1
4
1
W
0
0
= 6
Match Details
AUSW vs INDW 2nd Match, AUSW vs INDW 2021
AUSW
119-619.1
Australia Women won by 4 wickets
INDW
20.0118-9
G Wareham
10
(7)
G Wareham
10(7)
4s: 2
6s: 0
SR:142.86
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T McGrath
42
(33)
T McGrath
42(33)
4s: 6
6s: 0
SR:127.27
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P Vastrakar
0-21
(3.1)
P Vastrakar
0-21(3.1)
Econ: 6.63
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Player of the Match
Tahlia McGrath
Australia Women42(33)
AUSW - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 46 | 33 | 10 Over | 61 | 53 | 15 Over | 84 | 82 |
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INDW - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 39 | 25 | 10 Over | 51 | 53 | 15 Over | 84 | 75 | 20 Over | 107 | 118 |
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That's all for the coverage of this game. Do join us for the commentary of the third T20I/ the last game of the series. This is me Arjun Bhalla, signing off on the behalf of Akshay Bhide, Ninaad Dixit and Manish Bishnoi. See you all around!
Meg Lanning (Australia Captain): I thought we bowled and fielded extremely well. It was probably our best performance of the series so far. Vastrakar scored really well towards the end for them but we felt 118 was still a bit under par. Tahlia McGrath got us home which was really great for her and I am really pleased. There was a fair bit of swing around and little bit of seam as well which was a surprise. It was nice to find our way through that though.
Harmanpreet Kaur (India Captain): I think we were 30 runs short since the wicket was not that easy to bat on. A few more runs and the result may have been in our favor. We had a good game and we didn't give them easy runs. We fought until the end and that is what we want to do as a team. I want my team to take more responsibility tomorrow and win the game for us. Pooja has done really well for us right through the tour. She has that talent to give us a good total and pick up wickets as well. We know the Australian side is really good and whenever you play them you have to come up with a good approach. I am really happy with our approach so far.
Tahlia McGrath (Player of the Match): Really good feeling at the moment. The bowlers set it up for us and India bowled really well. The first game, the wicket was a bit of a road. Here the cross-seamers made it tough for the batters. It was a little tricky but glad to get through. It's been an unreal series with some really exciting cricket. Having the series wrapped up now with a game to spare makes it really good. We'll have to review the performance as a whole and then get going again tomorrow.
That is it. Australia have won this cracker by four wickets and they win this all-format series as well. Kudos to Meg Lanning's side, but Women in Blue too poured their hearts out!!! If one would have said that India could take this game, this deep then no one would have believed. But that's the magic this Indian side brings on the table. This is the new India, this team knows how to tackle pressure and take the attack to the opposition. Alas, today wasn't a good day at the office.
India began things neatly by breaking the aggressive Healy on the second ball of the chase, but a reviving partnership between Mooney and Lanning took the chase deeper for the hosts. They duo joined hands and notched an all-important 31 run stand for the second wicket.
When things were heading south, looking that Australia would take it cleaner, like they always do, a couple of inspiring bowling changes by the Indian chief Harmanpreet Kaur brought them in the game. Gaikwad outsmarted the Megastar with drift and flight, while Kaur aided India with a wicket on a loosener, and then Deepti Sharma removed Perry when skippy took a screamer.
And when the visitors were looking to dominate, a key partnership between Mooney and McGrath changed the course of the game. The duo were taking calculative chances and were looking to take the Southern Stars home… but then Gaikwad broke a couple more scalps as the game got evenly poised.
But that was when Tahlia McGrath took centerstage and reduced the equation to a simpler one thanks to a flurry of boundaries. That, coupled with some sloppy work in the outfield, as well as some poor field placements, allowed the hosts an inch and that was all they needed to convert it into a mile.
19.1 P Vastrakar to T McGrath
1 A rushed single and that is it. Australia have win this cracker by four wickets and they win this all-format series as well. Kudos to Meg Lanning's side, but Women in Blue too poured their hearts out!!! Short-wider delivery from Vastrakar, McGrath goes to mox it but inside edges it on the pads, before the hare across to the end.
OVER 19
Australia Women
118/6
Georgia Wareham
10(7)
Tahlia McGrath
41(32)
Renuka Singh Thakur
0-27(4.0)
18.6 Thakur to T McGrath
1 Shorter cutter into McGrath who hangs back but could only mistime her pull down to square leg area for a single. Scores are level now.
18.5 Thakur to G Wareham
1 A dipping yorker on the off, Wareham shimmies down the track and plays it down to long-on for a jog-across. Gives the strike back to Tahlia.
18.4 Thakur to T McGrath
1 Pushes a full delivery, Wareham drives it to long-on for a single.
18.3 Thakur to T McGrath
2 Another full toss delivery by Thakur, bowls it on the pads and McGrath is too good for such stuff. Comes down the track and creams it behind square for a brace.
18.2 Thakur to T McGrath
4 AND BACK TO BACK FOURS FOR AUSTRALIA AND MCGRATH!!! Full and slow, Tahlia comes down and hammers it between extra-cover and mid-off for a boundary. The game is almost done here.
18.1 Thakur to T McGrath
4 Full toss on the stumps and that has been whammed down the ground. Pressure, pressure gets better off Thakur. Tahlia comes down and lifts the freebie delivery straight down the ground for a boundary.
Akshay: It's all about nerves now. The series is on the line here. Australia need 14 runs from 12 balls.
OVER 18
Australia Women
105/6
Georgia Wareham
9(6)
Tahlia McGrath
29(27)
Shikha Pandey
1-27(4.0)
17.6 S Pandey to G Wareham
4 Another misfield, at long off and the ball races off! Pooja Vastrakar covered good ground from long-off but she couldn't stop the ball. Wareham took a long stride on and times the drive to perfection as she breaks a boundary at wide long-off.
17.5 S Pandey to T McGrath
1 Fuller delivery and well outside off, McGrath rocks back and clubs the ball down to long-off for a single.
17.4 S Pandey to G Wareham
1 Good length delivery, on the slower pace, width given. Wareham cuts it to point and scamper across.
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