Australia women’s cricket team defeated India by 6 wickets in the first ODI, strong performance by Beth Mooney

Delhi: In the first ODI match played in Brisbane today, Australia women’s cricket team defeated the Indian team by 6 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. After winning the toss and batting first, Team India was all out for 214 runs in 48.3 overs. In reply, Australia easily achieved this target by losing 4 wickets with 70 balls remaining. Beth Mooney was chosen player of the match for her brilliant innings.

Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur’s innings went in vain

Batting first, the Indian team had a very bad start. Opener Pratika Rawal could not even open her account. Megan Schutt showed him the way to the pavilion by getting him out LBW. After this, the team got the second blow in the form of Shefali Verma (4) on the score of 25. In this way both India’s openers were dismissed cheaply. Jemimah Rodrigues (8) also did not hold back from dashing the team’s hopes. However, after this Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur together took charge of the innings.

There was an important partnership of 48 runs between the two for the third wicket. Talia McGrath broke the pair. Mandhana scored 58 runs in 68 balls, which included 7 fours. At the same time, captain Harman was able to contribute 53 runs. By the score of 140, India had lost 6 wickets and at one time it seemed that perhaps the visiting team would not be able to touch the mark of 200, but thanks to Kashvi Gautam’s inning of 43 runs, Team India was successful in scoring 214 runs after losing all the wickets. Gardner took maximum 3 wickets from Australia.

Beth Mooney played the match winning innings

Australia women’s cricket team did not face any difficulty in achieving the target of 214 runs. The team had a very good start. Captain Alyssa Healy (50) and Phoebe Litchfield (32) added 55 runs for the first wicket and laid the foundation of victory. Australia got its second blow in the form of Georgia Wall (0) on the score of 55.

However, after this Beth Mooney and Annabel Sutherland set foot on the crease. Mooney faced 79 balls and played a useful inning of 76 runs. It included 5 fours and 2 sixes. During this innings, Mooney also made a record of completing 7000 runs in his international career. Sutherland remained unbeaten till (48*) and returned after leading the team to victory.

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