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  • India vs Australia: Uncapped spinner Mathew Kuhnemann has a ‘live chance’ of enjoying 2nd Test: Andrew McDonald

    Uncapped Australia left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann, who’s flying in for Mitchell Swepson, has a “live chance” to make his debut within the second Test towards India beginning right here on February 17 if the guests go for three spinners, mentioned coach Andrew McDonald.

    Kuhnemann, 26, will likely be becoming a member of the touring get together instead of leg-spinner Swepson who will make a pre-planned return residence for the start of his first baby.

    Swepson, nevertheless, is ready to return to India forward of the third Test.

    “He’s (Kuhnemann) a live chance to play in the next Test match,” McDonald was quoted as saying by cricinfo on Sunday.

    “If we play three spinners then we clearly want back-up here and available in the squad if that’s the way we want to go.” Kuhnemann doesn’t have worldwide expertise beneath his belt, having scalped simply 35 wickets at 34.80 in 13 first-class matches.

    Kuhnemann was “shocked” to get the information.

    “Got a phone call yesterday morning when walking out for the warm-ups. Was pretty shocked,” Kuhnemann mentioned after Queensland’s Sheffield Shield match towards Victoria.

    “I used to be simply fortunate sufficient that my passport was in my bag. I watched daily (of the primary Test) simply being such a fan. These collection are so good to look at. Todd Murphy was distinctive and form of watched how (Ravindra) Jadeja bowled. So simply actually excited to recover from there.

    “I was fortunate enough to stay with the Test guys and bowl to them in the nets in Sri Lanka, so that’s still pretty fresh in my memory. I learned heaps just being over there for a couple (of) months. If I got the opportunity I’d like to think I’d be okay,” he added.

    Meanwhile, McDonald is hopeful about Cameron Green’s availability for the second Test.

    The younger all-rounder is recovering from a damaged finger he suffered towards South Africa on the MCG final December.

    “We’re hopeful. It’s been six weeks now. I think he’s actually got his final X-ray or scan today. He does allow us different options to the way that we want to structure up,” McDonald mentioned.

    Pacer Mitchell Starc, who missed the primary Test, has arrived right here after recovering from a finger harm he additionally sustained in Melbourne.
    “(Starc) will have a rest day today (in Delhi) and then he’ll train tomorrow on his own up there,” McDonald mentioned.

    “A couple of the staff members will go up there. We’re hopeful that both of those are back on the selection table and that would change the balance of our side.” McDonald, nevertheless, knowledgeable that Josh Hazlewood received’t be obtainable for the second Test after lacking the collection opener resulting from an Achilles subject.

    “He’s close. So I think it’s just probably the load in that Achilles,” McDonald mentioned.

    “We just don’t want to push it. He’s going to have three days off and then have a main bowl if he gets through that.” McDonald defended the group administration’s determination to go together with Matt Renshaw instead of Travis Head, a variety which raised a couple of eyebrows. The coach, nevertheless, mentioned Renshaw did not dwell as much as the expectations.

    “We valued others’ skill-sets in those extreme conditions. I think the discussion point that we went through in the process will be different to the hindsight. And the hindsight is that those people that you will compare the competition for place around didn’t perform the way that we’d probably expected,” he mentioned.

    “(Head) had totally different ideas on that and that’s honest sufficient. And he’s entitled to have totally different ideas on that together with others. And we’re not saying any determination that we make is true or incorrect.

    “The Todd Murphy one was heavily discussed as well. Could we play the ball spinning in, two of those types of bowlers against the Indian batting line-up, all those discussions that we had behind the scenes are pretty much what you discussed as well,” he concluded.

  • The mild ‘Roller effect’: Sunil Gavaskar on why Nagpur pitch behaves in another way in second session

    India vs Australia: Right on the finish of the primary session on second day at Nagpur Test, whilst Mark Waugh and Ravi Shastri had been questioning why the pitch gave the impression to be eased out within the morning, with Shastri saying it may very well be as a result of the moisture is out of the pitch by now, Sunil Gavaskar made a pithy remark concerning the curler.

