Indian Women v Australian Women 2022 5 T20 series (Dec 9- Dec 20)

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Date	Match Details
Fri Dec 9 11:30 local | 00:00 GMT	India Women vs Australia Women, 1st T20 Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
Sun Dec 11 11:30 local | 00:00 GMT	India Women vs Australia Women, 2nd T20 Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
Wed Dec 14 11:30 local | 00:00 GMT	India Women vs Australia Women, 3rd T20 Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai
Sat Dec 17 11:30 local | 00:00 GMT	India Women vs Australia Women, 4th T20 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Tue Dec 20 11:30 local | 00:00 GMT	India Women vs Australia Women, 5th T20 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

All games 9:30PM AWST and just past the midnight hour AEST.

Coverage: Kayo Sports.

Squads

Australia T20I squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland

India T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Harleen Deol.

 

[CURVE]

Kim Garth making her Australian debut tonight. Perry also returns.

 

[CURVE]

Terrible final over from Schutt conceding 18, helping India to a very competitive total of 5/172.

Perry was our best bowler, but only bowled two overs, followed by Sutherland who bowled three.

The Aussie girls needing 8.65 an over to win.

Australia's batting line up is going to be interesting without Lanning and Haynes. I would think McGrath and maybe Sutherland move up a spot or two, or Perry comes in at 4 followed by Gardner, Sutherland and Harris.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Something I thought about during the Strikers v Heat semi final: If you were to construct the quintessential Queensland women's cricketer (big and powerful but also a non-flashy blue collar type), she would surely look and play exactly like Tahlia McGrath.

On the flipside, for the last 40 years there's always been a crafty left-armer in the national team and they were all South Australians (Lyn Fullston, Joanne Broadent, Karen Rolton, Shelley Nitschke) until Jess Jonassen came along.

Well I was thinking about that again today, with the debut of Aussie Kim (who was born on Anzac Day) bringing up questions of identity and so forth. Appropriate then that the run chase be casually controlled by Beth Mooney (a Victorian, now playing her state cricket for WA), who btw probably could've batted with a Ping Pong paddle in the second half of that innings.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Good to see McGrath in the runs. Had a lean BBL with a decent knock late.

 

[BGman]

Good win by the girls in black. Terrific player is Mooney. Will Phoebe Litchfield make her debut next match.

 

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India: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Devika Vaidya, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Anjali Sarvani, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur.

Australia: Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Heather Graham, Annabel Sutherland, Phoebe Litchfield, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt


India won the toss and elected to bowl first.


Australia make 2 changes from Game 1.

Litchfield and Heather Graham handed caps.

 

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9 off Anjali's 1st over

 

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Deepti Sharma gets Healy out in her 1st over in the 2nd match of the T20 series.

 

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Deepti Sharma has to be one of the most unlikable opposition players in the women game at the moment

 

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Australia 46/1 off the Powerplay in Game 2

 

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Australia bring up their 50 in 7.1 overs in the 2nd T20I

 

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100 up in 12.4 overs for the Aussies in Game 2.

 

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15 off the Radha over

 

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First 6 of the innings from Tahila McGrath.


Shot of the day so far.

 

[CURVE]

Have to feel a little sorry for Gardner at the moment, two games in a row she has been padded up but hasn't made it onto the pitch. Yet.

 

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Australia 150 up in 16.3 overs in the 2nd T20I

 

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Highest ever partnership by Australia in this form of the game, home or away between Mooney and McGrath.

 

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India fielding costing them a few runs here tonight.

 

[CURVE]

Highest ever partnership by Australia in this form of the game, home or away between Mooney and McGrath.

At the moment it is only the highest against India, the highest ever is 151, which they could pass this over.

 

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Australia get to 187/1 off their 20 overs in Game 2.

new record for an Australian partnership.

 

[CURVE]

Australia get to 187/1 off their 20 overs in Game 2.

new record for an Australian partnership.

And Gardner spends another 17 overs padded up without getting a bat, she'll have an awful case of pad rash.

 

[Visions]

Good innings all up but feel like they left a few runs out there trying and failing with those silly reverse sweeps and ramp shots when they were batting so well conventionally.

 

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India are a much better chasing side as well. Dew could give them a bit of assistance here.

 

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Good 1st over from Gardner with the ball just the 4 off.