Highlights India vs Australia 1st T20I at Mumbai, Women's Tri-nation series, Full Cricket Score: Visitors win by 6 wickets

Poor display by India in all departments

Another complete display of dominance by the Australians on this tour. Despite India starting well with the bat, they never put their shoulders down. Looking at how Mandhana, Mooney and Villani, batted, it goes on to show that Indian batters did not bat well on a placid wicket. 153 was always going to be difficult to defend but Indians disappointed yet again in the field, displaying silly mistake in the field. The only positive for India was Jhulan Goswami who looked at her lethal best, picking 3 for 30 and somewhat keeping India in the hunt. But it was not enough to stop India getting embarrassed yet again by 6 wickets in the first T20I.

Australia Women 156/4 after 18.1 overs (Lanning 35, Haynes 12)

Dhar continues and the first deivery itself is a gift. Lanning gleefuly accepts it. Cuts it to the third man fence and that’s full points in the bag for Australia. 

Australia win the first match of the tri-series by 6 wickets.

Australia Women 152/4 after 18 overs (Lanning 31, Haynes 12)

Poonam Yadav to bowl the next over. Lanning wanted to win it with one stroke. Dances down the track and hits Poonam over mid-on. Four! Two runs needed. A single off the last ball. The scores are level with two overs to go.

Australia Women 147/4 after 17 overs (Lanning 26, Haynes 12)

Dhar returns. Bowling round the wicket. Starts off with a very wide delivery. A very poor day in the office fo0r her. Had her radar going totally wrong. Haynes gets a four at mid-on. Very harmless-looking bowling this! A couple of singles and Australia need 6 runs off 18 balls.

Goswami is back on the field but think it is too late for her as well to make a match out of this.

The spectators are leaving Brabourne with the result all but a formality.

Australia Women 139/4 after 16 overs (Lanning 24, Haynes 6)

Rodrigues comes into the attack. Five runs off the first two balls. India looking a bit out of steam. MMis-field at point and a couple conceded, when it should have been a dot. A four four off the fifth ball and 11 runs off that over. 14 runs needed off 24 balls.

Meanwhile India has fought back well to just about keep themselves in. Rachel Haynes have walked in before Perry with Lanning still out there. India need wickets for a turnaround.

Goswami has one over remaining, hopefully everything is okay for her to bowl.

Australia Women 128/4 after 15 overs (Lanning 16, Haynes 2)

Harmanpreet Kaur into the attack. Taken for runs. Six and a four for Lanning. Kaur’s gentle medium pacers had to go for runs. Not a great move to bring herself on when India are looking desperately for wickets. Big 12-run over. Australia just 25 runs away from victory.

Australia Women 116/4 after 14 overs (Lanning 5, Haynes 2)

Poonam Yadav sends back the free-stroking Villani. Rachael Haynes comes in and nearly gets involved in a mix-up with Lanning. A vicious googly off the last ball nearly got the better of Lanning. Four runs off that over.

OUT! Poonam Yadav foxes Villani with a change in pace. The Australian batter was early in her shot and chips it back to the bowler, who jumps high to grab the catch and takes out the non-striker in her follow through too. 

Villani c and b Poonam Yadav 39(33)

Australia Women 112/3 after 13 overs (Lanning 3, Villani 39)

Goswami to bowl out. In for her 4th over. She gives India a much-needed break sending back the dangerous-looking Mooney. India have a glimmer of hope. Mooney will be cursing herself for falling just short of a well-deserved fifty. Captain Meg Lanning is the new batter in. Good running off the last ball gets Australia a couple. A good, tight over. Only four runs and a wicket in that over.

OUT! Finally a wicket for India and it’s Goswami again giving India the breakthrough. Mooney tries to go over mid-on but doesn’t get the height. Caught.      

Beth Mooney c Shikha Pandey b Goswami 45(32)

Australia Women 108/2 after 12 overs (Mooney 45, Villani 38)

Poonam Yadav comes back into the attack. The Australians are looking totally unhurried. Five runs taken with the minimum of risks.

Australia Women 103/2 after 11 overs (Mooney 43, Villani 35)

Patil continues. Four for Mooney off the fifth ball. Comes down the pitch and goes over exra cover. Superb placement. No chance for the fielder in the deep. 100 up for Australia and they edge closer.

Australia Women 95/2 after 10 overs (Mooney 37, Villani 33)

Goswami returns to the attack. Villani shuffles down the track and across the stumps and is hit on the pads. the Tania Bhatia bit untidy behind the stumps gives away an extra run. Big heave by Mooney. Misses completely. That could have easily hit the edge of her bat and either carried to the ‘keeper or gone on to her stumps. The last ball is hit straight like a ramrod over the bowler’s head and into the fence. Nine runs off that over and the Aussies march on. They need 58 off 60 balls now with loads of wickets in hand. Very much under control.

Australia Women 86/2 after 9 overs (Mooney 31, Villani 32)

Patil comes back into the attack. Three runs off the first three balls. Mooney comes down the track and swats the next ball away to long-on. Good diving stop by Patil off her own bowling prevents a run for the Australians. A single to Villani at backward square leg and that’s the over.  India will have to find a way to separate this pair.

Australia Women 81/2 after 8 overs (Mooney 30, Villani 28)

Rumeli Dhar into the attack. Starts off with a wide. Hit for three boundaries in that over by Villani. Half-century partnership between these two Aussie batters –  52 off 34 balls. Sixteen runs off that over.

Match slipping out of India’s grasp rather quickly.

India desperately need a wicket and they have thrown the ball to senior bowler Rumeli Dhar.

Mooney and Villani have batted sensibly, keeping the required rate under control.

The fans have gone quiet with the mood slowly changing.

The next two on for Australia are captain Lanning and Perry, got to say it is their match to lose.

Australia Women 65/2 after 7 overs (Mooney 30, Villani 13)

Poonam Yadav into the attack with her leg-breaks. Tossed up first delivery. Mooney jumps out and drives to long off for one. Mooney then employs the reverse sweep to get a boundary. The last ball from Poonam has a lot of air. Villani had to wait for ages for it to arrive. Driven for one. Eight runs off that over.

Australia Women 57/2 after 6 overs (Mooney 24, Villani 11)

Patil with the next over – the last of the powerplay. A run out chance off the third delivery. A desperate dive from Mooney saves her in the end. Villani sweeps the next ball for a boundary and then a quick three runs. Very aggressive running by the Aussies. Ten off that over.

Australia Women 47/2 after 5 overs (Mooney 22, Villani 3)

Pandey back into the attack. Some sloppy work in the field and a poor delivery gives the Australians a couple of boundaries. There is a third boundary in the over too. A fine late cut by Mooney. Fourteen runs off that over.