Indian women dominate Australia in drawn day-night Test

Pink
ball
Test:
Indian
bowlers
shine

Resuming
the
day
at
143
for
three,
Ellyse
Perry
(68
not
out)
and
Ashleigh
Gardner
(51)
went
on
to
share
an
89-run
stand
before
Indian
pacers
triggered
the
batting
collapse,
reducing
Australia
to
241
for
nine
from
208
for
four.
What
followed
was
an
interesting
declaration
from
Meg
Lanning
at
the
stroke
of
dinner.

India,
who
made
377
in
their
first
innings
after
being
asked
to
bat,
played
35
overs
in
second
innings
before
declaring
after
tea
to
set
Australia
an
improbable
272-run
target
in
just
32
overs.

#TeamIndia
captain

@M_Raj03
&
Meg
Lanning
shake
hands.
????

The

#AUSvIND
Pink-BallTest
ends
in
a
draw
and
both
teams
will
get
2
points
each.
????
????

Scorecard
????

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—
BCCI
Women
(@BCCIWomen)

October
3,
2021

Shafali
Verma
made
a
fine
52
off
91
balls
while
Punam
remained
unbeaten
on
41
off
62
balls.
The
target
was
virtually
out
of
reach
for
Australia
who
lost
Alyssa
Healy
and
Beth
Mooney
cheaply.

Australia
were
36
for
two
in
15
overs
before
players
of
both
teams
shook
hands
to
settle
for
a
draw.
As
per
rules
of
multi-format
series,
both
teams
settled
for
two
points.
The
series
score
stands
at
6-4
in
Australia’s
favour.

More
than
80
overs
were
lost
due
to
weather
over
the
first
two
days,
making
draw
the
most
likely
outcome
of
the
four-day
match.
India
could
have
declared
at
tea
with
242-run
lead
and
41
overs
to
bowl
but
they
didn’t
want
to
leave
anything
to
chance
and
took
the
safety-first
approach.

India,
who
came
into
the
game
with
only
two
practise
sessions
with
pink-ball,
outplayed
the
Australians
in
all
departments.
It
was
the
first
time
in
15
years
that
two
teams
played
a
Test.

Smriti
Mandhana
struck
a
memorable
hundred
to
set
the
foundation
for
India’s
big
total
before
the
pace
trio
of
Jhulan
Goswami,
Meghna
Singh
and
Pooja
Vastrakar
put
the
Australian
batters
under
pressure.
It
would
be
fair
to
say
that
the
Indian
fast
bowlers
got
more
out
of
the
drop
in
pitch
than
their
Australian
counterparts.

Debutant
Meghna
impressed
with
her
swing
bowing,
38-year-old
Jhulan
was
relentless
as
usual
and
showed
age
was
just
a
number
and
Pooja
as
first
change
provided
no
respite
to
the
batter.
India
reached
106
for
two
in
their
second
innings
at
tea.

First
innings
centurion
Mandhana
(31
off
48)
fell
to
a
fantastic
catch
in
the
deep
by
Ashleigh
Garnder.
Yastika
Bhatia
(3)
was
then
promoted
to
number
three
to
push
the
scoring
rate
but
she
could
only
last
12
balls.

In
the
first
session,
India
pacers
made
the
new
pink
ball
talk
before
an
under
pressure
Australia
made
an
interesting
declaration.
In
what
seemed
as
an
attempt
to
move
the
game
forward,
Meg
Lanning
declared
the
innings
before
her
team
could
be
bowled
out.

Player
of
the
Match
is

@mandhana_smriti
and
she
speaks
about
the
experience
of
playing
Test
cricket
under
lights
and
her
knock.

#AUSvIND
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—
BCCI
Women
(@BCCIWomen)

October
3,
2021

While
Deepti
Sharma
got
rid
of
Gardner,
Meghna
once
again
troubled
the
batters
with
her
outswingers
as
India
took
four
wickets
after
the
second
new
ball
was
taken
in
the
81st
over.
Perry,
who
averages
more
than
78
in
Test
cricket,
could
have
been
out
as
many
as
three
times
but
had
the
luck
on
her
side.

While
one
was
a
close
leg
before
shout,
she
was
also
dropped
twice.
Meghna
took
her
maiden
wicket
with
a
beautiful
outswinger
to
have
Annabel
Sutherland
caught
behind.
Her
second
wicket
was
Sophie
Molineux,
who
was
foxed
by
another
outswinger
(inswinger)
to
the
left-hander.
Pooja
had
Georgia
Wareham
caught
behind
before
offie
Deepti
took
her
second
wicket
of
the
day
with
an
arm
ball
to
dismiss
Darcie
Brown.

Brief
Scores:

India
Women:
377
for
8
declared
in
145
overs
and
135/3
in
37
overs
(Shafali
Verma
52;
Ashleigh
Gardner
1/21,
Sophie
Molineux
1/23).

Australia
Women:
241
for
9
declared
in
96.4
overs
(Ellyse
Perry
68,
Jhulan
Goswami
2/33,
Pooja
Vastrakar
3/49)
and
36/2
in
15
overs.