AUS-W vs IND-W 2nd ODI Highlights: Perry, Voll Clatter India With Tons As Australia Go 2-0 Up

Australia Women take a 2-0 lead in the series [Source: @cricketcomau/x]

Georgia Voll and Ellyse Perry put the visiting Indians to the sword during Australia’s comprehensive win in the second ODI at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane on December 8. The outcome also extended Australia’s lead up to 2-0 in the three-match series.

Here’s the timeline of how AUS-W vs IND-W panned out in Brisbane:

AUS-W vs IND-W Highlights: Australia Sets Off With 130-Run Opening Stand

Australian openers Phoebe Litchfield and young Georgia Voll mounted a 130-run partnership at the top in just 19.2 overs after counterattacking Renuka Singh Thakur’s new ball threat. Litchfield cracked 60 of those runs from 63 balls with eight boundaries and a six to set up Australia’s early intent.

India’s Saima Thakor seized the opening breakthrough for the visitors by breaking through the partnership with the wicket of Litchfield in the 20th over of the match.

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AUS-W vs IND-W Highlights: Voll, Ellyse Perry Centuries Blaze Australia To 371

Following her 130-run stand with Phoebe Litchfield, brash young opener Georgia Voll crafted another 92 runs with number three Ellyse Perry. Voll even raced to an 84-ball century to mark her maiden triple-figure score in ODIs, listing 101 runs in all from 87 balls with 12 alluring boundaries.

Soon after the youngster nicked one off Thakor, her senior partner Ellyse Perry notched up her own century, reaching the landmark figure in just 72 balls to cart her third ODI ton. Perry’s 75-ball 105 was glittered with seven boundaries and six scorching sixes before she was knocked over by Indian spinner Deepti Sharma. Beth Mooney also bludgeoned a swift 44-ball 56 and a 12-ball 20* from interim captain Tahlia McGrath set up Australia’s monumental 371-8 from 50 overs.

For India, Saima Thakor picked up three wickets for 62 in 10 overs, while Renuka Singh and Priya Mishra picked up a wicket each in their expensive spells. Debutant Minnu Mani also landed two quick wickets at the death while Deepti Sharma claimed figures of 1-59.

AUS-W vs IND-W Highlights: Richa Ghosh Holds Indian Chase With Fighting 54

In pursuit of 372, senior Indian opener Smriti Mandhana was knocked over by Kim Garth in just the fourth over of the innings for nine runs. Harleen Deol’s national return was marred with another setback, as the 26-year-old spooned an easy catch towards Sophie Molineux off Annabel Sutherland as India crashed to 45-2 in 10.4 overs.

Young opener Richa Ghosh briefly kept the Indian chase alive with a fighting 54 from her end. Ghosh’s 66-run partnership with captain Harmanpreet Kaur took India past the 100-run mark, before her 72-ball defiance was curtailed by Alana King at 111-3 in 22 overs.

AUS-W vs IND-W Highlights: Sutherland Takes 4 As India Crumble For 249

Harmanpreet Kaur’s 38 and a 39-ball 43 from Jemimah Rodrigues ensured India crossed the 200-run mark, but losing constant wickets at the other end kept Australia ahead in the game. Megan Schutt and Ashleigh Gardner chipped in with a wicket each, including that of Harmanpreet and Deepti Sharma respectively; while Sophie Molineux curtailed Rodrigues’ well-set stay at 184-6 in 35 overs.

Debutant Minnu Mani delayed the inevitable with a raging 46* from 45 balls, but Sutherland’s four-wicket haul wrapped up the visitors for just 249 in 44.5 overs. Australia ended up sealing the match by 122 runs to claim the three-match series with a game to spare.

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