    “The roller makes a big difference. The roller Indians used levelled up the pitch in the first hour. That’s why we saw couple of wickets in the second hour, bit more turn and variable bounce etc”.

    It’s learnt that mild curler was utilized by the Indians on the morning earlier than the beginning of play. It’s the prerogative of the batting captain to decide on the curler he desires: heavy or mild at begin of the play, based on the ICC’s enjoying situations.

    The impact of the curler wears away after some time and the pitch begins to bake underneath the solar and cracks widen once more within the second session. Hence extra variable bounce and bit extra misbehaviour from the pitch within the second session.

    Indian cricket crew head coach Rahul Dravid inspects the pitch forward of the primary cricket take a look at match between India and Australia, in Nagpur, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

    Why not a heavy curler, although? A curator explains.

    “Light roller will just disturb the top layer, especially on turners. And as the day progresses, the second it will break up a lot under the sun. But if you use a hard roller, it will break up the entire thing – bottom layer as well and there is chance it will crumble.
    Especially the red soil, as it is in Nagpur, it can tend to crumble under heavy roller. If the soft roller used, it will take just the top off and bottom stays intact,” he advised this newspaper.

    Shastri’s level about moisture holds good for the morning classes. When moisture escapes the floor, not simply quick bowlers, it helps spinners grip and switch as Shastri recurrently explains on commentary.

    It’s one other factor that heavy curler can do as a side-effect. It can compress the soil laborious and launch the moisture.

    When Kohli presumably used the fallacious curler

    Occasionally, the heavy curler can again hearth too because it’s presumed to have completed to the Indians on the Newlands pitch in a Test match in 2018. After being bundled out for a modest complete of 209 runs within the first innings, India restricted South Africa to simply 130 runs within the second innings, setting a goal of 208 runs for themselves. With a batting order filled with star names, chasing this down wasn’t a troublesome job, or not less than it appeared like. Indian captain Virat Kohli needed a hard-pressed pitch to chase this complete down. So, in got here ‘Big Blue’, Newland’s heavy curler.

    There isn’t any scientific proof for this however the anecdotal proof instructed the heavy curler ended up spicing the pitch.
    It is believed that extra strain on the floor results in moisture being squeezed out. Often, a heavy curler also can find yourself making a floor quicker, serving to the seamers.

    India had been bowled out for 135. “I thought Kohli was quite clever on Day 1. He used the small roller at the change of innings. It didn’t liven the pitch up or anything. Sometimes, the heavy roller can quicken the pitch up but take the seam movement out. Look, it’s not based on research. Most of it is anecdotal,” the curator Evan Flint advised The Indian Express.

    “The heavy roller draws moisture up from underneath, but I’m not so sure of that … It’s possible.”

    Indian cricket crew head coach Rahul Dravid inspects the pitch forward of the primary cricket take a look at match between India and Australia, in Nagpur, India, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

    When Tendulkar didn’t use a curler

    Like Sachin Tendulkar had throughout his final Ranji sport towards Haryana at Lahli, a pacer’s paradise, in 2013. Back in 2013, Tendulkar urged the Mumbai captain Zaheer Khan to take the “none of the above” possibility when the guests got the “light” or “strong” possibility at the beginning of the innings that may be his final for Mumbai.

    Nestled in the midst of fields, the water desk of the world at Lahli is sort of excessive. Locals have seen video games the place the pitch will get greener and quicker with every passing day.In the primary innings, Tendulkar had fallen cheaply to pacer Mohit Sharma, overwhelmed by a rising ball. The ball had pitched on a size, landed on the seam and climbed. Tendulkar’s push was overwhelmed; the ball hit his proper elbow and ricocheted onto the stumps.

    Years later, Haryana wicketkeeper Nitin Saini spoke concerning the sport and the genius of Tendulkar.

