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Can India woman stop aussie now? They have won 25 ODI match in a row and if they win today it will be 26th for them.
 
INDW 274/7 (50)
AUSW 267/5 (49.2) CRR: 5.41 REQ: 12
Australia Women need 8 runs in 4 balls
 
Indians fumbling under pressure. No ball.
Australia Women need 7 runs in 4 balls
 
that last over was pure drama. thrilling and funny
 
So close.

Our fielding under pressure is atrocious.

That lbw was out. #drswhere
 
INDW 274/7 (50)
AUSW 275/5 (50)
Australia Women won by 5 wkts

If you get time, do catch up the highlights or the commentary/ Especially for that last over.
 
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2266927

A dramatic end to the second ODI saw Australia clinch a thriller in the second ODI to seal the series and keep their now 26-match win streak intact.

Meg Lanning, who won the toss, put India in to bat first. Both teams made a change each from the previous game – Nicola Carey replaced Rachael Haynes for Australia while Rajeshwari Gayakwad was drafted into Indian XI in place of Sneh Rana.

Openers Smrithi Mandhana and Shafali Verma got India off to a quick start, putting up 68 without losing a wicket in the Powerplay. Left-arm orthodox bowler, Sophie Molineux broke India's first-wicket partnership at 74 runs in the first ball of the 11th over, when Shafali Verma (22) played on to her stumps.

Australia got their second when Mithali Raj (8) was run-out after confusion between the batters who were caught ball-watching.

At the other end, Mandhana, who seemed in great touch from ball one, scored her 19th ODI fifty and was also the top scorer for India. Mandhana took the attack Darcie Brown, who got her in the first ODI, and scored five out of the 11 boundaries against her.

Mandhana (86), who looked set for her fifth ODI hundred, was caught out by Mooney off Tahlia McGrath at point, in a manner similar to which she got out in the first match.

Solid contributions from Richa Ghosh (44) and Deepthi Sharma (23) made sure that India didn't lose momentum. A 53-run partnership between Jhulan Goswami (28*) and Pooja Vastrakar (29) towards the end of the innings saw the visitors post a healthy total of 274/7, which was the highest against Australia in their last 25 ODI matches.

Tahlia McGrath (3/45) was the pick of the bowlers for Australia, snaring the wickets of Mandhana, Sharma and Ghosh. Sophie.

Chasing 275, Australia lost Alyssa Healy for a duck in the third ball of the innings, bowled by Jhulan Goswami. Alyssa was deceived by the veteran seamer's inswinger that went on to hit her stumps.

A splendid running catch from Rajeshwari Gayakwad brought an end to Meg Lanning's innings (6). Meghna Singh, who bagged her first international wicket, was rewarded for some brilliant bowling in her first two overs.

Australia's slipped further when a magnificent direct throw from the young Pooja Vastrakar caught Ellyse Perry (2) short of her crease in the 10th over. The hosts only managed to score 34 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in their first Powerplay, while India scored 68 for no loss in their first 10 overs.

Australia found themselves at 52/4 after Ashleigh Gardner (12) edged the ball straight to Bhatia at slips off Vastrakar's bowling.

Still needing 223 runs at that point, the hosts were a huge spot of bother before Beth Mooney and McGrath got together to pull off the rescue act. Mixing caution with aggression, the two brought up their respective fifties and brought their team back into the game.

The 126-run stand came to an end after McGrath (74) failed to put away a poor short ball on the legs and found Bhatia at short fine. Mooney continued to keep the scoreboard ticking and brought up her second ODI century.

The equation came down to 13 runs off the last over and the veteran Goswami was trusted to defend it. Though she did not concede a boundary, good running between the wickets coupled with a few extras brought it down to three off the last ball.

Goswami bowled a full toss that went straight to the hands of square leg and sparked celebrations from the Indian team. Upon review, the third umpire decided that the ball was above waist height and called it a no-ball. Needing two runs off the last ball, Carey (39*) hit it to long-on and completed a double to keep Australia's win streak alive.

Mooney was awarded the Player of the Match for her unbeaten 126.

The two teams will now clash at the same venue on Sunday, 26 September.
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India Women 69/1 from 14 overs chasing 265 for victory against Australia Women at Mackay.

