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Mignon du Preez's fifty helps Hurricanes beat Stars
All-round show help Hobart Hurricanes thump Adelaide Strikers
VIC-W vs TAS-W: Nicola Carey's all-round show seals the game for Tasmania
The Hundred Women's 2022, WF-W vs NS-W: Clinical all-round performances help Fire to secure their maiden victory
Welsh Fire secured a comfortable victory by 11 runs against Northern Superchargers in Match 18 of the Women's Hundred Competition.
WBBL 2021 | Harmanpreet, Jemimah’s blitzkrieg too much to handle for Brisbane Heat
Indian Players keep on shining in the Women’s Big Bash League 2021 as Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodriguez hit brilliant fifties to get their team Melbourne Renegades Women past 200, the first 200 plus score for any team this season. While Rodriguez scored 52 off 31 balls at a strike rate of 167, Kaur was many steps ahead and powered herself a to 31 ball 65, striking at more than 200, getting out eventually on the last ball of the over trying to accelerate even more. Along with these two Evelyn Jones, another opener in the team also hit a fifty, scoring 62 off 46 balls. Courtesy of all these innings, the Renegades reached 207-4 in their 20 overs. But the victory was still not to come as the Brisbane Heat Wome really turned on the heat with the bat. Courtesy of Laura May Kimmince’s 42 off 21 balls, Georgia Voll’s 40 off 28 balls and late order hitting by bowlers Nicola Hancock, Nadine de Klerk and Charli Knott, they managed to reach 192 in their 20 overs and eventually lost the match by only 15 runs. Harmanpreet also picked up a wicket in her two overs spell. In another game, Melbourne Stars Women were way too hot to handle for Adelaide Strikers Women who were restricted for 89-8, chasing 127 for the win. Meg Lanning, the Australian skipper was the star of the game with her brilliant 82 off just 45 balls. In another match hosts Perth Scorchers Women were surprised by Hobart Hurricanes Women who beat them by two runs in a thriller at WACA in Perth. Nicola Carey was the hero with the ball for the Hurricanes as he defended six runs in the final over while with the bat skipper Rachel Priest shone with her fifty and helped her team get to 137 in 20 overs. Chamari Athapaththu top-scored for Scorchers Women, scoring 33 off 31 balls.
AUSW vs INDW | 3rd ODI: India seek consolation win, Australia eye clean sweep
It was a sheer lack of concentration in the field from the Indian women’s team after they let go off a win that could have helped them equalise the three-match ODI series against Australia in Mackay. Australia needed three on the last ball of the match where Jhulan Goswami bowled a full toss to Nicola Carey who just swung the bat but only managed to give a catch to the fielder stationed around the square leg. But to India’s misfortune, it was later called a no-ball for waist height and the equation now came down to 2 off 1. Carey eventually completed a couple of runs on the last ball. But it wasn’t just the last-ball drama that led India to a defeat but it was also about some bad fielding efforts in the middle. The fielder let the Australian batters steal away runs with sloppy fielding. The home side now has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series while the Indian team would be looking for a consolation win. Match Details Match: Australia Women vs India Women, 3rd ODI Date: 26th September 2021 Time: 05:35 AM IST Venue: Harrup Park, Mackay Pitch Report The batters would have something on offer on this track while the bowlers will face some problems in getting the breakthroughs. Though, the pacers have been a bit successful at this venue. So, if you win the toss, bat first and try to put a good total on the board. Team News India: The Indian team were off to a decent start in the match after they posted a good total on the board and picked up early wickets to reduce Australia 52/4 but let the match slip away from them eventually. The fielders have been sloppy in the field and have let the opposition take upper-hand. Another aspect that the team management needs to take a look at is Mithali Raj’s scoring-rate. The right-hander has been among runs barring the last encounter but has been scoring runs at a slow strike-rate. But there were some positives as well from the last clash. Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma gave a steady start to the proceedings of which the team management has been striving for while the middle-order also chipped in with some valuable contributions. Australia: Beth Mooney played a match-winning knock in the second game against India after she struck an unbeaten 125 while Tahlia McGrath’s all-round performance was something to watch out for. Apart from these two Carey too played an important role after she steadied the ship for the hosts alongside Mooney and then took the team over the line. The Australian team is in some good form and would be looking to extend the winning streak. Probable XI Australia: Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy (wk), Meg Lanning (captain), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Ash Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath, Hannah Darlington, Darcie Brown India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Mithali Raj (captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Jhulan Goswami, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh, Poonam Yadav Fantasy XI Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney, Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Tahlia McGrath (C), Pooja Vastrakar, Sophie Molineux, Darcie Brown, Jhulan Goswami
AUS W vs IND W | 2nd ODI: Beth Mooney and mayhem in 50th over keeps Aussie winning streak alive
