AUS-W vs IND-W 1st ODI Live Update: Australia women beat India by nine wickets

AUS-W vs IND-W 1st ODI, Live: Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of the 1st ODI of the three-match series between Australia Women and India women being played at the Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay.

 

12:58 AM Haynes (93* off 100) ensured an easy win for Australia over India after Alyssa Healy's 77-ball 77 earlier. Meg Lanning also fired a 53* while chasing a modest total of 226 by India. Earlier Mithali Raj scored a 109-ball 61 after top-order failed to perform. 

 

11:37 AM Haynes  (69 not out) is hitting Indian bowlers all over the park as the Aussies are just 37 runs away from the victory. Meg Lanning is not out at 30 at the other end.

 

11:04 AM Poonam Yadav provides the breakthrough to India! The spinner removed Healy at 77 with 126 runs on the board.

 

10:25 AM Alyssa Healy reaches her half-century in 56 deliveries as she steers the run chase along with Haynes on the other end at 23* in the opening-wicket partnership. 

 

09:35 AM: Australian openers Alyssa Healy and Rachael Haynes have started Australia run chase with two runs in the first over.

 

1st innings: India women team captain Mithali Raj continued with her purple patch on Tuesday when she scored her fifth consecutive fifty in ODIs as she scored a 107-ball 61 against Australia women in the first of the three-match series in Mackay; helping India post 225/8 on the board after late cameo from Richa Ghosh (32 off 29) and Jhulan Goswami (20 off 24). Darcie Brown did the most damage with the ball as she finished her 10-over spell at 4/33 while Sophie Molineux and Hannah Darlington picked two wickets a piece.

 

Shafali Verma c Healy b Darcie Brown 8
Smriti Mandhana c R Haynes b Darcie Brown 16
Yastika Bhatia c R Haynes b Darcie Brown 35
Mithali Raj st Healy b Molineux 61
Deepti Sharma c Wareham b Darcie Brown 9
Pooja Vastrakar c Molineux b HJ Darlington 17
Richa Ghosh not out 32
Sneh Rana b HJ Darlington 2
Jhulan Goswami st Healy b Molineux 20
Meghna Singh not out 1
Extras: (B-2, LB-3, W-19) 24
Total:(For 8 wickets in 50 Overs) 225
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-38, 3-115, 4-129, 5-166, 6-172, 7-178, 8-223.

Bowling: Ellyse Perry 4-0-37-0, Darcie Brown 9-1-33-4, Tahlia McGrath 6-0-34-0, Ashleigh Gardner 4-1-12-0, Sophie Molineux 9-0-39-2, Georgia Wareham 10-0-36-0, Hannah Darlington 8-1-29-2.

 

Here is the playing XI for the two teams: