Published: Feb 07, 2016, 07:45 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 08:10 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the third One-Day International (ODI) between India women and Australia women at Canberra. After reining high on success at Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Australia, India Women have lost the One-Day International series against Australia. They have just this final match left to win being played at Hobart. Two matches are already off the hand in this series and this will be must win for India. India squad for ICC World T20 2016 squad has been announced and with a good squad for T20I series Australia they have maintained the same for World Cup as well. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: India Women vs Australia Women, 3rd ODI at Hobart
Live cricket score India women 234/5 | Overs 47 | BATTING: Poonam Raut 24(32), Jhulan Goswami 4(4): India women finally registered a win in the 50-overs format in this tour after losing the first two matches. Indian skipper Mithali Raj led from the front with a captain’s knock of 89 runs off 113 balls. She was well supportd by opening batsman Mandhana who scored a brilliant half-century before getting dismissed.
Live cricket score India women 64/1 | Overs 14 | BATTING: Mithali Raj 10(24), Smriti Mandhana 39(39): Veda Krishnamurthy lasted just 21 balls. She scored 12 runs before becoming Ellyse Perry’s frist victim of the day. Chasing Australia women’s 232, India women have not had a great start. They will depend on their skipper Mithai Raj to stick around for a long time to ensure they cross the line succesfully. OUT! Veda Krishnamurthy b Ellyse Perry 12(21)
Live cricket score Australia women 231/7 | Overs 50 | BATTING: Jess Jonassen 32(44), Rene Farrell 29(23): Jonassen and Farrell remain unbeaten as Australia recover after the quick fall of wickets in the middle of their innings. HAving won the firts two ODIs, the hosts have already sealed the series, while they will look for whitewash the Indians, MIthali Raj’s girls will only play for pride and try and register at least one win in the 50-overs format.
Live cricket score Australia women 205/7 | Overs 47 | BATTING: Jess Jonassen 23(35), Rene Farrell 11(12): Shikha Pandey has once again done well for India women. She has picked three wickets so far in the game, and that had kept the opponents quiet in this match. It was her who brought Alex Blackwell’s innings to an end. Blackwell top-scored for Australia women with 60 runs in 64 balls. The other Australia women who became her victims were Ellyse Perry and Grace Harris.
Live cricket score Australia women 138/2 | Overs 34| BATTING: Ellyse Perry 44 (83), Alex Blackwell 56 (62): Australia seem to be in control at the moment as this partnership between Perry and Blackwell is going great guns. The hosts will want this partnership to carry on and set them up for a huge score.
Live cricket score Australia women 86/2 | Overs 25| BATTING: Ellyse Perry 20 (57), Alex Blackwell 28 (34): Australia have managed to accelerate a bit since the loss of the previous wicket. India will not want to surrender the advantage after having Australia on the back foot in the game so far.
Live cricket score Australia women 59/2 | Overs 21| BATTING: Ellyse Perry 14 (47), Alex Blackwell 8 (20): India have struck again and and Australia are finding it tough to get some quick runs as well. The pressure is on Australia at the moment and they need to score at a quicker rate of they are to set a competitive total. OUT! Meg Lanning b Gayakwad 27 (41)
Live cricket score Australia women 37/1 | Overs 10| BATTING: Meg Lanning 26 (36), Ellyse Perry 3 (12): India have finally struck and the pressure they built earlier in the innings has finall paid off. It is Jhulan Goswami, who delivers for India once again. OUT! Nicole Bolton c Kaur b Goswami 9 (18)
Live cricket score Australia women 9/0 | Overs 3| BATTING: Meg Lanning 0 (9), Nicole Bolton 9 (9): Australia have made a cautious start. India have however managed to keep things tight, not letting Australia get off the hook. Next 5-10 overs of the match will be crucial.
TOSS: Australia win toss, elect to bat first
Australia women have won the second ODI by six wickets of the three-match series against India women which was played at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. India women captain Mithali Raj won the toss and elected to bat first. India lost their first wicket in the form of Thirush Kamini on the very first ball of the match as Ellyse Perry got Kamini caught by Grace Harris for a duck. India then made a second wicket stand for 150 runs between Smriti Mandhana and Mithali.India faced an unexpected batting collapse as they lost their last five wickets which fell for just 58 runs. Perry took a three-wicket-haul while Megan Schutt scalped two batswomen. Kristen Beans and Rene Farrell also chipped in with a wicket each.
Squads:
Australia Women: Meg Lanning (c), Alex Blackwell, Kristen Beams, Nicole Bolton, Sarah Coyte, Rene Farrell, Holly Ferling, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy (wk), Jess Jonassen, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt
India Women: Mithali Raj (c), Jhulam Goswami, Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Ravi Kalpana (wk), Thirush Kamini, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Niranjana Nagarajan, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Sneh Rana, Poonam Raut, Sushma Verma
LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: India Women vs Australia Women, 3rd ODI at Hobart