    “In the second innings, Sachin paaji refused to take the heavy roller and we were all surprised because conventional wisdom says it would make the pitch more conducive to bat on. He made 79 not out. Later, he told us that since the water table is so high here, having the pitch rolled would have got the moisture out and made batting tough against the seamers. And we were like ‘we had played on this pitch all our lives and never thought of it’.”

    According to the enjoying situations of the ICC, it’s the fielding crew’s prerogative.

    “During the match the pitch may be rolled at the request of the captain of the batting side, for a period of not more than 7 minutes, before the start of each innings, other than the first innings of the match, and before the start of each subsequent day’s play.” Further, Law 10. (c) elucidates on the ‘Choice of rollers’ as: “If there is more than one roller available the captain of the batting side shall choose which one is to be used.”

  • Let’s wait and see-maybe the Aussie selectors are geniuses: Steve Waugh livid over Travis Head being dropped for first India-Australia Test

    Former Australia captain Steve Waugh was infuriated on the assume tank’s choice to drop Travis Head for the primary Test in opposition to India in Nagpur on Thursday.

    The 57-year-old took to his Instagram to jot down, “Hard to believe we can drop the number 4 ranked test batsman in the world and probably our best batsman in the last 12 months plus he bowls better than average off spin – let’s wait and see-maybe the Aussie selectors are genius’s!”.

    Head scored 525 runs at a mean of 87.50 within the 2022/23 Australian Test Summer in opposition to West Indies and South Africa over 5 matches at a strike charge of over 95.

    The name could have been owing to the truth that Head’s presence would’ve meant Australia had 5 left-handed batters of their enjoying XI, a recipe of catastrophe within the making, courtesy of 1 Ravichandran Ashwin, who has had an apparent benefit in opposition to the like.

    Australia chief selector George Bailey had earlier hinted that Head may tackle a “different role” within the subcontinent come the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. “I think you have to play different conditions, at different times. I think he (Head) has spoken to the fact he hasn’t been exposed to those conditions a great deal. And you can talk about it and try and replicate it but until you’ve actually been there and played on those types of wickets, that’s the only way, or certainly the fastest way of getting better in those conditions,” Bailey had advised the reporters.

    In addition to Waugh, former Australia opener Mathew Hayden additionally expressed he was bowled over by the decision on commentary throughout the sport. “I’m just speechless,” Hayden stated on-air.

    Matt Renshaw, who was picked within the XI forward Head, was dismissed for a golden duck as India dominated day one of many first Test. Captain Rohit Sharma (56 not out) scored an authoritative half-century after Ravindra Jadeja picked up a five-for with the hosts ending 77 for 1 at stumps, solely 100 runs behind the guests.

    Jadeja, enjoying his first worldwide match after recovering from a knee damage, grabbed 5 wickets as India bowled out Australia for 177 of their first innings simply after tea. “I was bowling 10-12 hours every day and that helped me a lot. I was working on my rhythm because I knew that I have to play a Test match and I have to bowl long spells.” he stated after the day’s play.

    Indian openers Rohit, who hit 9 fours and a six in his 69-ball unbeaten knock, and KL Rahul (20) then put up a 76-run opening stand. However, Rahul turned spinner Todd Murphy’s (1/13) first worldwide wicket as he was despatched packing within the penultimate over of the day.

  • IND vs AUS: Comeback man Ravindra Jadeja’s registers his eleventh five-wicket haul

    Left-arm-spinner Ravindra Jadeja picked up his eleventh 5 wickets through the first Test between India and Australia on Day 1 on the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday.

    Jadeja after making a comeback from a protracted damage layoff troubled the Australian prime order. He completed with 5-47 from 22 overs.

    The wrecker-in-chief through the second session broke the 82-run stand between Steve Smith (37) and Marnus Labuschagne (49) earlier than trapping Matt Renshaw and Todd Murphy.

    That 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 when @imjadeja let one via Steve Smith’s defence! 👌👌

    Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/SwTGoyHfZx #CrewIndia | #INDvAUS | @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/Lj5j7pHZi3

    — BCCI (@BCCI) February 9, 2023

    Jadeja then trapped Peter Handscomb (31) within the remaining session of the day as Australia had been bowled out in 63.5 overs.

