Perth, March 8. Indian women suffered a crushing 10-wicket defeat against Australia on Sunday on the third day of the only day-night cricket test. The Indian team, playing at 105 runs for six wickets in its second innings, was reduced to just 149 runs in 48.2 overs, in which Pratika Rawal played an inning of 63 runs in 137 balls.
Australia win the Pink-Ball Test by 10 wickets.
With that, the multi-format series comes to an end.
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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 8, 2026
Ashley Gardner (2-8) dismissed both the unbeaten batsmen of the second evening, Sneh Rana (30) and Pratika. Elena King also took two wickets for 23 runs. Australia’s most successful bowler was Lucy Hamilton, who took three wickets for 32 runs, while Annabel Sutherland also took two wickets for 15 runs.
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Australia needed only 25 runs to win and openers Georgia Woll (16 not out) and Phoebe Lichfield (11 not out) scored 28 runs without losing wickets in 4.3 overs to give victory to the host team. Earlier, India had scored 198 runs in the first innings, in response to which Australia, with the help of ‘Player of the Match’ and ‘Player of the Series’ Annabel Sutherland’s 129 runs, gave the host team a significant lead in the first innings by scoring 323 runs.
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