Latest Match Report – India (W) vs AUS WMN Solely Check 2023/24
India Ladies 376 for 7 (Mandhana 74, Rodrigues 73, Deepti 70*, Ghosh 52, Gardner 4-100) lead Australia Ladies 219 by 157 runs
India overcame eight bowlers and batted 100 overs on an enthralling second day to steer Australia by 157 runs within the one-off Check in Mumbai. Decided fifties from Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, debutant Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma took the hosts to a mammoth 376 for 7, from the in a single day rating of 98 for 1, placing India in a commanding place.Offspinner Ashleigh Gardner’s accuracy and relentless bowling earned her 4 wickets on a floor that saved low and turned because the ball turned previous however in any other case, Australia toiled for wickets.
Regardless of the shortage of expertise in enjoying Check cricket, Indian batters confirmed nice method and temperament constructed on stable defence. The hosts did endure a mini-collapse within the second session, nevertheless, they recovered properly within the remaining session to increase the lead.
An unbroken partnership of 102 for the eighth wicket between Deepti and Pooja Vastrakar steered that it was a matter of hanging on for the batters to thrive and rating runs in tangible phrases.
Mandhana, who was unbeaten on 43 on the primary day, took her time to seek out boundaries within the morning and appeared optimistic to transform her fifty to a giant rating. With the nightwatch Sneh Rana, she stitched 50 runs for the second wicket. Rana contributed 9 off 47 deliveries to frustrate the bowlers. Australia had their first breakthrough when Gardner cleaned Rana up after she missed a sweep, enjoying for the flip. 4 overs later, a mix-up between Ghosh and Mandhana ended within the latter throwing her wicket away for 74. Her 106-ball knock consisted of 12 fours.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh added 113 runs for the fourth wicket•BCCI
As soon as Mandhana departed, India had two essential and large partnerships, one within the center order and one decrease down. Ghosh, who has been seen as a T20 specialist and is but to turn into an everyday in ODIs, made a mark by notching up a well-made 52 off 104 deliveries. She appeared unhurried, placing the unfastened deliveries away and defending the great balls with confidence. She was additionally helped by Ellyse Perry’s drop at mid-off on 14. However after that, Ghosh appeared set for her maiden fifty.
She turned one of many six gamers to have scored a fifty on debut since 2021.
On the opposite finish was Rodrigues, enjoying her second Check and benefiting from the chance in whites. Having are available at 147 for 3, she accounted for 73 runs, hitting 9 boundaries in her 121-ball keep.
The 2 younger batters performed 187 deliveries to placed on 113 runs that blunted Australia.
Alyssa Healy, on her first tour as full-time Australia captain, tried nearly all of the bowlers in the hunt for a wicket – left-arm spin, offspin, legspin, left-arm tempo, right-arm tempo – however no different bowler bowled such tight strains and troubled the batters like Gardner.
Such was her consistency that Healy extracted 36 of the 100 overs that Australia bowled on Friday from her. Having bowled 41 overs total, Gardner appeared most threatening within the Australian assault to take a wicket each time she got here in to bowl.
Deepti Sharma was stable after India had misplaced some fast wickets•BCCI
Australia although fought again – briefly – with fast wickets when Ghosh fell to right-arm pacer Kim Garth whereas attempting to go massive after fifty. Gardner then added two wickets to her title, trapping Harmanpreet Kaur and Yastika Bhatia lbw earlier than choosing up the large wicket of Rodrigues simply earlier than tea. India misplaced 4 for 14 in 8.5 overs as they slipped to 276 for 7, with a lead of 57 after the second session.
From there on, allrounders Vastrakar and Deepti showcased extraordinary recreation consciousness to pile on extra distress within the remaining session. When the ball was previous and assisted spinners, the duo batted cautiously with persistence aplenty for the primary 20 overs. When the brand new ball was taken and the alternatives arose, they discovered boundaries with good method.
Deepti additionally appeared extra comfy charging down the monitor to spinners when the brand new ball got here into the image. She saved the scorecard ticking to stay unbeaten on 70. This additionally meant she turned the second lady with fifty-plus scores in every of their first 4 Assessments after Australia’s Denise Emerson.
Vastrakar, who performed second fiddle, was principally content material to take singles in her 115-ball knock. The 100-run stand got here up in 232 balls within the penultimate over of the day.
Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo
