India Women v Australia Women - 2nd ODI - Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 Women 300 v Australia Women 79 - Australia Women won by 221 runs
The Australian women team took the three-match one-day series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820.
Australia were put into bat after India won the toss, as the Indians sought to restrict the tourists on a meagre tally.
With only 26 runs on the board, Australia lost the services of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leah-Joy-Poulton-c72374, who fell after scoring only 13 runs.
This brought star performer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rachael-Louise-Haynes-c83221, India struck and sent Haynes back to the pavilion after the batswoman had scored 20 runs.
With the fall of two wickets, it was time for ace cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alexandra-Joy-Blackwell-c43285 to dawn on the field and without wasting much time she bolstered a staggering partnership with Lanning, leaving the hosts in tatters.
The Aussie duo clobbered a stinging partnership of 180 runs as they took the score to 227 before Lanning was finally caught by Harmanpreet Kaur off the bowling of left-arm spinner Ekta http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajinder-Singh-Bisht-c83586.
The Aussie amassed an innings of 128 runs off 104 deliveries before finding her way back to the pavilion.
The damage done by Lanning was unrepeatable as India desperately needed to counter the remaining batting line-up which was easier said than done.
Blackwell then slapped an innings of 81 runs to help her side amass a mammoth tally of 300 on the board for the loss of seven wickets, placing Australia in a comfortable position against the home side.
With a huge total to chase, India had a terrible start to their innings as they lost four wickets with only 48 runs on the board.
The Indian batting never got a chance to take off and pose a serious challenge as Aussie all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gates-c58585 of h**l right from the word go and then finished with five wickets to her name at the end of the game, as India faltered in 27.1 overs after posting only 79 runs.
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