IND-W vs AUS-W: India and Australia captains Harmanpreet Kaur and Alyssa Healy had been involved in a heated exchange through the one-off Test between the perimeters in Mumbai. India are internet hosting Australia in an all-format collection with the fixtures beginning with a Test match on the Wankhede Stadium. The Women in Blue are in search of a primary win over the Aussies in a Test match.Â
Notably, India skipper Kaur and her Aussie counterpart Healy had been involved in an exchange of phrases on Day 3 of the four-day Test match. The incident came about when Kaur was bowling her 4th over in the second innings and the hosts had been in determined want of a wicket.Â
Kaur’s fuller ball was defended again to her by the Aussie skipper. The Indian captain fired the ball straight to Healy then as she noticed her popping out of her crease whereas hitting the ball. The ball raced to Healy, who used her bat to guard and in that try, the ball ricocheted to the deep third fence for a 4. The Indian skipper then additionally appealed for obstructing the sector however was denied and the Aussies got 4 runs. Kaur and Healy additionally shared a number of phrases.Â
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According to MCC’s regulation 37.1, “Either batter is out Obstructing the field if, he/she wilfully attempts to obstruct or distract the fielding side by word or action. A batter shall not be out Obstructing the field if the obstruction or distraction is accidental, or the obstruction is in order to avoid injury, or in the case of the striker, he/she makes a second or subsequent strike to guard his/her wicket lawfully.”
However, Healy was out LBW on Harmanpreet’s subsequent supply as she was overwhelmed on a premeditated sweep. The Aussie captain requested for a evaluation however ended up burning it. Australia have stored themselves alive in the sport after bowling India’s three wickets early and scoring 233 runs. The guests lead by 46 runs and have 5 wickets in hand.
