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<\/a><\/p>\n 23h ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Charani b Wareham 11, India 224 all out<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 23h ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Rana b Wareham 44, India 217-9<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 23h ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Deepti Sharma lbw King 29, India 198-8<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 24h ago<\/p>\n Alyssa Healy is having a bowl<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Gautam lbw King 0, India 135-7<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Ghosh b King 18, India 135-6<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Harmanpreet lbw King 25, India 115-5<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Deol run out (Gardner \/ McGrath) 14, India 110-4<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Rodrigues c Hamilton b Gardner 42, India 76-3<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Rawal lbw Sutherland 27, India 62-2<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Mandhana c Gardner b Carey 0, India 8-1<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n Australia set India 410 for victory<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Wareham c Smriti b Charani 1 (Australia 355-7)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! McGrath c Kashvee b Charani 2 (Australia 353-6)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Gardner b Renuka 4 (Australia 345-5)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Sutherland c Rana b Deepti 23 (Australia 328-4)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Healy b Rana 158 (Australia 281-3)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Voll c Deol b Rana 62 (Australia 136-2)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n WICKET! Litchfield c Charani b Kashvee 14 (Australia 32-1)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n India XI<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n Australia XI<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n India won the toss and elected to bowl<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1d ago<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n <\/a>Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n That\u2019s it from us. We\u2019ll have over-by-over coverage of the full women\u2019s Test between Australia and India from the Western Australian Cricket<\/a> Association ground for four days from March 6. Later, potaters.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It was a day almost all about Alyssa Healy. Yes, she will play in and captain in a Test match to end this series, but the bulk of her career, as it is for women\u2019s international cricket, has been about the shorter formats. So her leaving the one-day arena feels, in a way, more important, like it\u2019s the most central part.<\/p>\n Healy went out today with the kind of exit that will long be remembered. A big-game player in World Cup finals, yes, but to show up on your farewell day and perform, then go large, that\u2019s something special. So often when she\u2019s made hundreds, she has made them into huge hundreds. And so today, walking out through an Indian guard of honour to ransack 158 from 98 balls, batting until the 37th over while hitting 27 fours and two sixes, a classic Healy medley of those clean-out smites over the leg side, the flashes and back-away carves, the swivels, but really when she got off the mark with a crisp cut shot for four it suggested that this might be another of her days.<\/p>\n Most of her runs were made alongside Beth Mooney, who will at long last succeed Healy as keeper after a decade of waiting, and who made a century of her own today. Georgia Voll made another 50 as a member of the coming generation, and despite a late clatter of wickets in the death overs, Nicola Carey held it together to take 22 runs from the penultimate over and take Australia past 400.<\/p>\n India were never winning it from there, and were winning it even less when Mandhana fell early, Rawal and Rodrigues couldn\u2019t turn a good start into something more, and then Harmanpreet and Deol sucked the air out of the innings. From that point India all but gave up, and what the purpose was of batting out so many overs with little interest in scoring, we may never know. Rana\u2019s 44 from 74 balls and Deepti\u2019s 29 from 47 were the epitome of futility.<\/p>\n Alana King bowled an excellent spell even before she had a bag of wickets, and 4 for 33 from 10 overs was fitting eventual reward. Wareham took 2 for 3. Perhaps Australia\u2019s selectors should stop leaving out one or other of their leg-spinners.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Australia win by 185 runs<\/p>\n That\u2019s the game wrapped up, and the one-day series swept 3-0. India won the T20 series 2-1. So that means the visitors can only tie the multiformat series on points, and Australia hold the trophy already so they can\u2019t lose it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Charani b Wareham 11, India 224 all out<\/p>\n Two for Wareham, with a wrong-un to the left-hander that spins past the bat and hits off stump. Simple! Perhaps should have bowled earlier\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45th over: India 224-9 (Charani 11, Renuka 0) A couple of big wind-ups from Charani now that she has no senior player to support. One of those sends Gardner for six over wide long on, the other is stopped on the bounce by Litchfield.