08/03Result
Final (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Melbourne, Mar 8 2020
AUS Women won by 85 runs
Player of the Match
Alyssa HealyAustralia Women
08/03Result
Final (N), ICC Women's T20 World Cup at Melbourne, Mar 8 2020
AUS Women won by 85 runs
Player of the Match
Alyssa HealyAustralia Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs | AUS-W: 184/4 | RR: 9.20

  • Nicola Carey5 (5b)
  • Beth Mooney78 (54b)
  • Radha Yadav4-0-34-1
  • Poonam Yadav4-0-30-1

DANIEL FOOT: "It could have been alot worse for India but it could have been a hell of alot better"

Babu Duraiswamy: "Exactly a month ago, India have successfully chased down a target of 174 against Australia - All is not lost, just get a good start and see if the pressure gets transferred! "

Elsewhere, yesterday's second leg of the Chennaiyin FC vs FC Goa semi-final in the Indian Super League refused to peter out as such high-pressure contests often do. In the end, though, Chennaiyin's miracle men did just enough to halt Goa's near-comeback.

7:25pm Dominant. Australia have showed up and how. A 115-run stand for the opening wicket that completely flattened India. India, remember, wanted to bat first and began with three full tosses and a dropped catch in the first over. That first over also went for runs. The pressure was on early and Alyssa Healy made sure she would not let it go. Piled on more and more, was dropped once more, and India looked completely blindsided till they got her wicket. But, at the other end, was Beth Mooney. While none of the other batsmen could bring in a cameo to follow the opening stand, she kept the scoring brisk and sprinted to yet another fifty, getting inventive at the end when required. India's best phase came late in the innings, but could it just end up being damage control? No one has scored 184 in a women's T20 final before. The surface is certainly good enough for two team to get that score tonight - but the pressure is what it will be about from here. We'll see how it goes. Australia with the advantage coming out for this second half.

19.6
1b
Yadav to Carey, 1 bye, length in the corridor, shuffles and looks for the slog sweep and is beaten. Deflected towards short third off the keeper's body
19.5
0
Yadav to Carey, no run, full outside off, shapes for the reverse swat but cops that on the front leg
19.4
4
Yadav to Carey, FOUR, dropped short and pummeled. Poor ball. Turning into the swinging arc for a pull and she slots that over the square leg fielder, who continues to remain in the circle

Over the wicket now.

19.3
1
Yadav to Mooney, 1 run, length outside off, driven against the turn to deep extra cover
19.2
1
Yadav to Carey, 1 run, flat and full at the stumps. Shuffles and drags the slog straight to short fine
19.1
1
Yadav to Mooney, 1 run, length on middle stump, dragged to deep midwicket along the floor

Radha Yadav for the last over. Can she keep it tight? Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS-W: 176/4 | RR: 9.26

  • Nicola Carey0 (1b)
  • Beth Mooney76 (52b)
  • Poonam Yadav4-0-30-1
  • Shikha Pandey4-0-52-0
18.6
0
Poonam Yadav to Carey, no run, short of a length outside off, mistimed cut into the covers
18.5
W
Poonam Yadav to Haynes, OUT, pulled straight onto the stumps. Short of a length outside off, gets very deep in the crease and a long way outside off. The attempted pull comes off the thick inside part of the bat and straight onto leg stump

RL Haynes b Poonam Yadav 4 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

18.4
1
Poonam Yadav to Mooney, 1 run, full outside off, drags the sweep into the leg side but can't beet Harmanpreet's dive to the right at square leg

Stays around

18.3
1
Poonam Yadav to Haynes, 1 run, short of a length outside off, pulled to deep midwicket

Around the wicket

18.2
3
Poonam Yadav to Mooney, 3 runs, full toss outside off, thick outside edge on the reverse sweep. Trickles to short third's right and they come back for a third, slide and all
18.1
4
Poonam Yadav to Mooney, FOUR, creamed to the square leg boundary. Square leg in and with her pace, you can discount the turn away easily. This is what Mooney does to the ball outside off and sends it flying over the infield

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | AUS-W: 167/3 | RR: 9.27

  • Beth Mooney68 (49b)
  • Rachael Haynes3 (3b)
  • Shikha Pandey4-0-52-0
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-38-2

A sour end to Pandey's bowling campaign. She finishes her World Cup conceding 52.

17.6
1
Pandey to Mooney, 1 run, full on leg stump, whipped to deep midwicket's right
17.5
2
Pandey to Mooney, 2 runs, full on the stumps, shuffles and clips to deep midwicket's left
17.4
4
Pandey to Mooney, FOUR, oh, smart. She sets up low on the off side so that she can set up for the ramp. Pandey follows her into the off side with a full ball but Mooney arches away and opens the face to stab this to the keeper's left
17.3
1
Pandey to Haynes, 1 run, full outside off, driven to deep extra cover
17.2
1
Pandey to Mooney, 1 run, full on off stump, chopped out to sweeper cover on the front foot
17.1
1
Pandey to Haynes, 1 run, full on off stump, driven to long-off on the front foot

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | AUS-W: 157/3 | RR: 9.23

  • Rachael Haynes1 (1b)
  • Beth Mooney60 (45b)
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-38-2
  • Radha Yadav3-0-27-1

Ritesh Singh: "very critical phase in match. huge difference between 180 and 200, india needs to be very alert."

16.6
1
Sharma to Haynes, 1 run, misfield from Shafali. Short of a length outside off, mistimed cut to point's left and it's through her as she gets down late on it
16.5
W
Sharma to Gardner, OUT, quick hands! Swift glovework as usual from India's wicketkeeper. Length ball pushed through flat outside off. Steps out and has a swish at this, but is well beaten

A Gardner st †Bhatia b Sharma 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

16.4
2
Sharma to Gardner, 2 runs, length on middle stump, gently tucked between deep midwicket and long-on, which allows them a second. Expertly done
16.3
0
Sharma to Gardner, no run, straight on. Length ball, flat in the corridor. Looks to drive for the turn but that's past the outside edge
16.2
W
Sharma to Lanning, OUT, taken at square leg. Pushes it through quickly, short of a length and wide outside off. Backs into the off side and whips at this to try and go behind square on the leg side. Two fielders in the circle there, it's a good option. And good connection too. But just not enough height and Pandey stretches high to her right to grab that

MM Lanning c Pandey b Sharma 16 (15b 2x4 0x6) SR: 106.66

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IND Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2S MandhanaShafali Verma
2nd3S MandhanaT Bhatia
2nd3S MandhanaJI Rodrigues
3rd10H KaurS Mandhana
4th12H KaurDB Sharma
5th28V KrishnamurthyDB Sharma
6th30DB SharmaRM Ghosh
7th4S PandeyRM Ghosh
8th4RP YadavRM Ghosh
9th1Poonam YadavRP Yadav
10th2Poonam YadavRS Gayakwad