In Alyssa Healy\u2019s final match for Australia, perhaps you wish to spend some time reflecting on her career while you have your dinner\/(insert meal most relevant to the current time in your timezone). Well, funny you should say that, here\u2019s something I prepared earlier.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57th over: India 184-8 (Kashvee Gautam 22, Sayali Satghare 7)<\/p>\n Darcie Brown returns to the attack now and she\u2019s getting a bit of movement from the first ball. Kashvee plays a lovely shot, a very nice drive down the ground, but the outfield is quite thick and the ball holds up, so she only gets a single from it. It\u2019s time for a break now \u2013 the dinner break apparently! So go and refuel wherever you are and we\u2019ll see you back here soon for the final session of the day.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56th over: India 181-8 (Kashvee Gautam 21, Sayali Satghare 5)<\/p>\n A huge swing from Kashvee to start Sutherland\u2019s over, but as the saying goes, there is \u201cno ding\u201d. The Australians are quite desperate to get these last two wickets, you can sense the frustration in the field. There\u2019s another lbw appeal, but the umpire isn\u2019t interested and no one is convinced enough to review it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55th over: India 180-8 (Kashvee Gautam 20, Sayali Satghare 5)<\/p>\n A big appeal on Satghare midway through the over, but it looks to have struck her outside the line and the Australians decide not to review. An uneventful over aside from that, a maiden for Gardner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54th over: India 180-8 (Kashvee Gautam 20, Sayali Satghare 5)<\/p>\n King is indeed back on the field, handing her vest back to Wareham. Sutherland comes back on to bowl after a very successful spell earlier today. She gets an edge first ball, but Mooney juggles a very simple catch and puts it down \u2013 the fourth dropped catch from Sutherland\u2019s bowling today. Kashvee makes the most of the life she\u2019s been given and works the next ball off her pads to the rope for four.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 53rd over: India 176-8 (Kashvee Gautam 16, Sayali Satghare 5)<\/p>\n Gardner continues her spell and Mooney has decided to just call out \u201ccatch\u201d every ball it seems. But it doesn\u2019t put Kashvee off, she finds the boundary with a standing sweep shot and then works one nicely off her hip for two. On the sideline, King\u2019s orange vest has worked its way up to a bit of a scarf situation around her shoulders and she\u2019s doing some stretches, so we may see her again soon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52nd over: India 169-8 (Kashvee Gautam 9, Sayali Satghare 5)<\/p>\n King is off the field at the moment, she has been struggling with calf cramping for about an hour or so. But she\u2019s in the orange vest and still hanging around the boundary, so it seems like she\u2019s going to be OK. Satghare hits her first boundary with a lovely straight drive back past Hamilton for four. Hamilton recovers well with a series of dots, but she\u2019s warned by the umpire for running on the pitch, which seems to throw off her rhythm a bit.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51st over: India 165-8 (Kashvee Gautam 9, Sayali Satghare 1)<\/p>\n Gardner once again gets an edge that pops up near the close in fielders \u2013 she\u2019s making quite the habit of that. One of them might one day carry to one of the fielders! Satghare works one around the corner and then Kashvee goes bang with a huge sweep shot for a one bounce four and then follows it up with a two.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50th over: India 157-8 (Kashvee Gautam 2, Sayali Satghare 0)<\/p>\n A wicket on the first ball of the over brings Satghare out to the centre and she is playing watchfully after seeing the last few batters go out trying to smash it. Another wicket maiden for Hamilton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Sneh Rana c McGrath b Hamilton 5 (India 157-8)<\/p>\n Hamilton strikes first ball of the over, getting Rana slashing wildly at a leg side delivery. The leading edge goes straight up in the air and it\u2019s the simplest catch for McGrath.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49th over: India 157-7 (Kashvee Gautam 2, Sneh Rana 5)<\/p>\n Kashvee gets one past Gardner, but not quite far enough past her to get off the mark. She\u2019s patient though, she\u2019s not letting the dot ball pressure get to her. She\u2019s here for a long time, not a good time. Of course, as soon as I say that, she has a big slashing sweep at the ball and top edges it, but luckily for her, it falls safely and she runs two to get off the mark.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48th over: India 155-7 (Kashvee Gautam 0, Sneh Rana 5)<\/p>\n Hamilton is still getting the ball moving, she gets very close to Rana\u2019s edge at the start over the over and the straightens her right up and forces a very strong defensive shot. Hamilton throws a bouncer in midway through the over, but Rana isn\u2019t too concerned by it. She tries her slower ball, but misses her length and it\u2019s a low full toss that Rana punches down the ground for four.