Ashleigh Gardner top-scored for Australia with 67, and has now snared the wicket of Mandhana with her gentle off-breaks.
 
India Women (266/8) beat Australia Women (264/9) by two wickets in another thrilling encounter at Mackay.

The defeat brings to a close the Australian side's 26 match unbeaten run in one-day international cricket.
 
Best thing to happen to Australia before the World Cup. The streak was adding unnecessary pressure on the players, and now they can play freely.
 
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2270697

India finished the ODI leg of the multi-format series on a high with a brilliant win and ending Australia's unbeaten ODI streak of 26. However, Australia won the ODI series 2-1, with the multi-format series' scoreline reading 4-2.

It was another game in Mackay that went down to the wire but this time India held their nerves as they sealed a thrilling two-wicket win with just three balls to spare. Jhulan Goswami hit the winning runs, lofting it straight for a four.

Chasing a target of 265, India showed poise and power in their response, with the opening pair of Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana putting on 59 for the first wicket. Negotiating the new-ball partnership of Perry and McGrath, Mandhana fell to the off-spin of Gardner for 22 (25), with Annabel Sutherland taking an athletic catch running back from mid-off.

Youngster Yastika Bhatia continued her fine start to international cricket, ticking things along with Verma, bringing up a one-hundred run stand in just 19 overs.

At 160/1 after 29 overs and needing just 105, India looked in prime position, before a double blow swung the pendulum back once again. Verma fell to the aggressive left-arm orthodox of Sophie Molineux for 56, while ‘keeper Richa Ghosh was dismissed an over later, with Sutherland taking her first wicket.

Bhatia continued her press with captain Mithali Raj, with only a piece of inspired fielder ending her stay at the crease. Top-edging a short ball, Bhatia became Stella Campbell's first victim in international cricket, only after a diving catch from substitute fielder Molly Strano.

Sutherland doubled her tally by rattling Vastrakar's (3) stumps, leaving Raj and No.7 Deepti Sharma needing a run a ball from the last ten overs. Sutherland struck once again, in her next over, snaring an important wicket of the India skipper, who was bowled for 16.

Rana got a lifeline when she was dropped by Nicola Carey on 11 on the last ball of the 44th over. The equation came down to India requiring 33 runs from the last five overs, with four wickets in hand.

The luck was on Rana's side as she got another life in the next over. Once again it was Carey, who completed a caught and bowled dismissal, but the delivery was called a no-ball as Carey had overstepped.

McGrath broke the 33-run seventh-wicket stand by snaring Deepti's wicket for 31. Riding on a lucky run, the onus was on Rana to take her side across the line but she eventually became Carey's victim in the penultimate over.

Goswami and Meghna Singh made sure there weren't any more hiccups, as guided India to a memorable win, that will help boost their confidence for next year's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.

Earlier, Meg Lanning won the third consecutive toss for the Australians in the series, electing to bat with the mercury rising into the mid-twenties.

Australia’s opening pair of Rachael Haynes and Alyssa Healy looked to keep the heat on in the middle, racing to 40 inside the first eight overs, only for the pressure to be released through the work of veteran quick Goswami. Forcing a false shot to dismiss Haynes (13), Goswami swung early momentum in India’s favour when she caught the outside edge of Lanning, who was left to walk back without adding to the score.

A slice of fortune brought India’s third wicket with Healy (35) unluckily run out at the non-striker’s end, and Australia’s fourth wicket fell for just 87, with Ellyse Perry handing Pooja Vastrakar the first of three wickets, picking out Deepti Sharma at backward point.

Just as India looked to have the ascendancy, however, Beth Mooney once again stood up. Backing up from her unbeaten hundred in the second ODI, the left-hander combined with Ash Gardner, in a partnership of 98 to steer the hosts back in front.

Gardner (67) and Mooney (52) reached their half-centuries in the same over, though Mooney departed soon after, bowled by Sneh Rana, attempting to sweep. Gardner and Tahlia McGrath (47 off 32) continued the push in a show of Australia’s batting depth, as the hosts belted 79 runs in the final ten overs to post 264/9 from their 50 overs.
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Looking forward to the pink ball test match this Thursday, should be a good competitive match despite the Australians being strong favourites to win.
 
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Looking forward to the pink ball test match this Thursday, should be a good competitive match despite the Australians being strong favourites to win.
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Yep.

Their pacers as a group are notch above ours. And overall better fitness of Aussies will hold them in good stead.
 
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Yep.

Their pacers as a group are notch above ours. And overall better fitness of Aussies will hold them in good stead.
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They have an extra bowler. However I feel that India is a fairly balanced side too. All our batsmen have got good scores so far in the series and are competitive. Will be interesting to see if they can overcome the aussie women in the test and T20's.
 
Some bad news for the Australian women.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/rachael-haynes-ruled-out-injury-australia-india-womens-test-t20-series/2021-09-28

Opener Rachael Haynes has been ruled out of Australia's series against India and will miss the upcoming Test match on the Gold Coast.

Haynes suffered a right hamstring injury during Sunday's third ODI, and was forced to leave the field during Australia's bowling innings.

"Unfortunately her hamstring is no good," coach Matthew Mott said at Metricon Stadium today ahead of the Test beginning Thursday.

"She's devastated – obviously Test matches don't come around too often, she's a key member of our squad so our thoughts are with her at the moment."

In-form batter Beth Mooney is likely to be elevated to open alongside Alyssa Healy, just as she does in the T20Is, and as was the case in last Friday night's second ODI in Mackay when Haynes was out with an elbow injury.

Healy has been named vice-captain in Haynes' absence.

In that second ODI Mooney made a match-winning 125no, while she also opened in the 2017 Ashes Test in Sydney, making 27. In the 2019 Ashes Test in the UK, she made 51 and 25 batting at six and five respectively.

Haynes' absence opens up a spot in the batting order and will likely see the Australians go one of two ways with their team balance.

Either back-up batter Georgia Redmayne, who enjoyed a breakthrough season with the Queensland Fire in the WNCL last summer, will debut as part of the top six, or selectors could opt to add another allrounder into the mix.

The likes of right-arm trio Nicola Carey, Annabel Sutherland and Tahlia McGrath all well placed to push for a spot in the starting XI.

Mott also said he was hopeful leg-spinner Georgia Wareham, who has returned to training after suffering a quad injury in the second ODI, would be declared fit to make her debut after she was narrowly overlooked in Australia's most recent Test, against England in 2019.

"Georgia's ticking all the boxes for her return to play," he said. "She was very sensible around that – she felt something quite early, got treatment and has been doing everything she can to get it right.

"Personally, I really hope she gets through it after missing out in the last Test we played. She's a key member; no matter what the wicket serves up, she's a wicket-taker and she's an incredibly good thing for this team – she leads the way in the field and her batting is evolving all the time.

"So hopefully she gets the opportunity – she's done everything in her powers to be ready."

Haynes is set to stay with the Australia squad for the first day of the Test. The 34-year-old and partner Leah Poulton are expecting the arrival of their first child next month.
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India Women, Australia Women Renew Test Rivalry After 15 Years With Landmark Day-Nighter

The Indian women's cricket team will go through a trial by fire when it make its day-night Test debut against Australia in the one-off match

India Women and Australia Women will face off in an one-off Test match
The two teams are playing a Test match after a gap of 15 yearsThe match, a day-night affair, will be played in Gold Coast

Having gained significantly in confidence with a fighting performance in one-dayers, the Indian women's cricket team would now go through a trial by fire when it make its day-night Test debut against Australia in the one-off game beginning in Gold Coast on Thursday. With the third ODI held on Sunday and the following day being a rest day, the Mithali Raj-led squad has got only two practice sessions in the lead up to the landmark Test. The visitors lost 1-2 in the shorter format series. The squad has very little idea about how the shiny pink ball will behave during the course of the game at the Metricon Stadium.

Australia, who played their lone day-night Test in November 2017, also go into the game with limited practice but their potent pace attack will be looking forward to wreaking havoc at the greenish pitch.

India did well in their first Test outing in seven years, drawing against England in June, but the players and experts believe the skiddy pink-ball will pose a much tougher challenge for the visitors.

India and Australia last played a Test in 2006 with only Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami featuring in that game among the current players on both sides.

