8th over: India 67-1 (Smriti 32, Jemimah 22)<\/p>\n
Brown returns for her second over after she struggled to find her line in the first over of the match. She\u2019s bowling from the other end now, so she\u2019ll be hoping she can find her rhythm there. It\u2019s a good start to the over with a one and a dot, but when Brown throws in the bouncer, Smriti is very happy to cut it smoothly past third for a four. All up though, it\u2019s a better over from Brown.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7th over: India 60-1 (Smriti 27, Jemimah 20)<\/p>\n Sutherland comes into the attack for the first over after the powerplay after a very good four overs in Canberra. She starts well, with a dot, two and one and then she thinks she has Jemimah trapped lbw, but she\u2019s got an under edge on it that saves her.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6th over: India 54-1 (Smriti 24, Jemimah 17)<\/p>\n Molineux brings herself into the attack and immediately Jemimah sweeps her for four. A single brings Smriti on strike, but she wants a piece of the sweeping action as well and sweeps Molineux for four as well. A third four from the over and suddenly this is a very expensive one for the Australians \u2013 14 from it to end the powerplay.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 5th over: India 40-1 (Smriti 15, Jemimah 12)<\/p>\n Garth returns for a second over after a successful first over from her. Jemimah immediately attacks and chips one over the infield for two before a lovely sweep behind her that evades Harris and flies to the boundary. Garth tightens up her line and slows the scoring rate and then catching Smriti\u2019s edge, but with the field up for the powerplay, there isn\u2019t a fielder close enough to get to it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4th over: India 31-1 (Smriti 13, Jemimah 5)<\/p>\n A big appeal on the first ball of the over and there\u2019s a long chat about whether they\u2019ll appeal. Molineux pulls out the DRS signal right on the final second, which is becoming a trademark move for her! However, the review reveals Smriti got bat on the ball and not pad and they lose the review. Then there\u2019s a catching opportunity, but Perry can\u2019t quite hang on. Finally Smriti gets one away for four \u2013 it\u2019s all happening this over!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.35 EST<\/p>\n 3rd over: India 23-1 (Smriti 6, Jemimah 4)<\/p>\n Kim Garth replaces Brown after that less than ideal first over. A good call from Molineux to give Brown some time to sit back and watch the game and prepare to adjust her lines and lengths. Garth starts well, but Shafali sees one she likes on the third ball of the over and pounces, pulling it past fine leg for four. However, Garth retaliates next ball with the wicket. Jemimah gets off the mark with a two straight away, followed by another to close out the over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Shafali c Sutherland b Garth 7 (India 19-1)<\/p>\n Garth gets the breakthrough, luring Shafali into one too many aggressive shots and it\u2019s straight up in the air. Sutherland has to navigate Perry in her vicinity but makes the early call and takes the catch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2nd over: India 14-0 (Smriti 5, Shafali 3)<\/p>\n Gardner comes in for the second over to open from the other end. Shafali attacks immediately, coming down the pitch and attempts to drive it back over Gardner\u2019s head, but the ball catches the edge instead. It falls safely, just past Litchfield and Shafali is off the mark. It\u2019s a fairly tight over from Gardner, just four runs from it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 1st over: India 10-0 (Smriti 4, Shafali 0)<\/p>\n Not the best start for Darcie Brown with new ball in hand, a wide from the first ball, two wides from the second and another wide from the third \u2013 maybe some nerves opening the bowling in front of a home crowd. Finally she gets a legal delivery away and it\u2019s leg byes, before yet another wide. The first runs scored from the bat come via a beautiful four from Smriti and finally after 10 balls, the first over is complete.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The teams are on the field now and the first ball is coming up very soon!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget if you have any thoughts to share on tonight\u2019s match, you can send me an email \u2013 the details are at the top of the page. I\u2019ll do my best to include your emails in the blog where I can. You can also tell me about your own game this weekend if you like \u2013 I\u2019ve just returned from scoring a match for the mighty Summer Hill CC U13 Girls, who had a 59-run win in their T20 match today, so I\u2019d love to hear about your day in the field as well!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n If you want a bit of a refresher on the last match before this one begins, you can peruse the blog from the other night \u2013 we\u2019ve still got some time for you to catch up before the first ball!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n One change each for the sides \u2013 for India, it\u2019s Shreyanka Patil who comes back into the side after playing game one and missing game two, with Kranti Gaud out tonight. For Australia, we get our first look at Grace Harris for this series, coming in to replace Nicola Carey, who has not bowled as many overs as we would have expected. It will be interesting to see if Harris\u2019s off spin is deployed much in this match, or whether she is simply in as a late order hitter noting that runs have been hard to come by at the end of both of Australia\u2019s innings so far.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>India XI<\/p>\n 1. Shafali Verma<\/p>\n 2. Smriti Mandhana<\/p>\n 3. Jemimah Rodrigues<\/p>\n 4. Harmanpreet Kaur<\/p>\n 5. Richa Ghosh<\/p>\n 6. Amanjot Kaur<\/p>\n 7. Deepti Sharma<\/p>\n 8. Arundhati Reddy<\/p>\n 9. Shreyanka Patil<\/p>\n 10. Sree Charani<\/p>\n 11. Renuka Singh Thakur<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Australia XI<\/p>\n 1. Beth Mooney (wk)<\/p>\n 2. Georgia Voll<\/p>\n 3. Phoebe Litchfield<\/p>\n 4. Ellyse Perry<\/p>\n 5. Ash Gardner<\/p>\n 6. Georgia Wareham<\/p>\n 7. Annabel Sutherland<\/p>\n 8. Grace Harris<\/p>\n 9. Sophie Molineux<\/p>\n 10. Kim Garth<\/p>\n 11. Darcie Brown<\/p>\n Share<\/a>India wins the toss and elects to bat<\/p>\n India have decided to have a bat \u2013 captain Harmanpreet Kaur thinks the Adelaide pitch looks good for batting and she wants to put a good total on the board. Australia captain Sophie Molineux says they were going to bowl anyway, so she\u2019s happy with the call!<\/p>\n
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