through the gate and hits leg stump. What a double-strike from Poonam 76/513.5 58kph, tossed up on middle and breaks away sharply, yet another wrong'un. She finds the edge again. Top work from Bhatia this time, after denying Poonam the hat-trick in her previous over. She snaffles it and sends Jonassen back. She dared to sweep against the break and paid the price 82/616.3 Excellent work from Bhatia behind the stumps once again. Reddy gives her a big hug. Sutherland shimmies out, this is full and wide of off, the ball is away from her reach. But, it is within Bhatia's grasp. She stretches out, collects the ball coolly, and whips the bails off like a boss. Made that look ridiculously easy 101/718.4 down the track and muscled to deep midwicket. Gardner chances a second, Jemimah swoops down on the ball from the outfield and throws it flat and hard to Sharma, who tips the bails off at the non-striker's end to catch Kimmince short 108/819.5 pretty full on middle, opens the face and drives to deep cover. There's a mix-up between the wickets and that is that. Jemimah swoops down on the ball and catches Strano short 115/10Extras2 (lb 1, nb 1)TOTAL115 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 5.79)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Beth Mooney, 5.4 ov), 2-55 (Meg Lanning, 8.3 ov), 3-67 (Alyssa Healy, 9.5 ov), 4-76 (Rachael Haynes, 11.3 ov), 5-76 (Ellyse Perry, 11.4 ov), 6-82 (Jess Jonassen, 13.5 ov), 7-101 (Annabel Sutherland, 16.3 ov), 8-108 (Delissa Kimmince, 18.4 ov), 9-113 (Ashleigh Gardner, 19.2 ov), 10-115 (Molly Strano, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DB Sharma 4 0 17 0 4.25 12 1 0 0 0 RS Gayakwad 4 0 31 1 7.75 7 2 1 0 0 S Pandey 3.5 0 14 3 3.65 13 1 0 0 0 A Reddy 4 0 33 0 8.25 4 4 0 0 0 Poonam Yadav 4 0 19 4 4.75 14 1 1 0 1
Match Details
Toss
Australia Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
21 February 2020 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India Women 2, Australia Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 5.1: Review by India Women (Batting), Umpire - JM Williams, Batsman - JI Rodrigues (Upheld)
- India Women: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (JI Rodrigues 22, DB Sharma 25, Ex 3)
- India Women: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 6
- Over 15.6: Review by India Women (Batting), Umpire - JM Williams, Batsman - JI Rodrigues (Struck down)
- Innings Break: India Women - 132/4 in 20.0 overs (DB Sharma 49, V Krishnamurthy 9)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 2.2: Review by India Women (Bowling), Umpire - JM Williams, Batsman - BL Mooney (Struck down)
- Australia Women: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 1
- AJ Healy: 50 off 34 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia Women: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 1
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