"I would call it a trial by fire for the Indians. The players have hardly played with red ball in the last three four years. Day-night Test is a completely different ball game and a much tougher challenge," said former India captain and BCCI Apex Council member Shantha Rangaswamy.

"Though Australia have more Test experience than India of late, their players also haven't played a lot in the whites.

Some of their key players are missing and India showed (in ODIs) that Australia are beatable," she added.

Shantha, who led India to their maiden Test win in 1976, also lauded the BCCI for resuming Test cricket for women and hoped two-day red-ball cricket will be brought back to domestic cricket.

Doubts remain over Harmanpreet Kaur's fitness for the game though she did have a hit in the nets on the eve of the game.

Rookie batter Yastika Bhatia and pacer Meghna Singh, who made impressive debuts in the ODI series, could be handed their maiden Test caps.

Veteran Jhulan Goswami, Meghna and Pooja Vastrakar is the likely pace combination. Spinner Sneh Rana is likely to be the other all-rounder in the side alongside Deepti Sharma.

Wicket-keeper Taniya Bhatia, who was pipped by Richa Ghosh in ODIs, is expected to be back behind the stumps.

Punam Raut, who featured in the England Test and has lost her place in the ODI, is expected to play. Australia, on the other hand, have been dealt a blow ahead of the game with vice-captain Rachael Haynes ruled out due to a hamstring injury.

Skipper Meg Lanning said the team will either pick a fast bowling all-rounder or a specialist batter in her place. Annabel Sutherland, who impressed in the ODIs, is expected to make her debut.

"It will depend a little bit on the wicket. There is a green tinge there, and that potentially brings some of our pace-bowling all-rounders into the frame.

"We just need to decide whether we want to go with the specific batter position or with the all-rounder position so we'll make the call after training today," said Lanning.

Australia will be aiming for a perfect game after India ended their 26-match winning streak in the third ODI. With the pink-ball, their relatively inexperienced pace attack is more than capable of troubling the Indian batters.

Australia squad:Meg Lanning (c), Darcie Brown, Maitlan Brown, Stella Campbell, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Redmayne, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham.

India squad:Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Yastika Bhatia, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh, Ekta Bisht.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/india-women-australia-women-renew-test-rivalry-after-15-years-with-landmark-day-nighter-2557650
 
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2275379

Smriti Mandhana's unbeaten 80 headlined the action on the opening day of the one-off day/night Test against Australia, notwithstanding rain that played spoilsport allowing only 44.1 overs of action. As the stumps were called early on day one, the remaining days of this match will begin 30 minutes earlier and play is now scheduled for a 2:00pm local time start each day.

Earlier, Australia's Meg Lanning opted to bowl and, India openers, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, provided their team with a flying start. The pair dispatched anything bowled short and wide to them while stamping their authority on Australia who looked weary on the field.

The pair stitched an opening stand of 93 runs. Shafali contributed with her 31 although finding luck early with dropped chances. Sophie Molineux prompted Shafali's outside-edge however Lanning at slips couldn't capitalise. Molineux once again enticed a false shot but Annabel Sutherland at mid-on couldn't hold on.

Molineux finally got her due with Shafali's wicket who sliced the ball to mid-off where Tahlia McGrath completed the catch to give Australia the much-needed breakthrough.

Mandhana pounded her third Test fifty in 51 deliveries and remained unweathered to the pink-ball threat.

India went to dinner with the loss of only one wicket and 101 runs on the board in 33 overs. The teams could sneak in only 6.3 overs before lightning halted the play, forcing an early tea to be taken.

After another spell of brief play, the rain started pouring in Carrara that forced day one to be abandoned. Mandhana (80*) will resume the proceedings tomorrow alongside Punam Raut (16*) with India at 132/1 in 44.1 overs.
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Watch: "Unbelievable Scenes" As Punam Raut Walks Despite Being Given Not Out

AUSW vs INDW: Punam Raut's exceptional decision to walk off on Day 2 received widespread praise on social media.

Smriti Mandhana is winning all the plaudits after hitting her maiden Test century -- the first by an Indian woman on Australian soil in the longest format but another Indian woman cricketer is winning hearts for upholding the 'Spirit of Cricket'. On Day 2 of the ongoing Pink Ball Test between India and Australia on Friday, Punam Raut was dismissed caught behind for a well-made 36. The umpire , however, had given Punam not out after an appeal from the Australian players. But the Indian batter just nonchalantly walked off.

