AI Simulation, IND-W vs AUS-W । Ellyse Perry's 78-run knock guides Australia Women to beat India Women by 27 runs

Pitch and Weather

The surface at New Chandigarh looked flat with a light tinge of grass that promised early seam movement but was expected to favour stroke-making as the game progressed.  

The weather was hot and dry, with temperatures around 32 degrees Celsius. There was no rain threat throughout the entire game.

Toss

Australia Women won the toss and decided to bat first.

Lineups

IND-W XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal (WK), Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Kranti Goud.

AUS-W XI: Alyssa Healy (C&WK), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Beth Mooney, Georgia Wareham, Ashleigh Gardner, Alana King, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt.

Match Report

Australia women won the toss and decided to bat first. The opening pair of skipper Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield stitched a decent opening partnership of 62 runs in 12.4 overs. Both batters scored the runs with a steady approach during this partnership, with rotation and hitting crucial boundaries simultaneously. Kranti Goud broke this partnership, dismissing Litchfield at the individual score of 32 runs off 47 balls, with four fours. Following her opening partner’s dismissal, Healy added another 29 runs with Ellyse Perry for the second wicket. Healy’s 41-run knock came to an end in the 19th over when she was caught by wicketkeeper Pratika Rawal off Arundhati Reddy’s delivery. After the departure of both the openers, Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney took charge of the Aussie batting and counterattacked the Indian bowling attack with an amazing partnership of 110 runs for the third wicket. Perry went on to play a brilliant knock of 78 runs off 88 balls, with seven fours and a six, followed by Mooney’s 64 (72), with six fours. On the back of this partnership, alongside Annabel Sutherland's (19) and Ashleigh Gardner’s (12) small contributions, the Aussie women scored 269/7 in the allotted 50 overs.

India Women had a good opening start of 42 runs in 8.3 overs by the opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal. This partnership was mainly dominated by Mandhana, who had amazing stroke-making ability, alongside support from Rawal on the other end. India faced the first blow when Rawal fell prey to Megan Schutt on the third ball of the ninth over. She scored 21 runs off 30 balls, with three fours. Following a decent opening stand, Mandhana added another much-needed partnership of 70 runs for the second wicket with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. Molineux broke this partnership by dismissing Mandhana on the fifth ball of the 23rd over, getting her caught by Beth Mooney. Mandhana scored 67 runs off 81 balls, with nine fours. Furthermore, Kaur scored 38 runs off 45 balls, with three fours and a six. But after Kaur’s dismissal, the Indian middle order and lower order failed to survive against the Aussie bowling attack. Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma were the only batters to score individual scores of 27 and 26 runs, respectively. Eventually, the India Women were restricted to a score of 242/9 in the entire 50 overs. Ashleigh Gardner and Megan Schutt scalped two wickets each for Australia Women to play a crucial role in restricting India Women before the target.  

Player of the Match

Australia’s Ellyse Perry won the ‘Player of the Match’ award for her classy and match-winning knock of 78 runs off just 88 balls, with seven fours and a six. Her 110-run partnership with Beth Mooney played a game-changing role in taking Australia to a big total.

Scorecard