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India Women vs Australia Women, One-Off Test Day 3 Highlights: Five-Down Australia Fight Back But India Still On Top
India vs Australia, Women's One-Off Test, Day 3 Highlights: Australia were 233 for 5 with a lead of 46 runs against India at Stumps on Saturday.
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- Updated: December 23, 2023 06:09 pm IST
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India vs Australia, Women's One-Off Test, Day 3 Highlights: India Women are still the favourites.© X (formerly Twitter)
India vs Australia, Women's One-Off Test, Day 3 Highlights: Australia were 233 for 5 with a lead of 46 runs over India on Saturday when the umpires decided to call Stumps in Mumbai. Led by Tahlia McGrath's 73, the guests kept themselves in the game with a better performance in their second innings. Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner will resume the Australian innings on Sunday. Harmanpreet Kaur and Sneh Rana both picked two wickets each for India. (Scorecard)
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IND-W vs AUS-W Test, Day 3 Highlights
We are back for the chase! The Australia Women are in a huddle where Alyssa Healy is giving them a pep talk. Now, they spread out to take their respective field positions. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana are the two openers for India Women. Kim Garth start proceedings with the ball. Here we go...
... FOURTH INNINGS ...
Australia Women on the other hand will be extremely disappointed by the way they played this morning with a lack of intent. Tahlia McGrath and Ellyse Perry's partnership was crucial in getting Australia closer to the Indian first-inning total along with smaller starts from Allysa Healy and Annabel Sutherland which got them to a total of 261 runs. Australia will have to do the unthinkable to get this match back in their favour. Will Australia Women pull out a rabbit off their hat? Or will India Women chase this total down comfortably to create history? Stay tuned for the final innings coming your way shortly.
India Women will go to bat in the 4th innings with momentum after a power-packed bowling effort to knock off all the Australian batters within the first hour of the game on Day 4.Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar started the day exceptionally well bowling on tight lines and lengths, creating numerous close chances and claiming 2 crucial wickets to expose the tail of the Australian batting line-up. Sneh Rana was the pick of the bowler for her four-fer supported well by all the other bowlers. India Women will now have to go out and express themselves freely chasing down this small target without worrying about how the track would play.
That's the end of the innings for Australia on Day 4, as they get bundled up for 261 runs at the end of 105.4 overs giving India Women a target of just 75 runs to create history.
OUT! BOWLED'EM! Rajeshwari Gayakwad has done it again! That is it for Australia Women then. This is flighted up, full and around off, draws the batter forward, this one grips and turns in sharply, Jess Jonassen takes a bit strides out to block but misses as the ball goes through the big gap between bat and pad to shatter the stumps again. The Aussies have been bowled out here!
Goes short and on off, Jess Jonassen keeps it out to the off side.
Tossed up, full and on off, Jess Jonassen drills it towards wide of long off for no run.
Floated, full and on middle, turns in, Jess Jonassen looks to work it away but gets hit on the pads. A stifled appeal for LBW, but turned down.
Pushed through quicker, short and on off, turns away, keeps low again, Lauren Cheatle tries to play but misses it.
Quicker, full and on leg, Jess Jonassen clips it through square leg for a single.
Flighted, full and on middle, Jess Jonassen blocks it out down the pitch.
Short again and outside off, Jess Jonassen cuts it towards sweeper covers.
Short and outside off, Jess Jonassen punches it through covers but denies the run.
Fires this one full but down the leg side, Jess Jonassen misses her flick.
BEATEN AGAIN! This is slower through the air, full and on off, turns in again, Lauren Cheatle prods forwards but the ball goes past the outside edge again. A wicket-maiden over!
Looped up, full and around off, turns in again, Lauren Cheatle strides out to defend but gets beaten on the outside edge.
Flighted, full and on off, turns in and keeps low, Lauren Cheatle manages to block it out.
Lauren Cheatle is the last batter in.
OUT! TIMBER! What a ripper of a delivery! A perfect dismissal for a left-arm orthodox. She tosses this one up, full and around middle, grips and turns away sharply, Kim Garth looks to defend but plays down the wrong line as the ball goes past the outside edge to take rattle the off pole. Australia Women nine down now!