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.58 EST<\/p>\n WICKET! Rana b Wareham 44, India 217-9<\/p>\n 44th over: India 217-9 (Charani 4)<\/p>\n Finally, Georgia Wareham gets her moment. The third ball of the over is clubbed by Charani to deep midwicket where Alana King spills the catch, very rude to do from your fellow leg-spinner. The fifth one goes right throw Rana yet somehow evades the stumps, the keeper, and goes for four byes. And the sixth has Rana step outside off stump, miss the straight skidding ball, and turn back to see it ricochet from her pad back onto the stumps.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.56 EST<\/p>\n 43rd over: India 210-8 (Rana 43, Charani 2) A couple of runs from the McGrath over, as the spiral towards oblivion continues.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42nd over: India 208-8 (Rana 41, Charani 2) It might be getting damp out there in Hobart at night time, King has another ball slip from her hand and arc down as a high full toss, but terrific work from Gardner at deep midwicket stops the boundary and saves two. She comes hurtling across and gets one hand to it as she flicks it behind her body nad keeps it in, then loses the ball for a minute but tracks it down before it can roll towards the rope in a different direction.<\/p>\n Then a near run out, Wareham swooping at point and a direct hit on one stump, but Mooney has broken the other bail before the ball arrived! What is going on with the keeper tonight? Charani is home anyway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41st over: India 205-8 (Rana 38, Charani 2) Another medical delay: Wareham in the deep sends a long throw back towards Tahlia McGrath, the bowler, who lets the throw go. That\u2019s unfortunate for Rana, who has just strolled a single and has her back to the ball. It hits her right on the point of the elbow, and magic spray is required. Wareham is not impressed, and why would she be, after making no runs and not getting a bowl. \u201cCome off it,\u201d seems to be indicated by her facial expression.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40th over: India 200-8 (Rana 33, Charani 2) Shree Charani, the lanky curly-headed spinner, is next in the middle, away with two runs to point.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Deepti Sharma lbw King 29, India 198-8<\/p>\n A yuck end to a yuck innings. King has bowled nicely, but gets a wicket with a slice of luck. A big looping full toss, dipping on Deepti, who tries to sweep it and misses. King can at least say that she was on line. It hits the batters pads on the way down, not quite as bad as Chris Rogers at Lord\u2019s but of that parish, and it would have gone on to hit the stumps. Deepti Sharma has made 29 from 47 balls in a chase of 410, and the practical application of that innings and that approach is anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 39th over: India 198-7 (Deepti 29, Rana 33) May we pose a question to the Indian team? To the effect of, what, exactly, is the point of this exercise? Deepti Sharma is a player who once rather famously made 181 in this format, but tonight she has not played a single shot in anger. Sneh Rana is defending balls on off stump. What is the point? There\u2019s no draw available. No bonus points to save or avoid conceding. No net run rate calculation. You\u2019re still 212 runs from victory. You\u2019re not going to win it, but the aim of the game is to score. Why not try? \u201cPlaying for pride\u201d isn\u2019t going to mean much if you lose by 180 after batting 50 overs or lose by 180 after batting 40 overs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38th over: India 195-7 (Deepti 27, Rana 32) Alana King is back, with three overs remaining. She was taken off earlier with figures of 3 for 22 and then we had a Hamilton net session and faffed about with the Healy situation. Would King have wanted a break, or preferred to Adam Dale it and bowl all 10 on the trot? She\u2019s not purring after the break, slipping one delivery outside leg stump in such a way that Rana can sweep it from a standing position for four through fine leg.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37th over: India 182-7 (Deepti 26, Rana 24) A little shovel-pull from Rana adds four from Tahlia McGrath. The bowler tries a bouncer, too high, and Mooney misses it, giving up three wides. It\u2019s been a very untidy night for Mooney.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 36th over: India 182-7 (Deepti 26, Rana 24) Deepti Sharma\u2019s slow night adds a second boundary, this time through fine leg from Hamilton.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35th over: India 177-7 (Deepti 22, Rana 23) Maybe Healy should have left the bowling at one over. She\u2019s carrying on for a second. It\u2019s not great stuff. Drag down, slammed through cover by Deepti for four. Huge full toss, then another. Still finds a few dot balls to close the over, not ones that are bowled very well, but a bit short and not bouncing much and limping through. I suspect that Deepti just doesn\u2019t want to be the answer to a trivia question about Healy\u2019s one wicket.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 34th over: India 171-7 (Deepti 17, Rana 22) Hamilton with her short ball and she badges Deepti Sharma. Attempted hook, maybe a nick on it, helmet. After a long concussion check we continue, and Hamilton bounces Rana first ball back. All in tangles trying to dodge that. This is interesting ahead of the Test match, given Hamilton is in the frame to play. Only the leg bye from the over, via the helmet deflection, so technically that\u2019s a maiden.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.19 EST<\/p>\n Alyssa Healy is having a bowl<\/p>\n 33rd over: India 170-7 (Deepti 17, Rana 22) She\u2019s the captain, it\u2019s her last one-day game, and India need 246 from 18 overs. So why not! Healy brings herself on. She\u2019ll be bowling some off-breaks, by the looks. Bad stuff first ball, dragged down and leg side, and Sneh Rana flips it fine for four.