Source :- THE AGE NEWS
By Joel Gould
After Australia’s batsmen won the series ‘ starting International by six wickets, Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy scored stunning half-centuries.
Healy laid the groundwork for the run fight on Tuesday nights with 50 off 70 deliveries, returning to lead the team after missing the most recent T20 series.
Before joining with run machine and match winner Mooney ( 76 off 79 ), she had great support from aggressive opening partner Phoebe Litchfield ( 32 ). Australia defeated India’s 214 all out in 38.2 overs.
Mooney joined Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, and Healy on the exclusive list, becoming the fourth American woman to score 7000 global runs and bringing up 3000 operates in ODI bowling.
In a classy and fast-paced innings, the 32-year-old sloped two beautiful sixes down the field.
At the end of the run-chasing, she had a great ally in Annabel Sutherland, who scored 48 runs for the final 85 runs.
After India defeated India to win the T20 set 2-1, Australia and India are now four points ahead of each other in the multi-format series.
At Brisbane’s Allan Border Field, the visitors were consistently in charge.
In the end, Mooney said,” It was very forceful.”
” I was disappointed to get out with 12 works to get and send one different out there,” said the player.” But that’s the extreme type of bowling we want to play in the future.”
After the guests suffered injuries before their staff could be named, Australia’s cricketers shone a bright light on India.
Before India won the toss and elected to bat, the line ‘ actors Ellyse Perry and Kim Garth were expelled. In the T20 defeat to India on Saturday, both players suffered triple strains.
Megan Schutt, a fast bowler who wasn’t actually a member of the squad, was called up and took a innings with the first ball of the wickets when she slammed Pratika Rawal in front for a bird.
Shafali Verma ( four ), who was also on the visitors ‘ foot early, was dismissed by Darcie Brown in an athletic catch-and-bowl at the other end.
Ashleigh Gardner, Alana King, and Sophie Molineux ‘ roll kept the tension on, with the group taking wickets in thick wickets to keep the work rate at a low.
Gardner (3-33 ) had the best bowling performances, but Australia used all seven of them.
Tahlia McGrath, 58 off 68 deliveries, took the key head of in-form opening Smriti Mandhana with her sweeping of an innocent leg-side shipping to heavy fine leg.
When it was looking rocky, India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur ( 53 ) and big-hitting allrounder Kashvee Gautam ( 43 ) saved the innings.
Highlights of Georgia Voll’s fielding included her excellent diving effort to ignore the captain, who took three catches.
Gardner’s soft swipe at the stumps sent the harmful Gautam out in the 49th over to end the India wickets.
Gautam claimed that India did not score much runs, but that they hadn’t developed into a negative side simply due to one defeat.
On Friday, Hobart will host the next game in the line.
Gautam said,” We can bounce back.”
Prior to the end of the ODI series, Cricket Australia before made a statement regarding Perry and Garth’s possible return.
Their presence for the Test fit will be further evaluated at the conclusion of the ODI series based on how they handle rehab, according to the speech.
AAP