    Courtesy of Jadeja’s eleventh five-wicket haul India skittled out Australia for 177 of their first innings simply after the tea break.

    Alex Carrey scored a 33-ball 36 earlier than veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3/42), who was the opposite wicket-taker for India within the second session, ended his keep within the center.

    Ashwin has gone previous 450 wickets with the wicket of Carey. The off-spinner is now the second-highest wicket-taker within the historical past of Indian cricket behind legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble.

    However, the magician achieved the feat in 89 take a look at matches second quickest to the quantity behind the Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan who accomplished the feat in simply 80 Test matches.

    Earlier, pacers Mohammed Shami (1/18) and Mohammed Siraj (1/30) dealt early blows to the guests, eradicating openers Usman Khwaja (1) and David Warner (1) throughout the first three overs.

    Earlier within the day Cummins received the toss and elected to bat first. Todd Murphy made his debut for Australia. For India KS Bharath and Suryakumar Yadav acquired their first take a look at caps.

  • Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Experts give their predictions on India vs Australia Test collection

    As Australia put together to tackle India within the four-match check collection beginning on Thursday in Nagpur, consultants have given their prediction on the outcomes, who they assume would be the participant of the collection in addition to the participant who may rating essentially the most variety of runs.

    Allan Border predicted that the Aussies will stroll away with the collection 2-1 whereas  an in-form Steve Smith would be the highest run scorer. The Australian legend additionally tipped Smith to be the participant of the collection whereas predicting that Kuldeep Yadav would be the one to take essentially the most variety of wickets.

    Adam Gilchrist additionally mirrored Border’s collection win prediction agreeing on a 2-1 win for Australia however he picked batter Usman Khawaja to take advantage of runs. As for the best wicket taker and the participant of the collection, he predicted Pat Cummins to come back away with each honours.

    Mark Waugh, nevertheless, predicted the collection to be a 2-2 tie whereas choosing Virat Kohli to be the participant of the collection in addition to the best run getter. For the best wicket taker,  he selected Nathan Lyon.

    Michael Hussey additionally predicted that the collection will probably be a 2-2 tie and picked Nathan Lyon because the participant who will get essentially the most wickets. However, he picked KL Rahul to be the participant of the collection in addition to the best run scorer.

    Former England cricketer Isa Guha was the one one who predicted India to come back away with a 2-1 victory whereas choosing Steve Smith as the best scorer, Axar Patel as the best wicket taker and Virat Kohli because the participant of the collection.

    Former New Zealand cricketer Ian Smith was essentially the most brutal in his evaluation predicting Australia to stroll away with a 3-1 win whereas choosing Steve Smith as the best run scorer and the participant of the collection. Nathan Lyon was the participant who he predicted to be the best wicket taker.

    Australia hasn’t crushed India in a check collection since 2015 and has solely received twice a collection twice in India.  With the ultimate spots of World Test Championship up for grabs and each the batters and the bowlers of holiday makers wanting red-hot type this collection guarantees to ship some intense Test cricket within the coming days.

  • When Australia ‘rushed’ Pat Cummins’s return to Tests and he proved his sturdiness

    When Australia picked Pat Cummins to exchange the injured Mitchell Starc for the final two Tests of their four-match collection in India in 2017, there was no healthful approval from the Australian cricket fraternity. In reality, the quick bowler himself had stated the India tour would have been too quickly for him to return to Test cricket.

    Cricket Australia, in a method, was going towards its personal plans for managing the proficient however injury-prone quick bowler’s profession. After the seven-wicket, player-of-the-match efficiency as an 18-year-old on his debut towards South Africa in Johannesburg in 2011, Cummins was but so as to add to his Test caps. Repeated stress fractures had taken a toll on him however the Australian cricket institution was prepared to offer Cummins, extra exactly his bones, the time to mature.