<\/p>\n Much better second ball, some decent shape and it pitches outside the off stump, dot to point, dot to cover. A couple of singles, a ball that stays low, and the over goes for six \u2013 so that\u2019s a win for the bowling side. Beyond her action through the crease, the real standout is when a throw comes in at the non-striker\u2019s end and Healy casually receives the ball in one hand and with one smooth backhand motion knocks the bails off. That\u2019s craft.<\/p>\n Alyssa Healy bowls her first over for Australia. Photograph: Steve Bell\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.20 EST<\/p>\n 32nd over: India 164-7 (Deepti 16, Rana 17) Another decent over for Hamilton, going up for an lbw shout but it was nicked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31st over: India 162-7 (Deepti 15, Rana 16) At last, some movement. Sneh Rana cracks a drive shot from Gardner, running and hitting through long-off for four. Another boundary a few balls later, Gardner trying the old Shane Warne variation, the spinner bowling a bouncer. Flicks the grip to seam-up it looks like and bangs it halfway down. But Rana nails her cut shot. So, 10 from the over, which is great when you don\u2019t need 13 an over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 30th over: India 152-7 (Deepti 14, Rana 7) Lucy Hamilton is back. Maybe call her Lucky Hamilton, walking out on debut with 400 to defend. Easing into top level cricket. She\u2019s testing out the middle portion of the pitch, trying her shorter ball, then what looks like a slower ball variation, running through her repertoire.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 29th over: India 148-7 (Deepti 12, Rana 5) Rather going through the motions here, as the batters collect four singles from Gardner. No Georgia Wareham tonight among the six bowlers used by Australia.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 28th over: India 144-7 (Deepti 10, Rana 3) Deepti Sharma sweeping King, getting a run. A rare bad ball from King follows, full toss that Rana crunches but straight to the deep cover sweeper for one. Deepti gets onto her next sweep more effectively, looks to have found the rope but McGrath dives in on her stomach, gets hands to the ball, and knocks it up into her own face and away to Hamilton on the ricochet. Saves two.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 27th over: India 140-7 (Deepti 7, Rana 2) Three runs from Gardner\u2019s over, as spin continues.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 26th over: India 137-7 (Deepti 5, Rana 1) King bowls a maiden! Sneh Rana deadbats the lot. I\u2019m not sure what the point of that is, in a format based on scoring.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 25th over: India 137-7 (Deepti 5, Rana 1) Sneh Rana in next, who\u2019s a great fighter and a very good bat, but not one with the attacking gear to tackle 11 an over for half an ODI innings. Two runs from the over. Deepti has been out there for an age and barely made a run.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 24th over: India 135-7 (Deepti 4) Suddenly King has 3 for 18 from five overs.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Gautam lbw King 0, India 135-7<\/p>\n Two in three balls, King looping one up as Kashvee Gautam tries to sweep and misses. Any time you do that you\u2019re in peril with umpires, the ball going on to hit her front pad rather than back leg, which means it was towards the line of leg stump, but the ball-tracking again says umpire\u2019s call for hitting leg.<\/p>\n Alana King celebrates a wicket. Photograph: Steve Bell\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.44 EST<\/p>\n WICKET! Ghosh b King 18, India 135-6<\/p>\n Now that is game over. Ghosh does get hold of King in the over, clearing her front leg to dig out a full ball over the long-on fielder for six, but two balls later King skids another ball through at off stump, much like the one that got Harmanpreet. Ghosh is not trying to block it, she\u2019s trying to back away and cut it, forced by the required run rate to manufacture scoring chances. No dice, no contact, bowled top of off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 23rd over: India 129-5 (Deepti 4, Ghosh 12) Just not working for India. This must be one of the slower pairs between the wickets, and they have a couple of near run-outs. The runs don\u2019t come. Three singles. They need ten and a half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22nd over: India 126-5 (Deepti 3, Ghosh 10) Another over giving away nothing by King, who so far has conceded 12 from her four overs while India needed about 40 from them. There\u2019s also a dropped catch, a feather from Deepti\u2019s edge that the keeper misses standing up. Mooney has had quite a few errors behind the stumps, as she prepares for life after Healy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 21st over: India 124-5 (Deepti 2, Ghosh 9) After a few sighters, Ghosh does get going. Consecutive boundaries from Tahlia McGrath to close an over, driven through the off side. They need 286 from 29 overs, so about 10 an over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 20th over: India 116-5 (Deepti 2, Ghosh 1) There\u2019s only one possible route to Indian victory now which is that Richa Ghosh smacks about 180.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Harmanpreet lbw King 25, India 115-5<\/p>\n Lovely line, suffocatingly close to the off stump. Was that a top-spinner or did it just skid? It carries on towards the stumps, beats the forward press of Harmanpreet Kaur and pins her on the front pad just in line with off stump. The umpire gives it immediately, and a DRS review doesn\u2019t change that. The Indian captain\u2019s 25 off 33 hasn\u2019t helped the cause that much.<\/p>\n![\"Geoff](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael_McGowan.jpg\")
Geoff Lemon<\/p>\n