India Women vs Australia Women, 2nd ODI (ICC Championship match), Australia women tour of India, 2018 - CommentaryINDW vs AUSW, 2nd ODI (ICC Championship match), Australia women tour of India, 2018 - Commentary
Australia Women won by 60 runs
AUSW
287/9(50)
INDW
227(49.2)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
That's it from the game. If India didn't win, the crowd at Vadodara did. Hoping to see more of them flocking to the stadium on Sunday (March 18) for the final ODI. Until then, it's ta-ta!
Bolton - Player of the Match: "We picked early on that the ball wasn't coming on, so we had to wait the little bit longer. And had to use our crease against the spin. I think partnerships are something we pride ourselves on. That Perry-Mooney partnership was crucial."
Lanning - captain, Australia: "We were gonna have a bat. Sort of worked out well that way. We set the tone early with the bat and we put up a competitive total. Bolton made it look easy at the top; Mooney's innings was important because India were on top then. She's (Jonassen) been going well. Schutt today was outstanding. Overall we played well. India dominated some periods of the game but we managed to get the momentum back."
Mithali - captain, India: "I was sick and down with viral (in the last ODI). We are humans. Virat Kohli said that. I think there was a bit of movement in the first few overs but the bowlers didn't bowl the lines. And then there were a few chances which we didn't take. We should keep striving to excel. Smriti has been amongst runs but we needed more contribution from the top order. We wanted lower middle order to score runs. Pooja has been doing it since the first game but other than that, there was no one to take it further. It's important people come and watch women's cricket."
04:18pm local: India have never chased 250+ against Australia, and that will stay for now. Australia pick up a memorable series win in India, banking on a thorough bowling performance. Schutt's spell of 5-3-8-0 sucked the life out of this chase early -- Punam Raut made 27 off 61 balls! -- and then Jess Jonassen struck gold with the wicket of Mandhana, who top-scored with 67. Perry's short ball then soon consumed Mithali, Harmanpreet's ambitious slog-sweep didn't come off and Jonassen's two in two overs only went on to kill the chase further.
49.2
W
Perry to Poonam Yadav, out Lbw!! Australia take the series 2-0 with a game to go. Poonam Yadav plays across the line and misses. Poonam Yadav lbw b Perry 3(9)
Perry to Poonam Yadav, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!
49.1
Perry to Poonam Yadav, no run, full ball run down to square leg
Ellyse Perry [8.0-0-41-1] is back into the attack
Over 49
227-9
101010(3 runs)
Poonam Yadav
3 (7)
Ekta Bisht
8 (20)
Jonassen
10-0-51-3
Over Summary
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48.6
Jonassen to Ekta Bisht, no run, runs down the track and yorks herself. Has to jam the ball out
48.5
Jonassen to Poonam Yadav, 1 run, another sweep, piercing the gap at mid-wicket
48.4
Jonassen to Poonam Yadav, no run, skews the forward defence off the inside half
48.3
Jonassen to Ekta Bisht, 1 run, nice sweep shot. Goes with the indrift to deep backward square leg
48.2
Jonassen to Ekta Bisht, no run, twirls it bottom-handed to mid-wicket
48.1
Jonassen to Poonam Yadav, 1 run, glanced round the corner
So India aren't winning this now. Australia will want to wrap the series up dramatically with a wicket
Over 48
224-9
1W0001(2 runs)
Poonam Yadav
1 (4)
Ekta Bisht
7 (17)
Schutt
10-3-24-1
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47.6
Schutt to Poonam Yadav, 1 run, wristy sweeps it to backward square leg
47.5
Schutt to Poonam Yadav, no run, checks the punch to cover
47.4
Schutt to Poonam Yadav, no run, reaches across on her front foot and pushes out a defence to cover
47.3
Schutt to Poonam Yadav, no run, deflected off the splice to covers
