IND-W vs AUS-W Highlights, Day 4: Pink-ball Test Ends in a Draw
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INDW vs AUSW Highlights, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: So with Australia 36/2 in 15 overs, the players of the two teams shake hands which means the contest has officially ended in a draw.
India declared their second innings at 135/3 and thus setting Australia 272 runs to win in 32 overs. However, the hosts lost both their openers cheaply inside the first 10 overs.
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So the players of the two teams have shaken hands and that means, the four-day pink-ball Test has come to an end. It’s a draw. Australia were 36/2 and still needing 236 runs more to win in 17 overs when the two teams decided that a result cannot be achieved and thus agreed for the draw.
Final scores: India 377/8d & 135/3 Australia 241/9d & 36/2
Australia lose both their openers!
OUT! Pooja Vastrakar strikes to dismiss Beth Mooney on 11. Australia have lost both their openers inside 10 overs in chase of 272. Vastrakar keeps it short and Mooney went for the pull and the resulting top-edge was nicely caught by Rajeshwari Gayakwad at backward square leg. Australia 29/2 in 9.5 overs, chasing 272
An Early Breakthrough!
OUT! Jhulan Goswami strikes for India early as she gets rid of opener Alyssa Healy on 6. This was short, outside off as Healy went for a cut but instead chopped it onto the stumps to be bowled. Australia 8/1 in 2.3 overs, chasing 272
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: India Declare
And India have declared at 135/3d. Shafali Verma was trapped in front for 52 by Georgia Wareham and three overs, Mitali Raj pulls the plug. So Australia have 32 overs to play, 271 is India’s lead. Not that we can expect a positive result, but Jhulan Goswami and Co, can have a good crack at Aussies again
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: 50 for Shafali Verma
Shafali Verma has looked rock solid so far and reaches her 3rd Test fifty. No sign of declaration
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Yastika Bhatia Gone for 1
Yastika Bhatia is undone by Ash Gardner. She departs for just 1. India lose two wickets in quick succession and fairly certain to say, there is not going to by any further twist in the tale in this match. Heading to a tame draw it seems, but India will take this advantage into the T20Is
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Breakthough for Australia
Smriti Madhana departs for 31 off 48 balls. A wicket for Sophie Molineux and a superb catch by Ash Gardner. A good stand of 70 runs comes to an end.
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: India Motoring along
Smriti Madhana and Shafali Verma are in total control once again. Five fours for Verma and six for Mandhana. Verma is batting on 33 off 56 and Mandhana 31 off 46. India motoring along well at 69/0. The lead has swelled to 205.
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: India Back for the second dig
So India are back for the second dig with Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana out in the middle. Will these two go all guns blazing and force something out of this scenario? Not that they need to. It’s Australia who will have to do something here
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Australia Declare at 241/9, Trail India by 136 Runs
That is a very strange declaration from Meg Lanning. In the middle of the over, with Ellyse Perry in the middle on 67 and Australia trailing India by 136 runs. Deepai Sharma got rid of Darcie Brown and Stella Campbell just faced one ball before the declaration came. India have done extremely well to put Australia under the pump. What fantastic batting though by Perry, who held the innings together. Ash Gardner chipped in with a fifty as well. For India, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh and Deepti Sharma grabbed two wickets each while Pooja Vastrakar picked 3/49
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Follow on averted
Australia avert the follow-on as Darcie Brown opens her Test batting account with a boundary. Sigh of relief for the Australians. Ellyse Perry is dropped in the next over.
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Georgia Wareham Goes for 2
Nervous times for Australia as Georgia Wareham goes for two and they are eight down with follow-on within the touching distance. Pooka Vastrakar gets rid of Wareham.
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Georgia Wareham Goes for 2
Nervous times for Australia as Georgia Wareham goes for two and they are eight down with follow-on within the touching distance. Pooka Vastrakar gets rid of Wareham.
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Meghna Singh with her second wicket
Plumb! Meghna Singh gets rid of Sophie Molineux. She goes for 2 off 14 balls. Molineux caught on the crease and was trapped in front. Australia 220/7
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Meghna Singh Removes Annabel Sutherland
Meghna Singh with a peach of a delivery and debutant Annabel Sutherland nicks one behind. She goes for 3 off 20 balls. Australia dip into further trouble at 219/6. Ellyse Perry is still in the middle and she is joined by Sophie Molineux.
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Deepti Sharma Removes Ash Gardner
Ash Garnder gets to her 50, but she has to depart. Deepti Sharma has the key wicket. Sharma looped this one and Gardner steps down the track and drives the ball, but a bit uppishly and good low catch by Mitali Raj at mid-off. Australia 210/5, trail India by 167 runs
IND-W vs AUS-W Live Score, Pink-Ball Test, Day 4: Fifty for Ellyse Perry
And that’s yet another 50 for Ellyse Perry. She is holding fort for Australia here as the home team is closing in on avoiding the follow-on Ashleigh Gardner motoring along really well also. She is batting on 40 off 71 balls. Australia 197/4, trail India by 180 runs
IND-W vs AUS-W Live: Positive intent by Perry and Gardner
Good start for Australia!