    Though Cummins, then 23, had already performed 10 ODIs and three T20s for Australia within the 2016-17 season and bowled New South Wales to victory with an eight-wicket match haul in his first Sheffield Shield match in six years, many believed Cricket Australia mustn’t have despatched him to India. They stated he ought to have been preserved for the Ashes collection at dwelling later in the summertime.

    Pat Cummins again bowling with the crimson ball in Aussie (coaching) colors #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/eHafDv9VAx

    — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) March 14, 2017

    “The plan was not for him (Cummins) to be playing in this Test series — it was for him to be playing Sheffield Shield cricket and reassess him (at the end of the season). From that point of view, it’s Cricket Australia going against its own plans — we’re just hoping it turns out well,” former Australian quick bowler after which New South Wales Bowling coach Geoff Lawson had instructed Fox Sports.

    Then New South Wales captain Moises Henriques had additionally echoed Lawson’s view. “I think Pat is a very special bowler, so in terms of skill-wise and if you want someone to play cricket for Australia, I think Pat Cummins is your man. But whether he’s ready physically on the back of one Shield game, that’s a completely different kettle of fish,” he had stated.

    Some observers stated Cummins would have gotten extra overs underneath his belt had he stayed in Australia and bowled in Shield cricket somewhat than taking part in sidekick on spin-friendly Indian pitches.

    Many thought both James Pattinson, who on the time had a formidable Test report of 70 wickets from 26 matches; or Chadd Sayers, who was main the Shield season’s wicket-takers checklist with 50 wickets, was the higher selection to exchange Starc in India than Cummins.

    Australian quick bowler James Pattinson. (FILE)

    Even after Cummins was picked within the squad, there have been calls to incorporate Jackson Bird, who had been with the touring social gathering from the start, within the taking part in eleven for the third Test in Ranchi. Former quick bowler Rodney Hogg had stated it will have been tough for Cummins to acclimate to Indian situations shortly.

    Ahead of the third Test, Cummins had stated, “I always had an eye on the Ashes next (summer), thinking that I had to play three or four (Sheffield) Shield games to put my hand up for selection… So it’s certainly come a lot quicker, but I always thought I’d get back here.”

    He had additionally indicated he was anticipating to bowl just a few overs considering spinners would rule the roost. “Over here, it’s not great bowler-friendly wickets for quicks, which means more likely I won’t bowl too many overs.”

    But because it turned out, the Ranchi floor was a far cry from a typical Indian dustbowl. Australia scored 451 within the first innings on a gradual and low observe. In reply, India piled on 603/9 as the sport meandered to a draw. But Cummins had made his mark bowling 39 overs and taking 4 wickets — that of Okay L Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, and Ravichandran Ashwin. Incidentally, this was the second time Cummins dismissed Kohli; the primary in a World T20 match in 2012.

    Cummins’s figures learn 39-10-106-4. More than the wickets, it was his coronary heart bowling that many overs on the lifeless observe — probably the most he has bowled in a Test innings ever — that stood out.

    Pat Cummins celebrating the wicket of KL Rahul in Ranchi in 2017. (FILE)

    In India for the upcoming Test collection as captain of the Australian staff, Cummins, the opposite day, fondly remembered the Ranchi expertise.

    “I think what I learned about myself was, it was my first Test match in six years, it kind of reaffirmed that that is where I wanted to be,” he stated.

    He additionally stated that the Ranchi Test allowed him to bowl with out worrying about getting injured. “In Test cricket, you can’t be worried about your body or different things, you have just got to go all-in. I really enjoyed that,” he stated, including that over the 5 days in Ranchi, he discovered that Test cricket could possibly be “really, really hard”.

    “You’ve got to accept that it’s going to be a grind sometimes, and you have got to be up for it and embrace that challenge… You need to get into the grind at times, and that role as a fast bowler might be bowling plenty of overs for not a heap of reward but doing a job for the team. I really enjoyed that aspect of that last tour,” he stated.

    The Ranchi Test was a revealing expertise for Cricket Australia too. It knew the time was proper to peel off the cotton wool across the prodigal quick bowler in whom it had invested lots over time. It set him on the trail to changing into the number-one ranked Test bowler on the planet and the Australian captain.