Cricket Australia's Twitter handle shared the video of the entire incident:

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While Punam Raut's exceptional decision to walk off received widespread praise, the star of the show for India was Smriti Mandhana.

The stylish opener made history by becoming the first Indian woman to score a Test century in Australia and she did with much aplomb, stroking the Aussie bowlers to all parts of the ground.

The left-hander looked in control for the entirety of her innings, peppering the offside field with some delicious front foot and backfoot drives. Punam Raut played the perfect foil to the elegant Mandhana, blocking everything that came her way.

Mandhana was finally dismissed for a brilliant 127 by Ashleigh Gardner. Raut went soon after but captain Mithali Raj and Yastika Bhatia steadied the ship albeit with luck on their side.

Mithali, in particular, was a little suspect outside the off-stump with Beth Mooney dropping a relatively easy chance to give the Indian a reprieve.

Mithali's luck ran out, quite literally, when she was caught short of her crease by a direct hit from Annabel Sutherland. Ellyse Perry removed Yastika as India lost their 5th wicket before the rain gods came calling again to put a halt to the proceedings.

India were 276 for five when the match was delayed due to rain.
 
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/australia-india-womens-test-pink-ball-day-night-gold-coast-scores-report-highlights-day-three/2021-10-02

Barring a couple of adventurous declarations, India will head into the final stages of this one-off CommBank Test on the Gold Coast as the only side in a position to win the match following a dominant display from the visitors on day three.

On the first full day's play of the match, which began under a bright blue sky and was then played out amid a balmy evening, India dictated terms from go to whoa, first via Deepti Sharma's fine 66 and later through the excellent pace bowling of Jhulan Goswami.

At stumps, Australia had stumbled to 4-143 in reply to India's 8d-377, with Ellyse Perry (27) and Ashleigh Gardner (13) the not out batters.

As impressive as the tourists were, Meg Lanning's side will doubtless have again been disappointed with both their efforts in the field as well as their failure to make inroads with the ball.

Perry might have twice given her side an early wicket when she began brightly: the Australians should have appealed when the pace bowler struck Taniya Bhatia (22) on the toe with a full delivery; and an over later there was an outside edge from Deepti that fell short of wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy.

Deepti had another life an hour into the day when Lanning spilled a hot chance at second slip from Annabel Sutherland, before debutante quick Stella Campbell (2-47) found good pace and bounce to claim her first Test wicket courtesy of an edge behind from Bhatia.

As India maintained a sedate scoring rate, it appeared Australia would have to either bowl them out or wait for a dusk declaration, and when Ashleigh Gardner gave Pooja Vastrakar a life with a dropped return chance, the frustration for the hosts grew.

Beth Mooney finally reversed the fielding trend with an excellent diving catch in the slips to at last account for Vastrakar (13) and give Perry her milestone 300th international wicket, while Campbell snared a second after the ball kept low and Deepti was trapped lbw.

The declaration came soon after, and Australia began their batting innings with the lights powering up and the natural light still quite strong, and perhaps as a consequence, India didn't find the swing they might have hoped for with the new pink ball.

Mooney (4) would have been furious when she was bowled by a straight one from Goswami which she attempted to whip through the leg side, and when Healy was dismissed for 29 after an highly skilful working over by the same bowler, India seemed to sense an opening.

Lanning enjoyed an early life when she lashed at a wider delivery from Vastrakar and was put down by Deepti, and as the Australia skipper played some delightful shots, she looked to be settling in for the long haul.

That notion was rudely interrupted when she was very unfortunate to be given out lbw for 38 from Vastrakar, despite a clear inside edge.

Perry then teamed up with Tahlia McGrath (28) to steady the ship, but there was one more wicket to fall when the latter hammered one straight to a deepish point to give Vastrakar her second wicket.

Together, Gardner and Perry carefully saw out the final 11 overs of the day, but with India on top and more than 100 overs scheduled to be bowled tomorrow, their work is only just beginning.
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INDW 377/8 d
AUSW 230/8 (93) CRR: 2.47
Day 4: 1st Session - Australia Women trail by 147 runs
 
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