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— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) October 3, 2021
IND-W vs AUS-W Live: Australia 143/4 - All on Ellyse Perry and Ash Gardner
Australia start the day at 143/4, trailing 234 runs to win and roughly 100 odd runs to avoid the follow-on. Ellyse Perry is yet to be dismissed in a pink-ball Test, but is looking really good, so is Gardner. Clear positive intent from the dup today as opposed t last night.
IND-W vs AUS-W Live: Australia 143/4 - The final day begins
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the final day of the Pink-ball women’s Test between India and Australia being played at Gold Coast
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India have done extremely well to put Australia under the pump. What fantastic batting though by Perry, who held the innings together. Ash Gardner chipped in with a fifty as well. For India, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh and Deepti Sharma grabbed two wickets each while Pooja Vastrakar picked 3/49
India dictated terms to mighty Australia who did everything they could to survive the difficult overs under lights and finish the third day of the rain-marred pink ball Test at 143 for four here on Saturday. At stumps, Australia trailed the visitors by 234 runs after veteran seamer Jhulan Goswami (2/27) bowled beautifully and struck twice to leave them at 63 for two at one stage.
India declared their first innings at 377 for eight. Mithali Raj’s side was lucky as the umpire gave Australian captain Meg Lanning (38) out wrongly, raising his finger despite an inside edge and bringing to an end her ominous stay in the middle. On that occasion, the lucky bowler was Pooja Vastrakar (2/31). There was a fair bit of dew though and that obviously did not help the India bowlers, who kept things tight for a major part of the Australian innings.
After Tahlia McGrath (28) hit Vastrakar’s wide and short delivery straight to Smriti Mandhana at point to leave the hosts at 119 for four, Goswami was brought back with two slips, a gully and a silly mid-off, but Ellyse Perry (27 batting) and Ashleigh Gardner (13 batting) survived. The dismissal of Lanning raised questions about the absence of DRS, which was supposed to be part of the game but the organisers could not go ahead with their plans. Earlier, Goswami struck twice to reduce Australia to 69 for two at tea after India declared their first innings. India got the timing of declaration right considering that batting is most difficult in the second session of a day/night Test with pink ball owing to factors related to light.
Australia recovered nicely after losing Beth Mooney early as the duo of Alyssa Healy (29) and skipper Lanning not only steadied the ship but also played some exquisite shots. However, shortly before the break, Goswami delivered for the visitors with her magnificent bowling. After softening Healy with a few short stuffs, Goswami bowled a length ball, got it to move just enough for the batter to nick it to the waiting hands of wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia. This was after the 38-year-old fast bowler cleaned up Monney’s stumps with one that came back at the left-handed opener, even as the batter looked to flick it on the leg side.
For India Deepti Sharma made a fine 66, finishing as the team’s second best scorer, a day after opener Smriti Mandhana’s magnificent maiden hundred in the format. Earlier in the day, India dug in deep, instead of going for quick runs, to reach 359 for seven at dinner. Resuming at their overnight score of 276 for five after rain and lightning had brought a premature end to the second day’s play at the Carrara Oval, the Indians scored 83 runs for the loss of Taniya Bhatia and Pooja Vastrakar’s wickets in the long first session. Taniya made 22 off 75 balls, while Vastrakar made 13.
At the dinner break, Deepti Sharma was batting on 58. Taniya’s dismissal brought to an end a 45-run stand for the sixth wicket with Sharma that came at a much slower pace than Thursday as the two teams seemed like they would be contend with a draw rater than forcing a result after a significant part of the match was wiped out by inclement weather. The duo of Taniya and Sharma consumed more than 28 overs to get those 45 runs. It was Stella Campbell, who dismissed Taniya, caught behind by Alyssa Healy off a back-of-a-length delivery on off stump that moved away, for her first Test wicket.
While they did not lose many wickets, what did not help India’s cause was that the batters could not capitalise on the loose balls on a pitch that looked pretty flat. Deepti as usual was very slow and never played the attacking game which could have resulted in an earlier declaration. Meanwhile, Sharma, who started the day on 12, got to her second Test fifty with a sweep behind square, reaching the landmark in 148 balls with the help of five boundaries.
Ellyse Perry gave the team another breakthrough when she had Pooja Vastrakar brilliantly caught by Beth Mooney at gully as the batter looked to drive through covers. This was Perry’s 300th international wicket, even as Sharma went past her previous best Test score of 54. Perry is the only woman cricketer with 5000 international runs and 300 wickets.
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