Australia v India: second women’s one-day cricket international – live
Key events
21st over: Australia 151-2 (Voll 62, Mooney 1)
Kashvee continues and the first ball is a wider delivery that Voll stretches out to latch on to, but she can’t get it through the field. Next ball she finds more space on the other side of the field, getting Mooney on strike with a well-timed pull shot for one. Mooney gets off the mark with a single to get her innings underway. Kashvee bowls a full toss and Voll smashes it straight to Smriti, who drops a very simple catch that then trickles away from her and over the boundary rope. Voll punishes India by hitting the next ball for four as well, bringing up the 150 for Australia.
20th over: Australia 140-2 (Voll 52, Litchfield 0)
Litchfield starts aggressively to Kranti in this over with a big pull shot that looks like it’s certainly going for four, but Smriti pulls out a sensational dive on the boundary to cut it off. There’s another almost chance when the ball slips just in between Voll’s bat and pad and dribbles on to the ground, but it stays put and they dash through for a single. Litchfield tries to up the run rate again, but can’t get it away and is bowled, bringing Mooney to the crease.
WICKET! Litchfield b Kranti 80 (Australia 140-2)
Litchfield attempts one too many innovative shots, in setting up for the paddle she’s clean bowled and has to go for 80.
19th over: Australia 136-1 (Voll 51, Litchfield 77)
India know they need a wicket and soon, and so they bring back their wicket taker in Kashvee to see if she can find one for them. She finds Litchfield’s outside edge, but unfortunately for India, it doesn’t fly to a fielder and instead races down to the boundary for four. Both batters are playing a little more conservatively to Kashvee and paying her a lot of respect, which they can afford to do with the run rate sitting well above what’s required. There’s an appeal for lbw on the last ball of the over and Harmanpreet decides she will review this one, though there’s not a lot of confidence in her review and for good reason – the third umpire quickly sees that Voll got an inside edge.
18th over: Australia 129-1 (Voll 50, Litchfield 71)
Kranti comes back into the attack and Litchfield continues to live dangerously, attempting a lap, but missing and going for a more traditional cut shot shot for a single next ball. Voll picks up a couple of runs with a nicely timed back foot shot into the pockets of the ground. Late in the over, she brings up her 50 with a single and she and Litchfield do a very formal little handshake in contrast to the hug after Litchfield’s 50. Perhaps some kind of superstition? Let’s say it is.
17th over: Australia 124-1 (Voll 47, Litchfield 69)
Amanjot resumes her spell and Voll finds a single right away to keep the strike rotating. There’s a big appeal for lbw on Voll midway through the over, but the umpire isn’t interested and Harmanpreet isn’t convinced enough to review it. Voll then finds the boundary again on the offside and brings up the 100-run partnership. Drinks are on the field now.
16th over: Australia 116-1 (Voll 40, Litchfield 68)
Another over from Deepti now and Litchfield pulls the first ball aggressively, but just for a single. Voll is delighted by the second ball, which is a rank full toss on leg stump, which she helps on its way with a sweep to the boundary. The pressure is on Deepti now and she gives away a wide, before another full toss on leg stump that Voll again sweeps for four. Litchfield finishes the over with a slog sweep for the third boundary of the over to keep the run rate ticking over.
15th over: Australia 101-1 (Voll 31, Litchfield 63)
Amanjot Kaur comes into the attack now after a period of all spin. There’s a mini mix up between the batters on the first ball, with Voll looking for two runs, but Litchfield sending her back after the first. She manages to scramble back to her crease in plenty of time, but pulls out the dive just in case! Voll takes a couple of balls to get her eye in against Amanjot, then punches one straight down the ground for four and then gets one to ricochet off Kranti in the field for another four next ball. Australia brings up the 100 and are cruising here at the moment.
14th over: Australia 92-1 (Voll 23, Litchfield 62)
We get our first look at Deepti for this match and Voll immediately goes after her with a big aerial drive. It flies down to Kranti and she picks it up well, but can’t hold the catch and Voll has got away with one here. Litchfield has picked up a Marizanne Kapp-like habit that I personally can’t stand, which is constantly taking her gloves off. The commentators think it helps her refocus, but as someone with very little patience, I hate having to wait for players to put their gloves back on all the time. Very much hoping this doesn’t filter down to junior cricket!
