Australia 409 for 7 (Healy 158, Mooney 106*, Voll 62) vs India
Healy, who battled a calf downside within the second half of her innings, produced a classic efficiency the equal of any of her finest innings throughout a glittering profession. She smashed 27 fours and two sixes in a staggering show to turn into simply the sixth girl, and second Australian, to put up two 150-plus scores in ODIs and the second quickest 150 off 95 balls. It was additionally the very best rating in a girls’s ODI in Australia, the very best anyplace towards India, and he or she joined Johmari Logtenberg as the one different girl to attain a century of their ultimate ODI.
Mooney performed the silent associate in a 145-run stand with Healy however then picked up the slack to achieve her sixth ODI century within the ultimate over off simply 82 balls and completed with 106 from 84. Australia had misplaced 4 for 37 initially of the final 10 however Nicola Carey smashed 34 not out off 15 to assist Australia race previous 400.
Extraordinarily, Healy’s innings started by going through a maiden from Renuka Singh after she had walked by a guard of honour from India having been despatched into bat. A trademark pull shot off Kashvee Gautam obtained her innings going. She added two extra boundaries earlier than receiving a slice of luck off Renuka when an lbw shout was given not out however DRS revealed it was umpire’s name on hitting leg stump.
The shut name sharpened her focus. She performed with nice management to achieve 50 off 49 balls.
Voll outpaced her skipper, persevering with the crisp ball-striking she confirmed throughout her century within the second ODI on the identical floor on Friday. But once more, she wanted some fortune to get began and to get to fifty.
She edged two of her first three balls for 4 off Gautam with each flying extensive of slip. She cruised to 48 earlier than chipping Gautam to cowl the place Harmanpreet Kaur dropped a simple likelihood diving ahead after misjudging the flight.
Voll reached 50 off 42 three balls later and thumped two extra boundaries off Charani. But the return of Sneh Rana pressured an error. First ball Voll jumped all the way down to whip over midwicket and miscued wastefully to long-on with Harleen Deol holding on.
Healy felt her calf not lengthy after and began unfurling a full array of pulls, sweeps, glides and lofted drives over cowl and mid-on. She had one other slice of luck when Rana missed a troublesome likelihood at brief superb that went untouched to the fence.
Healy reached her eighth ODI century, the equal second-most for an Australian girl, off simply 79 balls. Her assault on Charani instantly after was vicious. She took 23 off an over together with 4 strikes over the off-side ring and a slog sweep over long-on. She adopted that with one other slog sweep off Deepti Sharma that landed within the dugout.
She wanted simply 16 balls to go from 100 to 150. A double century regarded on, however her calf was clearly an issue. After a stunning show of standard strokeplay she tried a weird premeditated reverse paddle sweep to a rank full toss from Rana and was bowled behind her again with 13.3 overs left within the innings.
Mooney’s innings mirrored Healy’s in some ways. She was 2 off 12 and earlier than accelerating to achieve 50 off 53. But her second fifty took simply 29 balls as she showcased her unimaginable 360-degree abilities.
She solely struck 10 boundaries and one six however no two boundaries went in the identical zone as she confronted simply two dot balls in her final 40 to complete off the innings alongside Carey, who thumped 22 from Charani’s final over together with a shocking reverse sweep for six over level.
Before the match, Australia handed a debut to left-arm fast Lucy Hamilton.
Alex Malcolm is an affiliate editor at ESPNcricinfo
