Current Match Report – India (W) vs AUS WMN third T20I 2023/24
Australia 149 for 3 (Healy 55, Mooney 52*, Vastrakar 2-26) beat India 147 for six (Ghosh 34, Sutherland 2-12, Wareham 2-24) by seven wickets
Alyssa Healy hammered a 38-ball 55 in her one hundred and fiftieth T20I look to seal Australia’s come-from-behind 2-1 sequence win towards India. Her preliminary assault put Australia effectively forward on the ten-over mark, whereas fellow opener Beth Mooney hit her first fifty of the tour to complete the job. Australia chased 148 with seven wickets and eight balls to spare, thus finishing the white-ball double on this tour after dropping the one-off Take a look at.India’s 147 for six was the best first-innings whole of the three-match T20I sequence, however with the dew issue seemingly important within the second innings, they wanted extra runs. Shafali Verma’s 26 off 17 balls on the high and Richa Ghosh’s 34 off 28 on the loss of life offered the batting increase. Nevertheless, figures of two for 12 from Annabel Sutherland and a pair of from 24 from Georgia Wareham of their quotas of 4 overs apiece proved to be extremely influential ultimately.
India slide from 60 for 1 to 66 for 4
Shafali had given India a robust begin after they have been put in by Australia, displaying intent proper from the primary over when she flicked Megan Schutt for 4. Kim Garth then bowled three full-length balls to her within the fourth over and Shafali deposited all of them for boundaries too. Shafali added a sixth 4 to her tally by sending Schutt again over her head within the subsequent over however was out the next ball, caught behind whereas chasing an outswinger.
Shafali’s early hits allowed Smriti Mandhana the margin to start out gradual – she scored solely 8 off her first 11 deliveries – however she took on the aggressor’s position after her companion’s dismissal. She hammered Ashleigh Gardner for six and 4 to shut out the powerplay on 51 for 1.That may develop into 60 for 1, however then India’s three senior batters fell in fast succession. Jemimah Rodrigues selected to drag Sutherland within the eighth over and was caught within the deep for two. Mandhana then took the gamble of slog-sweeping Wareham regardless of two outfielders on the leg aspect, and was gone for 29. Harmanpreet Kaur’s poor run with the bat continued when, on 3, she chopped on whereas driving at Sutherland’s well-disguised slower ball.
Ghosh leads lower-order fightback
Wareham and Sutherland then squeezed India, with Deepti Sharma and Ghosh trying to lead a rebuild from 66 for 4 in ten overs. Counting on the occasional boundary and fast operating, the pair added 33 in 4.5 overs. They have been separated when Deepti seemed to hit Wareham for a six over long-on solely to seek out the fielder.
That, although, didn’t gradual Ghosh down. She clubbed Schutt for six and 4 within the sixteenth over and hit an enormous six off Wareham within the seventeenth that broken the ball past use. It was finally Gardner who, within the remaining over, dismissed Ghosh for 34 off 28 balls. By then, India have been on track for his or her highest whole of the sequence and Pooja Vastrakar’s last-ball six gave them 147 to defend to shut out their first T20I sequence victory over Australia since 2016.
Mooney anchors, Healy assaults
The inspiration stone for India’s win within the opening match of the sequence was early wickets however they did not come on this event. Healy shortly modified gears after a watchful begin to pummel Titas Sadhu within the fourth over for 3 fours in three authorized balls. She topped that up by smacking Renuka Singh for six, 4 and 4 within the fifth over and by the top of the powerplay Australia have been 54 for no loss.
Harmanpreet then went to Vastrakar for a breakthrough and appeared to get it straightaway when Healy smacked a full ball to Rodrigues at level. However the TV umpire decided there was no conclusive proof to deem {that a} clear catch. Healy carried on and muscled a pull by the leg aspect within the ninth over to succeed in her sixteenth T20I fifty, however she fell not lengthy after – she was out lbw on evaluate whereas trying a reverse sweep off Deepti.
Tahlia McGrath did not let Australia’s momentum flag, hitting 4 fours in her first ten balls. Though Vastrakar despatched McGrath and Ellyse Perry again off successive deliveries within the sixteenth over, the presence of the set Mooney at one finish at all times saved Australia forward. Within the firm of Phoebe Litchfield, who stayed unbeaten on 17, Mooney drilled two back-to-back fours within the nineteenth over to succeed in her half-century and seal the sport. India final gained a T20I-series decider in 2011, and the wait continues.