13th over: Australia 86-1 (Voll 19, Litchfield 60)
Another over from Charani and it’s a good start to the over from her, pinning Litchfield down with a couple of dot balls. Litchfield then finds some runs with another neat little scoop and brings up 2000 international runs – a fantastic achievement from a 22-year-old. Next ball she brings up a more immediate milestone – she reaches her half century with a drive for four. She finishes the over with her first six of the match – which takes some deliberation as it’s hit the rope.
12th over: Australia 72-1 (Voll 19, Litchfield 46)
Vaishnavi resumes and Voll is still finding her a little uncomfortable. She rotates the strike early to give Litchfield a shot – Vaishnavi seems to prefer bowling to right handers. After two more singles from the next two balls, Litchfield and Voll bring up their 50 partnership. There’s an lbw shout late in the over, but it’s a very optimistic one from the young bowler, without much support from her teammates.
11th over: Australia 68-1 (Voll 17, Litchfield 44)
The fielding restrictions are completed now and Sree Charani comes into the attack, with Australia sitting nicely above the required run rate. Voll pulls out another scoop early in the over and nearly scoops it straight to the keeper, but manages to keep it out of her grasp. A couple of balls later, she decides to try a more traditional route to find the boundary, with a straight drive back past the bowler for four. Litchfield finishes the over by playing her own scoop, which is a deft little one that finds enough space for her to pick up two runs.
10th over: Australia 60-1 (Voll 12, Litchfield 41)
Litchfield continues to live dangerously, dancing down the wicket and slashing one through the field for four, then chipping another one over the top for two. She’s putting plenty of shots up in the air, but has found the gaps well enough so far. Voll completes the over (and the power play) with lovely drive past long on for a boundary of her own.
9th over: Australia 49-1 (Voll 8, Litchfield 34)
Voll gets into position as Kashvee releases the ball and scoops the first ball of the over past fine leg for four, putting pressure back on to the bowler immediately. It’s a good fight back from Kashvee though, tightening up her line to ensure Voll can’t do anything but the defend the next few balls. In fact, she avoids giving away any further runs from the over.
8th over: Australia 45-1 (Voll 4, Litchfield 34)
Vaishnavi comes into the attack on debut and starts with two dots to Litchfield, which will give her some confidence. However, no one can keep Litchfield quiet for long and she pulls out the reverse sweep, which sails down to the boundary for four.
7th over: Australia 39-1 (Voll 3, Litchfield 29)
Voll gets some strike now after the Litchfield show last over. Unfortunately for her, it’s against Kashvee, who’s looking the more dangerous of the Indian opening bowlers at the moment. She finds a single through a flick to deep backward square early in the over to keep things moving and Litchfield is also content with a single to this very good line and length. Just the two runs from another tight Kashvee over.
6th over: Australia 37-1 (Voll 2, Litchfield 28)
A very full ball from Kranti to start the over, generally you’d say a delivery like that was too full, but it catches Litchfield off guard and nearly gets through her, but she defends it back to the bowler. Midway through the over, she finds the ball she’s looking for and pulls it strongly to the boundary for four, before following it up with another in almost the same spot. That’s followed by yet another pull shot for four – Kranti needs to adjust her length and she does so, finishing the over with a dot.
5th over: Australia 25-1 (Voll 2, Litchfield 16)
Australia is sitting right on the required run rate at the moment and there is a sense from India that they need to start taking wickets soon, so they do that nice and early in the over, dismissing Healy for single figures, bringing Voll to the crease. Like the openers beforehand, she starts with a strong, Test-match style defensive shot and then dashes through for a quick single to make sure she doesn’t come away with another duck. They continue rotating the strike throughout the over to keep the run rate moving along after the loss of that early wicket.
WICKET! Healy b Kashvee 6 (Australia 20-1)
A perfect yorker from Kashvee catches Healy’s back foot and deflects on to the stumps. A disappointing way to go for the captain, but a great ball from Kashvee – her first ODI wicket.
4th over: Australia 20-0 (Healy 6, Litchfield 14)
Healy gets her first look at the strike since the first over and starts by punching one over midwicket – but not very far over! It just evades a diving Jemimah to run away for four. She scales back her risk-taking endeavours after that, with three dot balls in a row before a nice pull shot finds the gap and she gets Litchfield back on strike for a harmless defensive shot to end the over.