    Between Cummins’s first and second Tests, Australia performed 64 Tests. However, he has featured in 46 of Australia’s subsequent 50 Tests, a testomony to his skill to bowl lengthy spells with out getting injured. Now, on his return to India for an additional gruelling duel, Cummins stays the important thing for the guests to set the tone with the ball as they attempt to win a Test collection in India for the primary time after 2004.

  • ‘If India produce unreasonable wickets like they did last time, Australia won’t win,” says Ian Healy about India-Australia collection

    “If they produce unreasonable wickets like they did half the series last time” we (Australia) gained’t win predicts former Australian cricketer Ian Healy in regards to the upcoming marquee between India and Australia.

    Speaking on SENQ Breakfast with Pat and Heals radio present he mentioned “If they produce unreasonable wickets like they did half the series last time (we won’t win), two wickets were just terrible, unfair, spinners jumping over your head on day one.”

    Australia toured India for four-match collection in 2017. Visitors after successful the primary sport at Pune misplaced the collection 2-1.

    Healey mentioned “They’ve bought a great crew however I’m not too afraid of their spinners until they produce unreasonable wickets.

    “So that type of thing they will play better on than we will, but if they get flat wickets that India used to put out, nice flat batting wickets and bowlers have to work really hard, I think we can do it.” he added.

    Healy predicted this time round it is going to be the same scoreline “But (my prediction is) 2-1 India if Starc’s unavailable in the first Test.”

    Healy expressed his concern about Starc’s absence for the primary check and mentioned “My worry for him not playing the first Test is that you don’t have a lot of time to get the bowling in that you’re going to need in the second, third and fourth Test.”

    Ian Healy additionally gave his views on the Australian squad choice.

    On inclusion of Peter Handscomb and Matt Renshaw within the aspect and omission of Marcu Harris

    “Handscombe and Renshaw above Marcus Harris… the message I get out of that is that they’re more versatile,” he mentioned.

    “Renshaw can play spin better, if that’s what’s required, than Marcus, and Handscombe is well-known as a good player of spin but also has got the gloves, he can put the gloves on if the wicket-keeper goes down.”

    Picking Mitchell Swepson over Adam Zampa

    “Zampa would have been shut and he’s been speaking about blended messages from the selectors.

    “The selectors should’ve been pondering, ‘Zampa, he’s bought good management and he’ll flip it if the wickets are actually spinning, however we’ve had Swepson for Sri Lanka and Pakistan, he’s finished the laborious yards’, and so they’ve caught with him, and he spins the ball extra constantly than Zampa.

    “What good wouldn’t it have been to not choose (Swepson)… if you happen to’re going to play two spinners he ought to be the one, certainly one of them with (Lyon), in any other case you’ve wasted what you’ve created this yr.

    “If he doesn’t come up well on an Indian tour where the wickets are spinning, then you can move on.”

    Inclusion of younger Todd Murphy

    “Todd Murphy I see as only a learner, going to sit down behind Nathan Lyon.

    “You don’t need two of them in one team, so he’ll be there learning and experimenting.”

    Impact of Mitchell Starc’s harm on off-spinner Nathan Lyon

    “Guess what Lyon wants, he wants Mitch Starc, Mitch Starc to run by and create tough for him exterior of right-hander’s off stump.

    “Starc mightn’t be available first Test, and if you’re not available first Test, you’re not going to be great second Test… it’s soon after, there’s no other games.”

    Inclusion of fast bowler Lance Morris

    “Lance Morris I’d like, to unleash that tempo, tempo by the air and the flexibility to get on the batsman’s physique if you must.

    “If you have to bowl a short ball spell, you have to be fast and that’s what he is, he’s fast and strong so he might get a run when Starc is not there.”

    The first check of the collection begins on the ninth of February at Nagpur.

  • Harmanpreet Kaur on turning level after India’s 7-run defeat to Australia in third WT20I: 18th over made the distinction

    India vs Australia, 4th WT20I: Harmanpreet Kaur mentioned that she had sufficient religion in Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh after she acquired out on 46 within the penultimate match of the collection.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 17, 2022 23:36 IST

    18th over made the distinction: Harmanpreet on turning level after IND’s defeat to AUS. Courtesy: PTI

    By India Today Web Desk: Harmanpreet Kaur mentioned that the 18th over of the Indian innings was the turning level of their fourth Women’s T20I in opposition to Australia on Saturday, December 17 on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

    With India needing 41 runs to win off the final 18 balls, Ashleigh Gardner gave away solely three runs within the 18th over and picked up the wicket of a well-set Devika Vaidya. Gardner additionally bagged the Player of the Match award for her all-round efficiency.

    From there on, Richa Ghosh scored 40 runs off 19 balls and stayed unbeaten, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient for India to go previous the end line. With 20 runs wanted off the final over, India misplaced the match by seven runs and in addition conceded the five-match collection 1-3 with one recreation remaining.

    Harmanpreet mentioned that she had religion on Richa and Deepti Sharma with the required fee round 12 within the dying overs. Harmanpreet scored 46 runs off 30 balls with six fours and one six earlier than Alana King accounted for her wicket.

    “I think we were in the game throughout, but just one over here or there can make the difference. Yes definitely, if I were there till the end things would have been different. But still, after I got out I had faith in Deepti and Richa,” Harmanpreet was quoted as saying in the post-match presentation ceremony.

    “I think the 18th over where we scored just three runs was what made the difference. I think all the young girls who got to play against this Aussie side got a lot of experience. I am really proud of how we bowled in the first 10 overs. We won a lot of areas today and I am really proud of that,” she stated.

    Harmanpreet also said that due to an injury that she sustained earlier this year, she has refrained from rolling her arms over. “I picked up an injury during Asia Cup, so just batting right now,” she added.

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  • Australia safe series-clinching win in fourth ladies’s T20I towards India

    Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh’s late power-hitting proved not sufficient as Australia rode on Ellyse Perry’s masterclass half-century to safe a series-clinching seven-run win within the fourth ladies’s T20I.

    Continuing her dream comeback, Perry smashed a blistering 72 not out from 42 deliveries (7×4, 4×6) to energy Australia to 188 for 3 after being invited to bat. The visiting facet’s captain Alyssa Healy retired damage after scoring 30 because of a calf harm.

    Close end within the fourth #INDvAUS T20I however it was Australia who received the match! #GroupIndia will look to bounce again within the fifth & ultimate T20I of the collection on Tuesday 👍 👍

    Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/kG4AnI9x7J pic.twitter.com/i3wgeyRxB2

    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) December 17, 2022

    In reply, India managed 181 for five of their 20 overs as Harmanpreet’s 30-ball 46 and Richa’s 19-ball 40 not out went in useless.

    World champions Australia thus clinched the five-match collection as they’ve taken an unassailable 3-1 lead going into the ultimate T20I. India have been down 49 for 3 inside seven overs and so they wanted 105 from 54 balls when Harmanpreet stepped it up towards Megan Schutt.

    The Indian skipper then punished Heather Graham, smashing her 4 boundaries from 5 balls within the thirteenth over that yielded 17 runs to revive the chase. But Harmanpreet fell 4 runs shy of her half century as India nonetheless wanted 68 runs from 34 deliveries when Richa took over.

    Needing 38 runs from the final two overs, Richa smashed Heather Graham for 2 successive sixes and adopted it up with a boundary. Defending 20 runs from the final over, the expertise of Megan Schutt got here useful as she bowled intelligently to concede simply 12 runs. Richa managed simply two strikes within the ultimate over with Schutt brilliantly bowling to her discipline.

    Australia suffered a giant blow when their skipper Alyssa Healy strained her calf muscle whereas batting.

    Healy cruised to 30 off 21 balls with six fours however on the penultimate ball of the powerplay, she appeared to have strained her calf muscle whereas making an attempt to tug Deepti Sharma. She limped off the sector after the powerplay and didn’t return to bat.

