285/4 (46.3)
CR : 6.13
282/8 (50.0)
CR : 5.64
Australia Women won by 6 wickets 🏆
Player of the Match
Phoebe Litchfield
78(89)
Highest successful women’s ODI run chase:
289 AUS v NZ at North Sydney, 2012
283 AUS v IND at Wankhede, today
280 NZ v IND at Queenstown, 2022
278 AUS v IND at Auckland, 2022
Australia women have won their last eight ODIs against India in India.
Australia women have won their last eight ODIs against India in India.
Ellyse Perry: "Yeah, look, it was awesome fun to bat out there with Phoebe today and put on the partnership that we did. I think we've sort of spoken about that a fair bit, especially coming off the Test match, where we probably didn't sort of manage to put together a big partnership that changed the course of the match. So it was really nice to do that. I thought Phoebe was batted especially well and then really nice to see the girls finish the way they did with the batting innings.
Look, I think it was really nice conditions to bat here today at Wankhede, and the game has certainly come a long way. But I think saying that we've been pushed by India all the time in whatever format we're playing against them. So I think we've just got to keep trying to raise the bar with our batting and make sure that whatever total we've got to chase, we do that and we manage the chase well. But we managed to do that really nicely today. I thought probably 280 was around par. We had a really good effort in the field and I thought we sort of bowled pretty well in large patches there.
I thought as I said, it was probably around par that India got in that first innings, particularly with the lights coming on and the ball coming on pretty well in the second innings. I think we started positively, and we capitalized on that pretty well and then just managed the chase the way through and sort of never let it get too steep on us, which was really pleasing.
We had Christmas, which was a lot of fun together, and a couple of days off just to enjoy the festive season. Certainly, a different one for a lot of us normally used to being at home with family and friends. So, yeah, it was really cool to have such a big contingent of Aussies with us for Christmas Day in particular."
I thought as I said, it was probably around par that India got in that first innings, particularly with the lights coming on and the ball coming on pretty well in the second innings. I think we started positively, and we capitalized on that pretty well and then just managed the chase the way through and sort of never let it get too steep on us, which was really pleasing.
We had Christmas, which was a lot of fun together, and a couple of days off just to enjoy the festive season. Certainly, a different one for a lot of us normally used to being at home with family and friends. So, yeah, it was really cool to have such a big contingent of Aussies with us for Christmas Day in particular."
Harmanpreet Kaur (India Captain): "We did well to get those runs in the first innings. I think it was a defendable score but our fielding was not up to the mark. The bowlers did a good job and bowled well but fielding let us down.
After a while, the dew was there. But the bowlers were doing good to keep it on the stumps. But I'm not happy with the fielding. We let so many runs on the field and were pretty loose. The Australian side fielded pretty well but we were poor.
Pooja brought us back into the game. She scored those crucial runs and we just have to keep doing good consistently.
We know they are a good side. We know we have to be on our toes and try playing aggressively which we have been doing in the last 20 days."
After a while, the dew was there. But the bowlers were doing good to keep it on the stumps. But I'm not happy with the fielding. We let so many runs on the field and were pretty loose. The Australian side fielded pretty well but we were poor.
Pooja brought us back into the game. She scored those crucial runs and we just have to keep doing good consistently.
We know they are a good side. We know we have to be on our toes and try playing aggressively which we have been doing in the last 20 days."
Game changer of the Match: Pooja Vastrakar.
Alyssa Healy (Australia Women Captain): "Sometimes you just got to get out of the way and let the good players have a day out. But, yeah, great night for us. Obviously, great to start off the one-day series with the win, but still lots to play for.
I mean, they came in quite late in the game, but I think we could probably just tidy up our back ten overs. I thought the way that we were tracking with the ball, I thought we could have kept them around 250, but they managed to get it out to 280 and put a really good total in the board. So we can look at some areas there.
But I thought the way that the batting group just really approached it was sensational and sort of cruised in at the back end and that's sort of the blueprint that we want to put out there.
Yeah, I think it's just about playing straight. A lot of the players in our group play really well down the ground.
We don't sweep too much. They also use, I guess, the angles behind the wicket a little bit. But still, sticking to our natural game of playing straight probably helps when the ball's skidding on a little bit.
We can do that a little bit more than when it was dragging in the Test match. But I thought the girls bounced back today and just showed us how we want to play."
Player of the Match: Phoebe Litchfield
Phoebe Litchfield (Player of the Match): "This was one was pretty special to bat with Ellyse. It was special.
Just tried to back my game. I hit some down the ground after I struggled at the start. Lots of ebbs and flows throughout the game but I decided to back myself.
As I said, lots of ebbs and flows. The partnership was enjoyable but we loved when both got to fifties.
Played pretty well to be fair. Got some seamers to move the ball. The ball is spinning less than I expected but still challenging conditions.
Working in the game a bit better. Scoring off most balls and maybe not get dismissed is what I'm trying to do."
Just tried to back my game. I hit some down the ground after I struggled at the start. Lots of ebbs and flows throughout the game but I decided to back myself.
As I said, lots of ebbs and flows. The partnership was enjoyable but we loved when both got to fifties.
Played pretty well to be fair. Got some seamers to move the ball. The ball is spinning less than I expected but still challenging conditions.
Working in the game a bit better. Scoring off most balls and maybe not get dismissed is what I'm trying to do."
That brings an end to our coverage for this game. Australia Women draw first blood in the three-match ODI series. Keep joining us for more cricketing action all around the globe. For now, this is Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of my co-commentators Deepak Prakash and Sidharth Gulati and scorer Dushyant Madhukar Kumar. Tata. Bye Bye.