Australia Women v India Women – ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012 (4th Match - Group A) – Match Update
Led by Erin Osborne’s 3-wicket haul, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women's World Twenty20, 2012, played today
on September 27 at the Galle International Stadium.
The India Women won the toss and elected to bat first, but were unable to exceed a total of 104, troubled as they were by Player of the Match Osborne (3-0-13-3) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Julie-Lauren-Hunter-c69645 (4-0-23-2).
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Poonam-Ganesh-Raut-c82377 (21) opened the innings for their side, and their partnership yielded 29 runs, after which Sharma was sent packing by Hunter. Raut followed her back to the pavilion soon after, caught out by Jess Cameron off Osborne in the
7th over.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mithali-Raj-c76407 and Harmanpreet Kaur were the next duo up to bat, and both batters contributed 18 runs each, in addition to setting up a 25-run stand. They managed to get the team total up to 63, after which Raj was run out by Jonassen, while Kaur fell
prey to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lisa-Carprini-Sthalekar-c73004.
Nagaraja Niranjana (15) remained the only other batter who managed a double-digit score – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sulakshana-Naik-c91743 (2*)
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 Women posted a final total of 104 at the expense of 8 wickets.
In response, the Australia Women needed only 18 overs to reach the target, with the India Women powerless to restrict their opponents.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sharma-c87668, Lanning proceeded to establish a 49-run partnership for the second wicket with Cameron
(36*).
Lanning was finally dislodged by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mayank-Goswami-c75433 in the 15th over, but by this point the Australia Women had already managed to reach 92. Cameron teamed up with Sthalekar (3*), and their unbeaten partnership of 13 runs got the team safely over the finish
line, reaching 105 with 8 wickets and 16 balls still remaining.
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