It was one heck of a last over bowled by Jhulan Goswami. Although the match might go into the history books as Australia Women chasing down the third-highest total in Women’s ODI history to take an unassailable lead in the three-match ODI series played at Mackay, but it was much more than just that. It was self-destruction by Team India. However, with this five-wicket win, that came on the very last ball of the game, the Aussie Women have managed to keep their unbeaten in ODIs steak going which has now reached a mammoth 26 games. India seemed in total control of the game and with 13 required off the last over for an Aussie victory, the balance had already been titled towards the women from the subcontinent. With Jhulan Goswami, the highest wicket-taker in Women ODI history and one of the finest fast bowlers going around in the world being given the last over, it tilted some more. But what transpired in the last over was nothing less than self-destruction by India. On the very first ball, what could have just been a tight double, ended up being three runs as Richa Ghosh the wicket-keeper threw the ball at the stumps and the batters ran overthrow. This was not happening for the first time in the day that Australia were taking extra runs off overthrows, but India surely hoped it was the last time. However, if it wasn’t the overthrow, misfield was the next demon and it haunted India Women as a single was converted into two thanks to Yastika Bhatia’s fumbling effort at short mid-wicket. With five runs having come at the first two balls, there was still a chance for India to get the win, but what happens next? Goswami balls a beamer that hit Nicole Carey on her helmet. Not only there was a free hit and an extra run was given but it also amounted to an extra ball being bowled. With seven needed from four balls, the 38-year-old Indian bowled a cracking yorker on the free hit ball, the Aussie batters ran and Ghosh missed the runout opportunity as they skippered for a bye. A leg bye on the next ball meant that five were needed off the last two balls and as a fumble by Jemimah at deep midwicket resulted in a brace for the Aussie players, now Goswami had three runs to defend on the last ball. She could have gone for wide yorker with third man and sweeper cover out or for a yorker with midwicket out or could have outfoxed the batter with a short ball. But what did she bowl? A waist-high full toss which Carey hit straight to short square leg. The Indians thought that they had won the match, Crey in disbelief didn’t even complete the run. But then came the final twist, the ball was declared a no-ball for height by the third umpire and India now needed to defend two from the last ball. The field placement was weird as India went to save two and put all fielders on the boundary line. Carey hit it to deep midwicket and by the time Rodrigues returned and Jhulan failed to collect, the Aussies had completed the double and taken the unassailable 2-0 lead in the series having won the first ODI by nine wickets. While the end of the chase was incredibly dramatic and went Australia’s way, the start was equally opposite as Indian bowlers reduced the women in gold and green to 52 for four, defending 275. However, some callous approach by Indian fielders, a missed stumping opportunity by Ghosh behind the stumps and brilliant batting by Tahlia McGrath and Beth Mooney kept Aussies in the hunt. The duo added 124 for the fifth wicket before McGrath was caught by Bhatia off the bowling of Deepti Sharma to give Indians a window to seal the game. But that obviously did not happen as new arrival Carey and Mooney hit it off and developed a match-winning and unbeaten 97 runs stand for the sixth wicket. Mooney was adjudged player of the match for her brilliant 125 off 133 balls and for holding the inning together. Earlier in the afternoon, after India was sent in to bat by Meg Lanning, the Aussie captain, it made a cracking start as Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana added 74 for the first wicket in only 11.2 overs before Shafali was dismissed in a cruel manner, getting played on. However, Mandhana continued her onslaught and it was with the help of her 94 balls 86, Ghosh’s 44 runs and late order contributions by Goswami and Pooja Vastrakar that India reached 274 in its 50 overs. The two teams will now meet for the final clash in the ODI series on Sunday, September 26.
Australia Women’s team surpasses Men’s, win 22 games on trot to create world record
The Australian Women’s team created a world record today morning, April 4, as they defeated New Zealand women by six wickets in Mount Munganai to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. This was the 22nd win on the trot for Meg Lanning’s side, one more than what Ricky Ponting’s Kangaroos had achieved in 2003. This incredible run of 22 wins started for the Women in Gold in 2018 when they defeated the Indian eves 3-0 in a three-match series. That wave continued as they went on to win six more three-match ODI series consecutively. They defeated Pakistan Women, New Zealand Women, England Women, West Indies Women, Sri Lanka Women, before defeating New Zealand women once again. The previous record for most consecutive wins by the Women’s cricket team was also held by the Southern Stars only when they had a winning run of 17 matches starting 1997 till 1999. As far as the match is concerned, the White Ferns were dismissed for 212 in 49th over thanks to some disciplined bowling by Megan Schutt and Nicola Carey who took four and three wickets respectively to nullify Lauren Down’s 90 run effort. While batting, Alyssa Healy (65) and Ellyse Perry (56*) made sure that the chase was done and dusted in the 39th over itself.