Australia 323 (Sutherland 129, Perry 76, Satghare 4-50) and 28 for 0 (Voll 16*, Litchfield 11*) beat India 198 (Rodrigues 52, Sutherland 4-46) and 149 (Rawal 63, Rana 30, Hamilton 3-32, Gardner 2-8, Sutherland 2-15, King 2-23) by ten wickets
It capped a terrific bounceback for Australia after a 2-1 defeat within the T20I leg in an underwhelming begin to Sophie Molineux’s captaincy reign. Healy’s return ignited Australia as they thumped World Cup champions India 3-0 within the ODI collection earlier than they claimed their first Test victory over India since 2006.
It was a disappointment for an India facet returning to Test cricket after mid-2024, though they’d strong contributions from debutants Rawal, Satghare, Kranti Gaud and Kashvee Gautam. The defeat was India’s first in Test cricket since February 2006 after they misplaced to Australia in Adelaide, ending an unblemished run of 9 straight matches.
Having solely bowled three overs within the match, King was handed the ball a lot to the delight of the native followers and he or she spun the ball sharply to beat the bat on a number of events.
Unlike a number of of her extra skilled team-mates, Rawal was unruffled and calmly defended whereas placing away the uncommon unfastened supply to achieve a deserved half-century off 105 balls.
Darcie Brown created Australia’s first likelihood when she had Rana edging to second slip, the place Sutherland couldn’t full a blinder of a one-handed catch excessive to her proper. Rana remained unconvincing and was fortunate when she edged between the wicketkeeper and first slip earlier than being clear bowled on the subsequent supply by Gardner.
Gautam had made a well-compiled 34 not out to bump up India’s first-innings whole, however she had no reply for King to fall for a duck earlier than Rawal’s resistance got here to an finish.
The truncated match was additionally the long-awaited official launch of the revamped WACA floor with loads of patrons having fun with the brand new out of doors pool and waterslides within the terraces amid sweltering warmth. Crowds of round 3500 attended every of the opening two days at a floor with a ten,000 capability.
