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Australia XI
1. Beth Mooney (wk)
2. Georgia Voll
3. Phoebe Litchfield
4. Ellyse Perry
5. Ash Gardner (vc)
6. Georgia Wareham
7. Annabel Sutherland
8. Nicola Carey
9. Sophie Molineux (c)
10. Kim Garth
11. Darcie Brown
ShareIndia won the toss and elected to field
Clearly India liked the way things played out for them after fielding first in the first T20, so they’re going to do it again!
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Megan Maurice
Hello and welcome to the second T20 of the series and the second match of the “Sophie Molineux era” for Australia. You may remember that the first match didn’t go swimmingly for the new captain (though swimming was certainly on the cards after a huge downpour cut the match short).
Australia could not manage to build a partnership and lost wickets with alarming regularity, putting on a total well short of par and without batting their full complement of overs. As a result, India were easily able to steer themselves ahead of DLS par before the rain hit and walked away with the first win of the series.
In contrast, today’s weather in our nation’s capital, where we lay our scene, is bright and rain-free, so both teams will need to be prepared to play a full match. For India, it will simply be about continuing their momentum – their bowling and fielding were excellent on Sunday – as well as getting the time to bat out a full innings and see what kind of total they are capable of amassing.
Australia will be looking to bounce back, and with a long line up of batters who all ended up with uncharacteristically low scores on Sunday, they are certainly capable of doing so.
Whatever happens, it’s sure to be a cracker of a match, so let’s get into it!