India Women vs Australia Women 4th Highlights: IND 181/5; Aussies win by 7 runs, clinch series

Ashleigh Gardner is the Player of the Match for her 27-ball 42 as well as her haul of 2/20, which included the wicket of opener Smriti Mandhana

Another outstanding knock from Ghosh

Great intent once again from Richa Ghosh!!!

Only if India had a Plan B in the slog. Full and outside off, every ball.

India do certain things right. But some modest fielding, poor running between the wickets in the penultimate over/lack of awareness...

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) December 17, 2022

Did Richa miss a trick by not retaining strike for the final over?

This is the game awareness that the women's cricketers in India still need. Terrible, terrible. This has happened twice - even in the third T20I, Deepti and Richa ran a single on the last ball off the 19th, giving Deepti strike for the 20th. NO.

— Sarah Waris (@swaris16) December 17, 2022

Another game that went down the wire between these two sides

Well fought India, shown lots of guts in tough situation but Australia Women won the T20 series.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 17, 2022

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After 20 overs,India Women 181/5 ( Richa Ghosh (W) 40 , Deepti Sharma 12)

The experience Megan Schutt holds her nerve in the tense final over as Australia pull off a thrilling seven-run win and clinch the five-match T20I series with a game to spare!

Deepti, who kept the strike with a single at the end of the previous over, keeps India hanging by a thread with a boundary off the first and the fourth deliveries — with a couple of singles coming between these two balls — and bringing the equation down to 10 off 2. Needing a four or a six to keep India alive, she ends up collecting just a single off the fifth as the experienced Schutt cramps her for room with a full delivery. Ghosh too can collect just a single off the last ball, finishing unbeaten on 40 off 19.

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After 19 overs,India Women 169/5 ( Richa Ghosh (W) 38 , Deepti Sharma 2)

SIX! SIX! FOUR! Ghosh brings the equation down to 22 off 9 from 38 off 12 with a flurry of big hits off Heather Graham! Graham though, recovers from the initial assault, conceding just two off the next three with Deepti Sharma keeping the strike with a single off the last ball.

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After 18 overs,India Women 151/5 ( Richa Ghosh (W) 21 , Deepti Sharma 1)

Team India need 38 to win from the last two overs. Simply put, Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma will have to deliver one massive over for the hosts for them to stay alive in the chase. It’s not an impossible task, just incredibly difficult against this Aussie side.

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OUT! Devika Vaidya’s stay at the crease comes to an end as she is stumped off Ashleigh Gardner’s bowling, the all-rounder collecting her second wicket in the process in her final over of the evening. Deepti Sharma joins Richa Ghosh at the centre; IND 149/5; need 40 off 16

Vaidya st Mooney b Gardner 32(26)

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After 16 overs,India Women 136/4 ( Devika Vaidya 26 , Richa Ghosh (W) 13)

Team India reach 136/4 at the end of the 16th over, and need another 53 to win with just four overs left in the chase. They’re fairly level with the Aussies, who were 139/2 at the end of the 16th before Perry and Co produced an absolute carnage in the back four.

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After 15 overs,India Women 130/4 ( Devika Vaidya 24 , Richa Ghosh (W) 9)

King strikes after returning to the attack in the 15th over, getting the prized wicket of Kaur as the India skipper falls just four short of her half-century, her exit coming as a body blow for the Women in Blue. There, still is hope for the Indians however, with Richa Ghosh collecting back-to-back fours after walking out to bat before keeping the strike with a single.

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OUT! Massive blow to India’s hopes as Alana King dismisses Harmanpreet Kaur — who was key to the Women in Blue’s chances of squaring the series! Kaur goes for a sweep off King, and ends up getting a thick top-edge, with Brown safely collecting the catch at short fine leg. IND 121/4

Kaur c Brown b King 46(30)

12,000 fans screaming “INDIAAA! INDIA!” at the Brabourne today!

More than 1⃣2⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ people have come to support our Women in Blue 👏 👏

Solid turnout here at the Brabourne stadium, CCI for the fourth #INDvAUS T20I 👍 👍

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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) December 17, 2022

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After 13 overs,India Women 113/3 ( Harmanpreet Kaur (C) 43 , Devika Vaidya 19)

Huge over for the Indians, with 17 runs coming off Heather Graham’s second over as Harmanpreet Kaur plunders four boundaries in a space of five balls to reignite India’s hopes of catching up with the mighty Aussies as far as the series is concerned!

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FOUR! Harmanpreet Kaur brings up the fifty-stand with Devika Vaidya for the fourth wicket with a boundary off Heather Graham! The pair have consumed 32 deliveries so far in the stand and have revived India’s hopes of levelling the series in the process! IND 101/3

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After 12 overs,India Women 96/3 ( Harmanpreet Kaur (C) 27 , Devika Vaidya 18)

Big over for the Indians, with 12 coming off Schutt’s second over of the evening including a boundary each to Kaur and Vaidya in the last three deliveries. India, though, will need to score at a similar rate for the remainder of their chase as the required rate is over 11 at the moment.

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After 10 overs,India Women 77/3 ( Harmanpreet Kaur (C) 20 , Devika Vaidya 7)

SIX! Harmanpreet Kaur smashes the ball over deep midwicket for a huge six in Ashleigh Gardner’s second over of the evening, as the Women in Blue reach 77/3 at the halfway stage, needing another 112 to win off 60. The third wicket partnership, worth 28 so far, looks quite promising for the Indians.

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After 9 overs,India Women 68/3 ( Harmanpreet Kaur (C) 13 , Devika Vaidya 5)

Harmanpreet is lucky to escape a stumping off Heather Graham’s bowling in the ninth over, the ball beating both her bat as well as keeper Mooney’s gloves and running away for four byes after the Indian skipper charged down the pitch. Harman then ends the over with a boundary, steering the ball behind point. The hosts will need her to stay till the very end for them to have a chance at chasing the steep target down.

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OUT! Soft dismissal for Jemimah Rodrigues, who ends up hitting the ball straight to Darcie Brown at short fine leg after spinner Alana King fires one down leg. Simple enough catch for Brown inside the circle as India lose their third wicket. IND 49/3

Rodrigues c Brown b King 8(11)

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After 6 overs,India Women 44/2 ( Jemimah Rodrigues 6 , Harmanpreet Kaur (C) 1)

Jemimah Rodrigues gets off the mark with a boundary off Ellyse Perry in the fifth over, cutting the ball past point. Shafali Verma collects back-to-back fours in the following over before perishing while attempting a hat-trick of boundaries, mishitting the ball towards mid off where Perry pulls off a fine catch running backwards. With both openers back in the hut at the end of the powerplay, Australia would already be staring at an unassailable 3-1 series lead today!

Verma c Perry b Brown 20(16)

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After 4 overs,India Women 28/1 ( Shafali Verma 11 , Jemimah Rodrigues 0)

Gardner is brought into the over in the third over, and she delivers with the ball after an attacking 42 with the bat earlier, getting Mandhana caught-behind for 16. Change of ends for Darcie Brown, who replaces Schutt in the fourth over. Jemimah Rodrigues, meanwhile, is yet to score after walking out to the crease following Mandhana’s exit.

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OUT! Mandhana falls after getting off to a promising start, getting caught-behind off Ashleigh Gardner’s bowling with Beth Mooney, donning the wicketkeeper’s gloves in Alyssa Healy’s injury-forced absence, completing the catch after a fumble. IND 23/1

Mandhana c Mooney b Gardner 16(10)

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After 2 overs,India Women 21/0 ( Smriti Mandhana 15 , Shafali Verma 5)

Quite the confident start from the Indians with 21 runs coming off the first two overs — bowled by Darcie Brown and Megan Schutt respectively — including a boundary to Mandhana off the very first ball. Verma follows up with a lovely cover drive four balls later to open her account. Schutt goes for eight runs in the subsequent over, including a boundary to Mandhana off the third.

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After 20 overs,Australia Women 188/3 ( Ellyse Perry 72 , Grace Harris 27)

Absolute carnage out there at the Brabourne Stadium in the death overs, with Ellyse Perry smashing the Indian attack to all parts of the south Mumbai ground to help Australia post a daunting 188/3, remaining unbeaten on 72 off just 42 deliveries in the process! Grace Harris too has played her part in the unbroken fourth-wicket stand worth 48 off just 20 balls with an unbeaten 27 off 12.

The Aussies were 73/2 after 11 overs, and needed a boost to get past the 150-mark. They got more than that in the end, with 115 runs coming off the next nine, including 43 off the last 3!

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After 18 overs,Australia Women 161/3 ( Ellyse Perry 57 , Grace Harris 15)

Grace Harris is off to a confident start after coming in place of Ashleigh Gardner, collecting a boundary off her first ball off Deepti Sharma before bringing up the 150 for the Aussies with back-to-back fours off Renuka Singh. Perry ends the over with her seventh boundary, smashing a full, wide delivery through point. Two more overs to go. Can Australia go past 180 from here?

