Recent Match Report – India (W) vs AUS WMN 3rd ODI 2023/24

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Innings Australia 338 for 7 (Litchfield 119, Healy 82, Patil 3-57) vs India

Phoebe Litchfield‘s classy hundred and Alyssa Healy‘s 82 propelled Australia to 338 for 7 against India in the third ODI at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. The duo dominated the hosts for the majority of the innings to share 189 runs for the opening wicket – the highest total against this opponent in this format.

Blessed with an effortlessness that adds left-handed elegance to anything she does, Litchfield’s clarity and crispness in her footwork were more visible in the dead-rubber than in the other matches on this tour as she made 119 off 125 balls. Contrasting to the 63 she scored in the second match, where she took time to settle in, her second ODI hundred had plenty of boundaries – 16 fours and one six. Unlike her captain and opening partner, she is not a big hitter of the ball, but Litchfield was solid, and proactive and backed her technique to dominate spin on her first tour to India.

The pair kept the run rate at around six throughout the 29 overs they batted, with Australia eyeing 350 at one stage.

It was an important knock for Healy – the batter and the captain. Taking over captaincy from Meg Lanning on this tour, it was also Healy’s first half-century as full-time captain. She had a lean 2023 where she did not cross fifty in ODIs even once in eight innings. However, on Tuesday, she started positively after scores of 0 and 13 in the series. She found the gaps comfortably and brought in her lofted shots when players were in the ring. Her 82 is also the highest individual score for a wicketkeeper-captain in women’s ODIs.
Both batters targeted debutant left-arm spinner Mannat Kashyap, who replaced allrounder Sneh Rana. Healy and Litchfield hit a six and a four each as Kashyap conceded 23 off her first two overs. Deepti Sharma was then introduced after the 15th over for a three-over spell where she looked to contain Australia for a bit.

India bounced back finally in the 29th over when Pooja Vastrakar ended Healy’s innings with her short-ball tactics. This wicket slowed Australia down with Amanjot Kaur also getting her first wicket of the series by trapping Ellyse Perry lbw in the 33rd over. Shreyanka Patil, who was the star of the Indian bowling attack, picked up two in two wickets to dismiss Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath soon after. From 189 for no loss, Australia slipped to 223 for 4. Patil, playing her second ODI, varied her pace and bowled tight lines to end with figures of 3 for 57.

Amanjot added one more wicket to her name when she removed Annabel Sutherland for 23. Cameos from Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham and Alana King helped Australia surpass 300 in the death overs. King, in particular, punished Vastrakar for two sixes and a four in the 50th over to remain unbeaten on 26 off 14.

India did not have a great day in the field, dropping two more catches in the afternoon, adding to their total of ten catches dropped in this series.

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