Australia women and India women continued their ongoing ODI series by facing off in the second ODI. Both sides faced off at the Allan Border Field, Brisbane, on Sunday, December 8, for the second clash, and the game began with Australia women coming in to bat first after winning the toss.The hosts opened the innings with Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll scoring 60 and 101 runs, respectively. Furthermore, Ellyse Perry put in an exceptional performance, adding 105 runs in 75 deliveries. Australia’s top order looked to be in brilliant form; Beth Mooney topped it off with another knock of 56 runs as well.
The exceptional performance in the first innings saw the hosts post a total of 371 runs, losing eight wickets in the process. Among notable bowling performances for India women, Saima Thakor was the highest wicket-taker in the first innings with three wickets to her name. Minnu Mani took two wickets, and Renuka Singh, Deepti Sharma, and Priya Mishra took one wicket each as well.
Exceptional bowling from Australia sees India miss out on series
Aiming to chase down a target of 372 runs, India women opened their innings with Richa Ghosh and Smriti Mandhana scoring 54 and nine runs, respectively. After a shaky start, Harleen Deol added 12 runs on the board with Harmanpreet Kaur scoring 38 runs as well. Jemimah Rodrigues added 43 runs on the board with Deepti Sharma scoring 10 runs.
As India women looked to be crumbling, Minnu Mani played an unbeaten knock of 46* runs, but that too was not enough to propel India to a win. The visitors were bundled out for 249 runs as Australia women won the game by 122 runs. For the hosts, Annabel Sutherland was the highest wicket-taker with four wickets to her name. Megan Schutt, Kim Garth, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Molineux, and Alana King took one wicket each as well.
Here’s how the fans reacted to the 2nd AUS-W vs IND-W ODI game:
Double grief from the Aussies. After crushing test defeat for the Men,Women suffer a thrashing in 2nd ODI to lose series.
Voll n Perry tons n 4 wkts for Sunderland.
Lone positive for Ind:
Good allround show by debutant Minnu Mini : 2 wickets and 46 runs off 45 balls #AUSWVSINDW— Ambika (@apmahapatra) December 8, 2024
Apart from the lack of hard hitting abilities, running between the wickets from the Indian team batters really baffles me…..more often they can turn those 1s into 2s or 2s into 3s too but they barely do that 🏏🏏 #AUSWVSINDW
— Sanskar Gemawat (@thatSanskariGuy) December 8, 2024
India lost to Aus
Men’s Test
Women’s ODI#AUSvsIND #AUSWVSINDW— Search_Entertainment (@Ent_247) December 8, 2024
Just turned on the Women’s match and Richa Ghosh got out, the target is so huge but hoping for a Harmanpreet Kaur classic against Australia 🤞🏾🏏 #AUSWVSINDW
— Sanskar Gemawat (@thatSanskariGuy) December 8, 2024
This is 2nd time in Women’s ODI 2 Australian batsman hit the hundred against India.
Alex Blackwell (106) & Karen Rolton (101), 2008
Georgia Voll (101) & Ellyse Perry (105), 2024, Today#AUSWVSINDW #AUSWvINDW #AUSWvsINDW
— Vishwesh Gaur (@iumvishwesh) December 8, 2024
I really don’t understand the logic of Indian women’s team management. They are chasing a huge score. They have someone like Jemimah Rodrigues who can find gaps, but she is batting at 6. They promoted the hitter Richa ghosh up at 3, but she is floating. #AUSvsIND #AUSWVSINDW
— Alex (@hand_ofdevil87) December 8, 2024
Why is richa gosh opening ???? #AUSWVSINDW
— Believe (@LassoTheGreaat) December 8, 2024
What is wrong with @BCCIWomen 🤦 why are they playing cricket? No fighting spirit . Such a poor Captaincy by Kaur . It’s time for youngsters to take forward. Hell ehh no spirit at all . Enough is enough now . The women’s team must change and get new players .#AUSWVSINDW
— kumar (@KumarlLamani) December 8, 2024
371/8 :
Highest at the ground, by Australia against India, by any side against India.Yet, some credit should be given to Indian bowlers for pulling back the rampaging Aussies from 313/2 in 42 overs to 371/8. Could easily have been a 400 total#AUSWvsINDW
— Ambika (@apmahapatra) December 8, 2024
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