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IND W vs AUS W: The Australian women’s cricket team won the first of their three-match ODI against India in Perth by five wickets. The second ODI would be played on December 8 at Alan Border Field. The third match is set for WACA on December 11.
India lost to Australia by five wickets with 202 balls to spare in the first Women’s ODI on Friday due to the poor performance of the batsmen. India lost the toss and then bat first and got all out for 100 runs in 34.2 overs while Australia scored 102 for the loss of five wickets in 16.2 overs and took an early lead in the three-match series.
While chasing the small target, Australia also faltered for a while in the middle, when fast bowler Renuka Singh (three wickets for 45 runs) took two wickets in one over. Apart from this, Australia did not face any problems in achieving the target.
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Opener Georgia Voll (46 not out off 42 balls), playing her first ODI, batted so easily that Australia ensured an easy win. During her innings, she also hit a spectacular six in the cow corner area off Renuka Singh. Her opening partner Phoebe Litchfield (35 off 29 balls) batted aggressively. Both of them gave Australia a good start by adding 48 runs for the first wicket.
Megan Shutt laid the foundation for victory in IND W vs AUS W 1st ODI
Fast bowler Megan Shutt laid the foundation for Australia’s big win in IND W vs AUS W 1st ODI. She gave away 19 runs without taking a wicket as she played a key role in bundling out the Indian team cheaply. Jemima Rodrigues, who was batting at number five for India, scored 23 runs from 42 balls.
The Indian team, which won the toss and came out to bat first, did not have a good start and lost the wickets of the openers in the first seven overs. Priya Punia (03), playing in place of Shafali Verma, who was dropped from the team, could not make her comeback memorable.
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Indian batsmen fail miserably
Seasoned opener Smriti Mandhana (08) was dismissed behind the wicket by an outswinger from Schutt. Punia got caught behind at backward point by Schutt on the ball when she tried for the big shot. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (17) was sent to the pavilion by fast bowler Annabel Sutherland.
Rodrigues looked comfortable in the middle until Kim Grath bowled her while trying to hit the ball to third man. India’s score was 62 runs for three wickets at one time but after that, its innings fell apart like a pack of cards.
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