NatWest Women's Quadrangular Series - India Women v New Zealand - First Innings Report
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 Women were bowled out for just 150 runs in the NatWest Women’s Quadrangular Series’ third-place play-off at the Butt’s Way, Kingston Blount, Aston Rowant, on July 7, 2011.
Kiwi captain, Aimee Watkins won the toss and elected to bowl first in conditions which were bound to assist the bowlers. Overhead conditions were http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Calum-Scott-MacLeod-c49129, whereas, the ball was not coming on to the bat nicely, which made matters worse for the batters.
It turned out to be a very good toss to win for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, as India lost their top four batters for just 90 runs on the board. However, the worse was to follow for the Indians as their tail failed to wag against the Black Caps.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Poonam-Ganesh-Raut-c82377 was the best batter for the Indians as she took the responsibility on her shoulders and made sure that she avoided a complete disaster for her team. However, she failed to find any kind of support from the other end.
All the middle-order batters for India went into the double figures but failed to capitalize on the start, which was the reason behind the downfall of the Indian batting. India Women usually depend on their middle order to post http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 scores on board but they
could not live up to the expectations this time round.
As a result, the whole team was dismissed for a mere 150 runs in the 47th over of the innings.
Raut remained the top scorer as she made a valuable 38 off 78 balls in which she struck seven boundaries. Veda Krishnamurthy and Harmanpreet Kaur were the only other notable contributors as they made 29 and 21 runs respectively.
Right-arm medium pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lucy-Rose-Doolan-c73250 also shined with a couple of victims in order to help their
team’s cause.
This might not be a huge total for a limited overs match but the pitch is playing lots of tricks, which makes this total a competitive one.
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