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Australia Women Vs India Women, pink-ball Test Live Cricket Score Updates: Follow this space for the latest update on the fourth day of the one-off pink-ball Test between Australia and India. Day 3 report: The third day of the one-off Test match being played in Gold Coast between Australia and India was dominated by the visitors. A solid performance was put up the batters as they declared the first innings on 377/8, with Smriti Mandhana (127) top-scoring for them while Deepti Sharma struck an impressive 66. Replying to India’s 377 for eight, Australia reached 143 for 4 in their first innings at stumps on the third day of the rain-marred women’s day/night Test against India. [caption id=“attachment_10010011” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]
Australia captain Meg Lanning and her India counterpart Mithali Raj pose at the Metricon Stadium ahead of the one-off pink-ball Test. Image credit: Twitter/@BCCIWomen[/caption] After a good show from the batters, it was time for the bowlers to shine and Jhulan Goswami led the charge. She cleaned up Beth Mooney (4) early on and then returned to pick up the wicket of other Australian opener Alyssa Healy (29). Pooja Vastrakar then removed the Australian captain Meg Lanning (38) with a terrific inswinger. However, the replays showed that there was a big inside edge on to the pads. But in real time, the umpire could not spot it and she was adjudged out LBW. That sparked a debate for the need of DRS in women’s games as well. Vastrakar did not stop there and came back to remove Tahlia McGrath (28). Australia at this stage were struggling to get going at 119/4. Then Elysse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner formed a little partnership till the end of the day to steady the ship for hosts. Perry and Gardner were batting on 27 and 13 respectively at stumps. Australia currently trail by 234 runs. Brief Scores: India Women: 377 for 8 declared in 145 overs (Smriti Mandhana 127, Deepti Sharma 66; Sophie Molineux 2/45, Stella Campbell 2/47, Ellyse Perry 2/76). Australia Women: 143 for 4 in 60 overs (Meg Lanning 38, Jhulan Goswami 2/27, Pooja Vastrakar 2/31). With inputs from PTI
Highlights, Australia Women vs India Women pink-ball Test, Full cricket Score: Mithali and Co's day-night debut ends in a draw
Australia Women Vs India Women, pink-ball Test Live Cricket Score Updates: Follow this space for the latest update on the fourth day of the one-off pink-ball Test between Australia and India.
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That brings us to the end of our coverage of the pink-ball Test between Australia and India at the Metricon Stadium in Gold Coast, a game that turned out to be a memorable one with Smriti Mandhana cracking her maiden Test ton with a dazzling 127, Jhulan Goswami once again showing age is just a number with another standout effort with the ball. And credit to Ellyse Perry too for her fighting 68 not out today that helped the Aussies avoid the follow-one — which could have made the task of pulling off a victory easier for the visitors.
We have a three day break in the ongoing series before the two teams lock horns in the first of the three T20Is on Thursday at the same venue. They will of course be missing the veteran duo of Raj and Goswami as Harmanpreet Kaur takes over the reigns of the team for the shortest format. With the series at 6-4 in favour of the hosts, the Indians will be hoping to turn things around in the T20Is to try and secure a win in the multi-format series.
For now, it’s time for us to bid you all goodbye!
India can certainly hold their heads high
The two legends having a chat at the end of the game
Smriti Mandhana is the Player of the Match for her 127 in the first innings!
Mandhana: I haven’t still got time yet to rank it yet, but definitely top three (the first innings ton) as it was the first time we’re playing a day-night Test. I think that was the most sleepless night I ever had (after Day 1). Definitely happy I passed the 80-90 mark and got to three-figure mark. Definitely Test cricket is the top-most as a player. We don’t have much time this series. Just three days now. I had a slight hit out today in T20 fashion.
After 15 overs,Australia Women 36/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 17 , Ellyse Perry 1)
Maiden for Gayakwad, with the umpire calling for drinks at the end of the over. And the two captains decide to shake hands as the landmark pink-ball Test ends in a draw.
Lanning had started walking towards Raj as soon as the umpire signalled drinks at the end of the over, and after a brief chat, the two decided there’s no point playing out the remaining 17 overs any further.
End of what turned out to be quite the memorable pink-ball debut for Team India, one that they dominated for the most part both with bat and ball. Mithali and Co will certainly return to their hotel thinking they could’ve collected all four points on offer if weather hadn’t played spoilsport in the first two days.
After 14 overs,Australia Women 36/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 17 , Ellyse Perry 1)
Vastrakar continues from the other end. Collects her first maiden as Lanning blocks her way through. The Aussie skipper cuts in the last delivery, but is intercepted at point.