    In Healy’s absence, McGrath led the facet, whereas Beth Mooney donned the wicketkeeping gloves. Australia have been just about down by three wickets for 46 after Tahlia McGrath was cleaned up by Radha Yadav within the seventh over. But Healy’s absence was hardly felt as veteran all-rounder Perry continued her dream run with a second successive half century.

    The 32-year-old, who struck a 75 in Australia’s 21-run win within the third T20I, together with Ashleigh Gardner took cost of the proceedings. The duo placed on 94 runs off simply 59 balls to grab the momentum from the twelfth over onwards after being invited to bat.

    Gardner smoked three sixes and as many boundaries to lend Perry an ideal assist. After the departure of Gardner within the seventeenth over, it was Grace Harris who took on the assault as she made a quick-fire 27 not out from 12 deliveries (1×6, 1×4) to proceed to pile distress on the Indians.

    Perry, who was earlier axed from Australia’s T20 facet apparently for sluggish batting, used her toes nicely to the Indian spinners and drove powerfully. With Perry and Gardner in full cost, Australia scored 115 runs within the final 9 overs to prop up their whole. India’s sloppy fielding additionally continued to allow them to down. The dwelling facet had an opportunity to expire Perry on 12 when she struggled to finish a run.

    It was a high-quality throw from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur from the additional cowl, however Radha Yadav fumbled on the non-striker’s finish.

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    Brief Scores:
    Australia: 188 for 3 in 20 overs (Ellyse Perry 72 not out, Ashleigh Gardner 42; Deepti Sharma 2/35).
    India: 181 all out in 20 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 46, Richa Ghosh 40 not out; Ashleigh Gardner 2/20, Alana King 2/23).

  • 1st T20I: Mooney unbeaten 89 helps Australia girls gun down 173-run goal, take 1-0 collection lead vs India girls

    1st T20I: Beth Mooney’s unbeaten 89-run knock helped Australia girls gun down the 173-run goal and take a 1-0 collection lead over India girls in Mumbai.

    Mumbai,UPDATED: Dec 9, 2022 22:47 IST

    1st T20I: Australia girls chase 173, take 1-0 collection lead vs India girls (AFP Photo)

    By India Today Web Desk: Australia rode on the heroic knocks of captain Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney to gun down the 173-run goal with 9 wickets to spare and take a 1-0 collection lead over India girls within the first T20I in Mumbai on Friday.

    Chasing a stiff goal, the formidable Australian opening pair of skipper Alyssa Healy and Mooney gave Australia the beginning it wanted, including 73 runs in just below 9 overs. Healy and Mooney performed some great photographs throughout their scintillating partnership to place the Indian bowlers underneath stress.

    Mooney smashed 16 fours throughout her keep within the center and was helped by Tahlia McGrath’s unbeaten 29-ball 40, which included 4 boundaries and two sixes. Australia thus took a 1-0 lead within the five-match collection.

    Earlier, the skilled Deepti Sharma blazed away to an unbeaten 15-ball 36 to energy India to 172 for 5. Sharma smashed 4 successive boundaries within the remaining over, bowled by Megan Schutt to spice up India’s run charge after Richa Ghosh (36 off 20 balls) and the returning Devika Vaidya (25 off 24) added 56 runs for the fifth wicket.

    India have been off to a flying begin with the teenaged Shafali Verma smashing Megan Schutt for a 4 and a six over long-on within the first over, which yielded 12 runs. The seasoned Smriti Mandhana (28 of twenty-two balls) lower debutant Kim Garth for a 4, earlier than Shafali slashed Ellyse Perry on the off-side for her second most, a ball after an inside edge went previous the keeper for a boundary.

    However, Perry had her revenge when she cramped Shafali for room on the leg facet and the batter ended up giving a catch to skipper Alyssa Perry. This was the fourth time Perry has dismissed the 18-year-old Indian power-hitter.

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    Dec 9, 2022