3rd over: Australia 15-0 (Healy 1, Litchfield 14)
Kashvee resumes her spell after a tight first over. Litchfield gets her feet to the ball and chips another one over the top for her second four of the innings – she’s starting to find her rhythm now, though she’s certainly taking some risks. Her next boundary is far less risky, just flicked off her pads past fine leg for four. With a total like this, if she can find two boundaries an over, it takes a lot of the pressure out of the chase early.
2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Healy 1, Litchfield 6)
Kranti Gaud opens the bowling from the other end and starts with good line and length to Litchfield, who is playing her shots, but can’t pierce the inner ring with the field up for the power play. Eventually she goes aerial with a drive that she chips over the top of the field, where it falls safely and runs away for four.
1st over: Australia 2-0 (Healy 1, Litchfield 1)
Kashvee opens the bowling for India and Healy starts defensively, getting her elbow up high and playing a forward defensive to the first two balls of the innings. The third ball drifts a little further on to the leg side and Healy whips it off her pads for a comfortable single. Litchfield also takes her time getting her eye in, with a defensive shot and a little working of the ball for a single.
The teams are on the field and the chase is about to get underway!
Don’t forget you can get in touch with me via email – the link is at the top of the page. One thing I’m interested to hear from you about is captain-in-waiting Sophie Molineux. A major concern that many raised when she was named the new captain was her history of injuries. With an injury ruling her out of the remainder of this series so soon after this news, is this worrying for the team and the selectors? It did seem to be a left field choice, so it would be interesting to know whether injury breaks were factored into the decision.
Megan Maurice
Hello everyone! I hope you’re all having an enjoyable evening / (insert whichever period of the day it is where you are). That was a great first innings to watch, with both teams having periods of dominance. It feels like Australia have their noses in front at the moment with such a strong batting line up to chase this total down, but if India can bring the bowling performances they brought to the T20s, they’re very capable of defending this total. I can’t wait to see how the chase goes!
Martin Pegan
Thanks a lot for following along through the first half of the second ODI in Hobart. The multi-format series is tied at 4-4 and India have put together a total that leaves this game just as evenly poised.
Megan Maurice is here to guide you through Australia’s chase – enjoy!
India set Australia 252-run target
Australia reel in India after the tourists made a fine start when Pratika Rawal (52) and Smriti Mandhana (31) combined for a 78-run opening stand. The wheels fell off in the middle overs as India lost three key batters for only five runs and left captain Harmanpreet Kaur (54) needing to play a steady hand to rebuild the innings. Spin twins Ash Gardner (2 for 39) and Alana King (2 for 41) were key to Australia turning the game in their favour, while Risha Ghosh (22) lit some fireworks to help lift India to a competitive total of 251-9.
50th over: India 251-9 (Vaishnavi 10, Charani 0)
WICKET! Kranti c Mooney b Sutherland 19 (India 241-9)
Kranti Gaud is the next to go after edging a moving ball behind to the keeper. Mooney has to get down low to glove the ball but after several replays the India batter is sent on her way.
WICKET! Harmanpreet c Litchfield b Schutt 54 (India 241-8)
The India skipper is gone after a fine, well-paced innings. After searching for gaps on the leg-side throughout the over, Harmanpreet tries to redirect a delivery aimed toward her body back over the off-side infield but spoons the ball to Litchfield at cover.
49th over: India 241-8 (Kranti 19, Charani 0)
48th over: India 236-7 (Harmanpreet 51, Kranti 17) Harmanpreet brings up a typical fighting and well-paced fifty with a single pulled to deep backward square. The India skipper’s half-century comes from 66 balls after she took time to get going while focusing on rebuilding the innings. Five singles from the over won’t hurt Australia too much.
47th over: India 231-7 (Harmanpreet 49, Kranti 14) That’s just the over India needed as Nicola Carey loses her line. Kranti picks up three boundaries with the first fortunate to find a gap through the air and to the long-on rope. The next two are pure class as Kranti casually lofts a pair of drives over mid-off and can barely hide her surprise with a huge grin across her face.