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47th over: India 151-7 (Kashvee Gautam 0, Sneh Rana 1)<\/p>\n Gardner again gets an edge early in her over that doesn\u2019t quite carry to short leg. Kashvee is navigating things well enough for now, she\u2019s defending well while being very penned in by the fielders under the lids all around her.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46th over: India 150-7 (Kashvee Gautam 0, Sneh Rana 0)<\/p>\n Lucy Hamilton returns to the attack and she doesn\u2019t quite hit her line to start, bowling what would be a wide in limited overs cricket \u2013 it\u2019s probably quite a novelty for her to not have it called a wide, so few are her opportunities to play red\/pink ball cricket! She changes her angle and comes around the wicket, which works a treat. After a few dot balls, she gets Jemimah swinging and makes the breakthrough.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Jemimah Rodrigues c Gardner b Hamilton 52 (India 150-7)<\/p>\n Hamilton comes into the attack and has an almost immediate impact, cramping Jemimah up until she gets frustrated and plays a loose shot to deep square leg, where Gardner is waiting to pounce.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45th over: India 150-6 (Jemimah Rodrigues 52, Sneh Rana 0)<\/p>\n Gardner now and she gets a little edge early, which falls just wide of Voll at short leg. After a few dots, Jemimah decides to get the scoring back underway, getting down low with a lovely sweep shot. Richa gets too impatient though and loses her wicket on the last ball of the over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Richa Ghosh c King b Gardner 11 (India 150-6)<\/p>\n With the pressure building from the past few overs, Richa gets frustrated and slaps at one, which is easily caught by King at midwicket.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> 44th over: India 149-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 51, Richa Ghosh 11)<\/p>\n Hello everyone! King resumes her spell and there\u2019s an early almost catching opportunity through backward point, but it\u2019s not a serious chance. It\u2019s a good over from King after a tough start earlier \u2013 just the two singles from it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Fifty for Rodrigues!<\/p>\n 43rd over: India 147-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 50, Richa Ghosh 10) The physio has trucked around the circumference of the field to check on King, but she seems content to try and stretch it off herself. A gorgeous cover drive off Gardner brings Rodrigues fifty \u2013 what a super innings it has been . An lbw shout off the last ball of the over \u2013 umpire says no, and is right \u2013 Healy goes upstairs but there\u2019s a brush of bat on ball.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s it from me, thanks for your company \u2013 Megan Maurice will see you through till stumps. Bye!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42nd over: India 141-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 44, Richa Ghosh 10) King adjusts her collar, tugs her sleeves and wheels in. Lots of encouragement suddenly from behind the stumps. A single from a top edged sweep, and King is suddenly hobbling between balls.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41st over: India 138-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 42, Richa Ghosh 9) Just a couple off Ghosh.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.59 EST<\/p>\n 40th over: India 136-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 42, Richa Ghosh 7) Our first glance of Alana King, the new women\u2019s table-topper in ODI cricket. But Rodrigues is on a mission, doesn\u2019t want her to settle, and King is a little bit all over the place. First Rodrigues leans into a cover-drive for four, then glides a wide one down to the rope, then sweeps airily past a diving Hamilton\u2019s left hand, before a fourth successive four, a better controlled sweep this time. 18 from the over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.58 EST<\/p>\n 39th over: India 118-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 25, Richa Ghosh 6) Untold bounty, six off Gardner\u2019s over, including a cover drive for four from Ghosh.<\/p>\n Incidentally, I saw a fantastic film last night The Corinthians: We were the Champions,<\/a> about a Manchester women\u2019s football club who defied the FA ban and travelled the world to become world champions. Some of the remarkable women in the film were in the audience \u2013 what pioneers. Anyway, a big recommend if you have the chance to see it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38th over: India 112-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 24, Richa Ghosh 1) Ghosh gets her name in the scorebook, a defensive tonk for a single. They pause for a drink, under an umbrella, and towel their faces. It\u2019s horribly hot out there, 38 degrees at nearly 5pm.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37th over: India 110-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 23, Richa Ghosh 0) Just a single to Rodrigues from Gardner\u2019s over. It\u2019s a patience game, who will break first? Ghosh has faced 15 balls without scoring so far.