Australia Women tour of India: 1st ODI - India Women v Australia Women – Match Update
Australia Women 227/8 (50 ov) v India Women 197/8 (50.0 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 won by 30 runs
On Monday, March 12, 2012, the touring Australian women team pulverised hosts India in the first One Day International (ODI) by 30 runs at Sardar http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad.
With this victory, the Australian team has gained an upper hand in the three-match series and now India would have to bounce back in the second match on March 14, 2012.
After winning the toss, Australian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jodie-Maree-Fields-c67118 chose to bat first in a bid to post a daunting total on the board against the hosts, who are always tough competitors at home.
Aussie openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rachael-Louise-Haynes-c83221 gave their side a decent start of 20 runs as they looked to counter the Indian bowlers.
Poulton, was the first causality of the day as she was dismissed after scoring 17 runs off 26 deliveries.
With the opener back in the pavilion, it was time for 19-year-old, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Meg-Lanning-c75532, to take the crease and the youngster did not disappoint her fans has she clobbered a stupendous knock alongside Haynes, leaving the home side in tatters.
The duo bolstered 84 runs together, taking the tally to 104 runs before the partnership was finally broken when Lanning fell after playing an innings of 45 runs off 44 deliveries.
Four runs later, Haynes also took a walk back to the pavilion after belting an innings of 41 runs. With three wickets down for 108 runs, India were seemingly getting their grip on the game, but the heroics from the Aussie skipper prevented a batting collapse as she hammered an astounding knock of 64 runs, helping her side amass 227 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs.
From India, medium pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rumeli-Dhar-c87107, did maximum damage by grabbing four wickets.
Coming out to chase a decent total, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 needed a calm batting approach; however, wickets kept falling at regular intervals, putting enormous pressure on the remaining batsmen to come through.
The Australian bowlers completely overpowered the Indians, leaving middle-order batswoman Harmanpreet Kaur the highest scorer from her side with an innings of 57 runs to her name.
From Australia, star all-rounder, 21-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lisa-Carprini-Sthalekar-c73004, as Australia restricted India on 197 runs in 50 overs.
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