In sport, Australians are all the time in it to win it, whether or not it’s a decider or a useless rubber. Annabel Sutherland echoed this sentiment in her clarion name to go for the 3-0 sweep forward of the third and last ODI between India and Australia. Her workforce did simply that, beating the host by a large 190 runs at the Wankhede Stadium right here on Tuesday.
The Aussie juggernaut was led by a younger and unassuming Phoebe Litchfield. After ending 2023 as the second-highest run scorer in women’s ODIs (485 runs), the 20-year-old rang in the new yr together with her second ODI hundred. Litchfield vindicated Healy’s choice to bat first, placing on a 189-run opening partnership, the highest for Australia in opposition to India in women’s ODIs. The Indian response finally fell in need of this stand alone by 41 runs.
Pooja Vastrakar ripped into Healy’s stumps in the twenty ninth over, with the Aussie captain lacking out on a century by 18 runs. Ellyse Perry couldn’t add to her half century haul, caught leg earlier than by Amanjot Kaur for 16.
Shreyanka Patil impressed together with her tight strains and management, dismissing Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath off consecutive deliveries. Litchfield carried on, using her trademark reverse sweep with elan as she scored the season’s highest rating together with 16 boundaries and one six.
Healy’s dismissal triggered a dip in the scoring fee. After a few nervy moments in the 90s the place she noticed companions fall at the different finish, Litchfield introduced up her century with a clean nudge down the floor for 4.
Cameos from Ashleigh Gardner and Annabel Sutherland and one other explosive late flourish from Alana King helped Australia to its highest complete in opposition to India in the format.
Megan Schutt snuffed out momentum from the Indian innings early on, eradicating openers Yastika Bhatia and Smriti Mandhana cheaply. The host caught to its choice to ship Richa Ghosh at three, nonetheless the keeper-batter by no means settled into the chase.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s horror run with the bat continued with the skipper falling for 3, ending the series with a paltry 17 runs in complete.
Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma and Pooja acquired begins however couldn’t capitalise. The final six Indian wickets fell in simply 12.2 overs for simply 50 runs. King’s supply to Pooja, a traditional legbreak pitched full on the leg stump which then spun away to hit her off stump was a dismissal for the spotlight reel.
India’s fielding effort confirmed an enchancment from the second ODI, nonetheless, Deepti dropped Litchfield on 61 at backward level and Smriti dropped Perry at deep midwicket on 10.
The Australian response on the discipline was in sharp distinction, with Litchfield taking a blinder to dismiss Amanjot and Mooney scurrying from slip to leg slip to pocket a paddle sweep try by Harmanpreet.
Australia’s tour of India strikes into its last leg with a three-match T20I series to be performed at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai from January 5-9.
Scoreboard
AUSTRALIA INNINGS: Phoebe Litchfield c Harmanpreet b Deepti 119 (125b, 16×4, 1×6), Alyssa Healy b Pooja 82 (85b, 4×4, 3×6), Ellyse Perry lbw b Amanjot 16 (9b, 3×4), Beth Mooney lbw b Shreyanka 3 (10b), Tahlia McGrath lbw b Shreyanka 0 (1b), Ashleigh Gardner b Shreyanka 30 (27b, 4×4), Annabel Sutherland c Harmanpreet b Amanjot 23 (21b, 2×4, 1×6), Georgia Wareham (not out) 11 (8b, 2×4), Alana King (not out) 26 (14b, 1×4, 3×6); Extras (lb-8, w-20): 28.
Total (for seven wkts. in 50 overs): 338.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-189 (Healy, 28.5 overs), 2-209 (Perry, 32.1), 3-216 (Mooney, 35.1), 4-216 (McGrath, 35.2), 5-256 (Litchfield, 39.6), 6-295 (Sutherland, 45.6), 7-299 (Gardner, 46.2).
INDIA BOWLING: Renuka 7-0-52-0, Pooja 10-0-68-1, Shreyanka 10-0-57-3, Mannat 3-0-30-0, Deepti 10-0-53-1, Amanjot 10-0-70-2.
INDIA INNINGS: Yastika Bhatia b Schutt 6 (14b, 1×4), Smriti Mandhana c Garth b Schutt 29 (29b, 5×4), Richa Ghosh b Wareham 19 (29b, 3×4), Harmanpreet Kaur c Mooney b Wareham 3 (10b), Jemimah Rodrigues c King b Gardner 25 (27b, 3×4), Deepti Sharma (not out) 25 (39b, 2×4), Amanjot Kaur c Litchfield b King 3 (8b), Pooja Vastrakar b King 14 (14b, 1×4), Shreyanka Patil c McGrath b Sutherland 2 (10b), Renuka Singh c Healy b Sutherland 0 (1b), Mannat Kashyap c Mooney b Wareham 8 (15b, 1×4); Extras (lb-1, w-13): 14
Total (in 32.4 overs): 148.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-32 (Yastika, 4.6), 2-43 (Smriti, 8.1), 3-57 (Harmanpreet, 11.1), 4-72 (Richa, 15.6), 5-98 (Jemimah, 20.3), 6-102 (Amanjot, 22.2), 7-128 (Pooja, 26.3), 8-135 (Shreyanka, 29.2), 9-135 (Renuka, 29.3).
AUSTRALIA BOWLING: Schutt 6-1-23-2, Garth 5-0-33-0, Wareham 6.4-0-23-3, Gardner 7-0-38-1, King 5-0-21-2, Sutherland 3-0-9-2.
Toss: Australia.
PoM & PoS: Litchfield.
Australia gained by 190 runs to clinch ODI series 3-0.