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 36th over: India 109-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 22, Richa Ghosh 0) Sutherland is bowling beautifully here, another skedaddles in from off, a hair\u2019s breath from Rodrigues\u2019 bat and stump.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.40 EST<\/p>\n 35th over: India 107-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 20, Richa Ghosh 0) From the Inverarity end, Gardener, like a dancer, twirling from her left toe. Ghosh is taking the time to settle in.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.40 EST<\/p>\n 34th over: India 107-5 (Jemimah Rodrigues 20, Ghosh 0) Langer is not impressed by India\u2019s lack of patience \u2013 and that\u2019s a gorgeous ball from Sutherland, which snakes back, threads past the clueless Ghosh and yet somehow misses bat and stumps.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.35 EST<\/p>\n WICKET! Deepti c Mooney b Sutherland 7 (India 107- 5)<\/p>\n Deepti is put out of her agony, offering a limp bat with static boots, and Mooney collects.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 33rd over: India 107-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 20, Deepti Sharma 7) Rodrigues looks the more comfortable of the two against Gardner, picks up two with a sweep to backward short leg.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 32nd over: India 105-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 18, Deepti Sharma 7) It\u2019s a grey and damp morning in the northern hemisphere and that Perth sky is calling me. Another cracking over from Sutherland, just one from it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31st over: India 104-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 17, Deepti Sharma 7) Deepti giving cat on a hot tin roof vibes. Gardner spins the web, Deepti sweeps unconvincingly, then lunges., almost giving a catch to short leg<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 30th over: India 102-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 17, Deepti Sharma 5) Talk from the commentators that Sutherland needs to take more of the bowling load, especially as Perry isn\u2019t bowling. And here she is now. An lbw shout against Rodrigues, but half-hearted at best. Nice bowling though. Another maiden.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29th over: India 102-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 17, Deepti Sharma 5) Gardner continues from her sole pre-tea over. Deepti has been dismissed five times by spinners so far this series (with one run out) and who knows whether that\u2019s playing on her mind when she drops for a sweep, and misses. A maiden.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Afternoon session<\/p>\n 28th over: India 102-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 17, Deepti Sharma 5) They\u2019re back after refreshments, Annabel Sutherland hurtling in. India work three here and there.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Tea – India 99-4<\/p>\n 27th over: India 99-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 15, Deepti Sharma 4) Ash Gardner with the last over before the break, Rodrigues plays it away without incident. Deepti and Rodrigues, bump gloves but Australia had the best of that first session.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was really exciting,\u201d says Hamilton of her first Test wicket. \u201cThe support has been the biggest thing, getting my cap from Beth Rooney.\u201d<\/p>\n Time for me to grab a coffee, back shortly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a003.04 EST<\/p>\n 26th over: India 99-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 15, Deepti Sharma 4) Rodrigues on drives Hamilton, legs crossed, the ball accelerating as it rolls off the \u201celevated tabletop of the pitches\u201d down to the rope. A push turns into an inside edge, and then Deepti is bewitched by a beauty that keeps low, and whips in.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25th over: India 94-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 10, Deepti Sharma 4) Deepti, sugar plums in her head, has a go at Brown, slicing four past gully. Dot, dot, dot, dot, dot to follow.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 24th over: India 90-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 10, Deepti Sharma 0) Hamilton on the prowl for pre-prandial wickets. Rodrigues ploughs a couple through point and then picks up a lucky four through gully.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23rd over: India 84-4 (Jemimah Rodrigues 4, Deepti Sharma 0) Could have been worse for India as Deepti Sharma is hit on the leg first ball. Healy goes upstairs and the ruling is umpire\u2019s call. Harmanpreet\u2019s wicket is huge, she had looked in great touch from the off. Ten minutes or so till lunch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a002.11 EST<\/p>\n WICKET! Harmanpreet b Brown 19 (India 84-4)<\/p>\n A beauty from Brown! Hamanpreet, eyes on the prize, goes for another big drive and the ball bounds through the enormous gap between bat and pad and dances into the stumps.<\/p>\n![\"Megan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772792472_155_Megan_Maurice_(2)_(ef04def6065c81ceb7d81c967f1e2095c2d32a4d).png\")
Megan Maurice<\/p>\n