After 13 overs,Australia Women 36/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 17 , Ellyse Perry 1)
Spin brought into play for the first time with Rajeshwari Gayakwad replacing Goswami. Loud LBW appeal against Perry first ball, but the umpire shakes his head. Perhaps impact outside off? Pez gets off the mark with a single off the third ball. Lanning runs the ball towards midwicket for a solitary run two balls later. Two from the over.
After 12 overs,Australia Women 34/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 16 , Ellyse Perry 0)
FOUR! Lanning collects an easy boundary on offer, pulling a short ball from Vastrakar in front of square towards the vacant midwicket fence. Four off the over. Perry yet to get off the mark, with another 20 overs left to be bowled today.
After 11 overs,Australia Women 30/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 12 , Ellyse Perry 0)
Goswami continues. LBW appeal against Lanning in the second delivery, though it looked too high, with the skipper setting off for a run nevertheless to add a leg bye to the total. Just one from the over.
After 10 overs,Australia Women 29/2 ( Meg Lanning (C) 12 , Ellyse Perry 0)
Mooney and Lanning collect a single each, before the former’s tempted into a pull after being served a short ball by Vastrakar, the ball landing in Gayakwad’s palms near deep backward square as Australia lose both openers with 28 on board. Ellyse Perry walks out to bat next. Lanning keeps the strike with a single off the last ball.
OUT! The short-ball strategy works for Vastrakar as Mooney holes out to Gayakwad at deep backward square leg after getting a thick top-edge off a pull. AUS 28/2
Mooney c Gayakwad b Vastrakar 11(28)
After 9 overs,Australia Women 26/1 ( Beth Mooney 10 , Meg Lanning (C) 10)
FOUR! Just a gentle push off Lanning’s bat as she steers the ball behind square, piercing the gap between point and gully to collect her first boundary. The Aussie skipper however, is surprised by one that stays a touch low that could’ve had her trapped leg-before had she not got her bat down in time for an inside-edge. Four off the over.
After 8 overs,Australia Women 22/1 ( Beth Mooney 10 , Meg Lanning (C) 6)
Couple of runs from Vastrakar’s second over with Mooney and Lanning pinching a single each, the former moving to double figures.
After 7 overs,Australia Women 20/1 ( Beth Mooney 9 , Meg Lanning (C) 5)
Another tidy over from Jhulan Goswami as she collects the first maiden of the innings. Less than an hour left for the official close of play. LBW appeal in the penultimate delivery is turned down, and there was a visible inside-edge off Lanning’s bat.
After 6 overs,Australia Women 20/1 ( Beth Mooney 9 , Meg Lanning (C) 5)
First bowling change, with Pooja Vastrakar getting introduced in Meghna Singh’s place. Meghna had been a tad expensive in the two overs that she had bowled, and Mithali will hope Pooja is able to assist Goswami better in maintaining the pressure. Mooney, meanwhile, collects her first boundary with a lovely cover drive in the fifth ball. Four from the over.
After 5 overs,Australia Women 16/1 ( Beth Mooney 5 , Meg Lanning (C) 5)
Lanning keeps the scoreboard ticking as she collects a brace with a punch through cover point in the penultimate delivery. Goswami has been sharp so far in her spell.
Can India help set a new record tonight?
After 4 overs,Australia Women 14/1 ( Beth Mooney 5 , Meg Lanning (C) 3)
Mooney works the ball behind square for a single off the second delivery. Dot off the third, as Meghna gets the ball to nearly kiss the outside edge with a late outswinger to Lanning. The Aussie skipper then opens her account with a cover drive that allows her to run three. Mooney punches a back-of-length ball in front of square in the last delivery to collect a brace.
After 3 overs,Australia Women 8/1 ( Beth Mooney 2 , Meg Lanning (C) 0)
Goswami with the breakthrough! Healy will be livid with herself for wasting a positive start as she chops the ball onto her stumps to depart for 6, bringing her captain to the crease. Less than 30 overs left, but India will suddenly be fancying their chances after that dismissal!
BOWLED! Goswami’s experience once again pays off for the Indians! Healy departs after chopping a length ball onto her stumps while looking for a cut. The veteran seamer draws first blood! AUS 8/1
Healy b Goswami 6(5)
After 2 overs,Australia Women 7/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 6 , Beth Mooney 1)
Meghna Singh, right-arm medium, from the other end. Starts off on an expensive note as Healy pulls a back-of-length delivery outside off towards the wide long on fence. The keeper-bat then drives through cover for a single next ball. Mooney taps the ball towards mid off for a quick single to get off the mark. Meghna ends the over with a beautiful away-swinger.
After 1 over,Australia Women 1/0 ( Alyssa Healy (W) 1 , Beth Mooney 0)
Healy’s off the mark right away, collecting a single off the first delivery. Mooney gets a full delivery next up, which she taps towards mid on for a dot, before leaving an inswinger alone in the third ball. Blocks the fourth one, and is beaten by one that nips away in the fifth. Lovely setup so far from Goswami, who ends the over with a back-of-length outswinger.
The mystery surrounding Mithali’s declaration!
After 37 overs,India Women 135/3 ( Punam Raut 41 , Deepti Sharma 3)
Five off Gardner’s 10th over, including a boundary to Raut in the third delivery as she skips down the track and smacks towards long on, where McGrath gets her hand on the ball but is unable to prevent the boundary. And India have finally declared their innings, with Punam remaining unbeaten nine short of her fifty.
Australia have been set a target of 271 with another hour-and-a-half left in the day’s play aside from the 30-minute extension.
After 36 overs,India Women 130/3 ( Punam Raut 36 , Deepti Sharma 3)
Quiet over from Wareham, with Deepti and Raut collecting a single each. Another 35 overs left in the day’s play, which doesn’t look enough for the Jhulan Goswami-led attack to collect 10 wickets and win the game. Raut and Deepti playing for a draw from here seems like likely conclusion. India lead by 266.
After 35 overs,India Women 128/3 ( Punam Raut 35 , Deepti Sharma 2)
FOUR! Raut gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps towards the cow corner boundary off Gardner in the penultimate delivery of this over. Five from the over, with Deepti having collected a single earlier. India lead by 264.
After 34 overs,India Women 123/3 ( Punam Raut 31 , Deepti Sharma 1)
Wareham strikes, breaking the partnership just as it was about to touch the 50-mark, trapping Verma leg-before to send the opener back to the pavilion after a well-made 52. Out walks Deepti Sharma at No 5, and the approach perhaps will be the same — attack. Two from the over along with the wicket. India lead by 259.
OUT! Maiden Test wicket for Georgia Wareham as she traps Shafali Verma LBW, the opener’s innings finally coming to an end. Partnership broken just when it was about to touch the fifty mark. IND 122/3
Verma LBW Wareham 52(91)
After 33 overs,India Women 121/2 ( Shafali Verma 52 , Punam Raut 30)
Just two singles off Gardner’s eighth over. Umpire goes upstairs over a faint run-out appeal in the last ball after a throw from long off towards the striker’s end, where Verma had grounded her bat in time.
After 32 overs,India Women 119/2 ( Shafali Verma 51 , Punam Raut 29)
Georgia Wareham brought into the attack from the other end after tea. Raut, meanwhile, goes on the offensive against the leg-spinner, collecting two boundaries in three deliveries, off a cover drive and a slog towards deep midwicket respectively. Eight off the over. India’s lead stretches past 250.
After 31 overs,India Women 111/2 ( Shafali Verma 51 , Punam Raut 21)
FOUR! Raut collects a boundary off the second delivery of the session, stepping down to Gardner and driving past mid off to move to 20. Retains the strike with a single off the last ball. India’s lead stretches to 247.
No declaration from Mithali Raj during the tea interval! Are the Indians playing for a draw here, or are they looking for another quick 20-30 runs before setting a target, and giving themselves around 30 overs to get 10 wickets?
Anyway, it’s Gardner continuing after the break, with Raut on strike on 16.
Shafali Verma just being Shafali Verma
After 30 overs,India Women 106/2 ( Shafali Verma 51 , Punam Raut 16)
FOUR! Shafali Verma brings up her third Test half-century in style with a slap down the ground off Molineux! She gets to the milestone in 86 deliveries, collecting six boundaries along the way.
And that will be Tea on the final day of the pink-ball Test! India end the session with a lead of 242, and it remains to be seen if Mithali declares during the interval.
After 29 overs,India Women 100/2 ( Shafali Verma 46 , Punam Raut 15)
Three singles collected in Gardner’s sixth over, with Verma and Raut rotating the strike between themselves, as the 100 comes up for the Indians. India lead by 236.
After 28 overs,India Women 97/2 ( Shafali Verma 44 , Punam Raut 14)
Raut grabs a double with a drive through midwicket off the first delivery but is unable to find the gaps in the next set of deliveries. One off the over. Another two-three overs before tea is called on the final day. India’s lead worth 233 at the moment. Does Mithali think that’s enough for a declaration?