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OUT! Deepti finally gets the breakthrough, ending the partnership that was just six shy of the century mark, as Ashleigh Gardner ends up mistiming her shot after skipping down the track, looking to smash the ball over the boundary rope for a fourth time. Harleen Deol comfortably grabs this in front of the long on boundary. AUS 140/3

Gardner c Deol b Deepti 42(27)

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Fifty for Ellyse Perry, her second on the bounce after her match-winning 75 off 47 balls on Wednesday! She has been in equally great nick today, taking 32 deliveries to bring up the milestone, collecting six fours and two maximums along the way. She brings up the fifty with a four and a single off Sarvani at the start of the 16th over. AUS 127/2

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After 14 overs,Australia Women 111/2 ( Ashleigh Gardner 26 , Ellyse Perry 39)

Perry and Gardner continue to make merry at the expense of the Indian attack thanks to a flurry of fours and sixes in the last three overs. Gardner brings up the fifty partnership with Perry with a six off Radha in the 13th over, in which the Aussies also breach the 100-mark. Perry then collects her second six in the following over, smashing the ball over long off off Vaidya.

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SIX! Ashleigh Gardner charges down the track and smashes the ball down the ground off Radha Yadav to bring up the fifty partnership with Ellyse Perry for the third wicket! AUS 97/2

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After 12 overs,Australia Women 86/2 ( Ashleigh Gardner 17 , Ellyse Perry 24)

Harmanpreet brings Renuka Thakur back into the attack in the 12th over, looking to break the dangerous-looking partnership. The pacer, though, ends up conceding three boundaries in a 13-run over, two of which are collected by Perry.

Not a very happy development for the Aussies

Alyssa Healy won't participate in this match further due to calf strain.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 17, 2022

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After 10 overs,Australia Women 70/2 ( Ashleigh Gardner 12 , Ellyse Perry 13)

The Aussies reach 70/2 at the halfway stage, with the partnership between Perry and Gardner for the third wicket for 24 so far. Can the current Aussie pair guide the visitors to another big score today? Or will the Indians restrict the Aussies in the second half?

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After 8 overs,Australia Women 59/2 ( Ashleigh Gardner 4 , Ellyse Perry 11)

SIX! Now Ashleigh Gardner joins Ellyse Perry in the six-hitting act, charging down the track and smashing the ball over Shafali Verma — who replaces Deepti Sharma — to move to double figures! Australia certainly are fighting back after losing Mooney and McGrath and with Healy retiring hurt.

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After 7 overs,Australia Women 52/2 ( Ashleigh Gardner 2 , Ellyse Perry 6)

SIX! Ellyse Perry smashes the ball down the ground for a maximum off Radha Yadav in her first ball of the evening, carrying on from where she left off on Wednesday and bringing up the fifty for Australia in the process! AUS 52/2

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BOWLED! Radha Yadav strikes not long after Alyssa Healy walks off the field retired hurt, pitching the ball up around middle and leg and rattling the stumps as a result as Tahlia McGrath misses while going for a sweep! AUS 46/2

McGrath b Radha 9(10)

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After 6 overs,Australia Women 42/1 ( Alyssa Healy (C) (W) 30 , Tahlia McGrath 7)

Deepti tests Healy by pulling out in the last second in the second delivery of her second over, with Healy giving away her intention of charging down the track and smashing the ball over her head. The Aussie captain does get a boundary later in the sixth over, shuffling to her right and smacking the ball behind square leg for a boundary in the penultimate ball, but needs medical attention immediately after the shot as she’s seen hobbling while going for a run. Healy plays out the final delivery, but the discomfort is too much for her to handle and she walks off the field as a result.

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After 4 overs,Australia Women 29/1 ( Alyssa Healy (C) (W) 20 , Tahlia McGrath 5)

Deepti gets the breakthrough after Healy’s flying start, dismissing Mooney off her third ball of the evening. New batter Tahlia McGrath, meanwhile, is off to a confident start as she smacks the ball in front of square on the leg side, beating a diving Smriti Mandhana at deep midwicket.

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OUT! Deepti Sharma draws first blood for the Women in Blue by dismissing Beth Mooney, who ends up miscuing the ball towards Shafali Verma just outside the circle at mid on after taking a couple of steps down the track. AUS 24/1

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After 2 overs,Australia Women 19/0 ( Beth Mooney 2 , Alyssa Healy (C) (W) 16)

Unlike the previous game, the Aussies are off to a fairly confident start today with skipper and keeper-batter Alyssa Healy leading the charge. Healy’s batting on 16 at the end of the second over, having collected two boundaries each off Renuka Singh and Anjali Sarvani respectively.