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Priya Mishra's Five-For And Bist, Hasabnis 50s Power IND A Women To First Win In AUS Tour

India A Women players celebrating a wicket against Australia A (x.com)India A Women players celebrating a wicket against Australia A (x.com)

Brief Scores: India A Women: 243-9 (50 overs) [Raghvi Bist: 53 (64), Tejal Hasabnis: 50 (66); Maitlan Brown 3/39 (6), Charli Knott 2/26 (6)] defeated Australia A Women: 72 all out (22.1 overs) [Maddy Darke: 22 (34), Tess Flintoff: 20 (44); Priya Mishra 5/14 (5), Minnu Mani 2/4 (2.1)] by 171 runs.

India A Women walloped their Australian counterparts at the Great Barrier Reef Arena on Sunday, August 18 in the third game of their three-match 50-overs series. The outcome helped India A Women register their first win of the two-week long tour of Australia.

Hasabnis, Raghvi Bist fifties take India A to 243-9

India A Women lost opener Shweta Sehrawat for a first-ball duck to Australia’s new-ball pace merchant Maitlan Brown. Kiran Navgire (25 off 23 balls) and Uma Chetry (16 off 22) counterattacked for a while before getting toppled by Charli Knott and Tess Flintoff respectively in quick succession.

At 42-3, middle-order batters Tejal Hasabnis and Raghvi Bist listed fighting half-centuries and shared 104 runs together to take India near the 150-run mark. Sajeevan Sajana also shaped a valuable 40 in the backend of the innings while captain Minnu Mani punched out 34 crucial runs to take India A to a competitive 243-9 from 50 overs.

For Australia A, Maitlan Brown added two wickets to her tally at the death after her opening strike to seize figures of 3-39. Nicola Hancock also struck twice in the slog overs while Charli Knott conceded just 26 runs for her two wickets.

Priya Mishra crumbles Australian chase in five overs

Chasing 244 for a series sweep, Australia A opener Maddy Darke and number four Tess Flintoff stamped confident 20s at the top after the early dismissals of Charli Knott and Tahlia McGrath. Meghna Singh and Soppadhandi Yashasri delivered the early breakthroughs for India by the time Australia reached 20.

At 48-2, Priya Mishra pierced through the hosts’ middle-order with five quick wickets in a space of just five overs. Mishra conceded just 14 runs in her short spell to crash the entire Australian run-chase for just 72 in 22.1 overs. Minnu Mani also picked up two wickets as India A Women secured a huge 171-run victory to avoid a series whitewash.