India Women restrict Australia Women at 136 for 5 in 3rd T20I at Sydney

India Women have already bagged the series 2-0 with the win in the second T20I at Melbourne.

A brilliant performance from the India Women bowlers restricted the Australia Women at 136 for 5 in the third Twenty20 International (T20I) at Sydney. India Women have already bagged the series 2-0 with the win in the second T20I at Melbourne and now look to whitewash the hosts, while Australia Women look to win what is still at hand making it their only win in the series. The victory marked India Woman’s first bilateral series win on Australian soil and that way is an important one for the team. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Australia Women vs India Women, 3rd T20I at Sydney

India started off on a positive note as their ace bowler Jhulan Goswami bagged her first wicket off the very first delivery of the innings and Alyssa Healy departed for a golden duck. Australia skipper Meg Lanning then took the crease and settled things down a little with Beth Mooney. The partnership between Mooney and Lanning added 49 runs and remained the highest partnership of the innings. Lanning departed scoring 26 off 25, with the help of a four and a couple of sixes while Mooney scored a run-a-ball 34. Live Cricket Update, India Women vs Australia Women 2015-16, 3rd T20I at Sydney

Australia Women then lost a few wickets back to back. A brilliant direct hit helped the Indians to run out Grace Harris following a classic six while Jess Jonassen made 6 off 11. The most important innings was played by Ellyse Perry. Perry stayed there at the crease amidst random fall of wickets at the other end as she went on to score 55 off 41. She hit 4 fours and three huge sixes in the process and remained unbeaten to take the score to 136 with the loss of 5 wickets in their 20 overs.

For India, Rajeshwari Gayakwad took two wickets while Jhulan Goswami and Deepti Sharma both took a wicket each.

Brief scores:

Australia Women 136 for 5 in overs 20 ( Ellyse Perry 55, Beth Mooney 34; Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2 for 36) vs India Women

(Paulami Chakraborty, a singer, dancer, artist, and photographer, loves the madness of cricket and writes about the game. She can be followed on Twitter at @Polotwitts)

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