Australia have a Litchfield day to complete clean sweep
The Alyssa Healy era began on a high note for Australia as they completed a 3-0 ODI whitewash against India in Mumbai on Tuesday.
After Phoebe Litchfield's tasteful hundred and Healy's 82 impelled the group to 338 for 7, their spinners went through the India line-up to hand Australia a mammoth 190-run triumph. This was India's third-greatest misfortune in ODIs.
India were never in the pursuit, civility two splendid gets from Litchfield and Tahlia McGrath and some focused bowling on a dry Wankhede pitch. The breakdown began with Yastika Bhatia getting tidied up by Megan Schutt in the fifth over. Four overs later, Smriti Mandhana, who had begun consistently, died for 29 while hoping to pull out all the stops as Schutt struck once more. Chief Harmanpreet Kaur proceeded with her unfortunate run of structure, getting excused for 3, wrapping up with a sum of 17 in the series.
Richa Ghosh, India' new No.3, endure 29 conveyances before she was bowled by Georgia Wareham in the sixteenth over when she confounded a range. Yet, the game swung Australia's direction when Litchfield pulled off a hair-raising, one-gave get at cover to send Jemimah Rodrigues back for 25, in the 21st over. Alana Ruler then bowled a great legbreak, pitching on leg stump and dismissing to take Pooja Vastrakar's off stump to leave India reeling at 128 for 7. Wareham gathered three wickets while Lord, Sutherland and Schutt represented two each to bowl India out for 148 in the 33rd over.
In the wake of having picked to bat, Litchfield and Healy overwhelmed procedures, sharing 189 runs for the initial wicket - the most noteworthy all out against this rival in ladies' ODIs.
Litchfield's clearness and freshness in her footwork were more apparent in the dead elastic than in the other matches on this visit as she made 119 off 125 balls. Rather than the 63 she scored in the subsequent match, where she set aside some margin to get comfortable, her second ODI hundred had a lot of limits - 16 fours and one six on the whole. Dissimilar to her commander and opening accomplice, she is certainly not a major hitter of the ball, yet Litchfield was strong, and proactive and supported her procedure to overwhelm turn on her most memorable visit to India.
The pair kept the run rate floating around six all through the 29 overs they batted, with Australia looking at 350 at one phase.
It was a significant thump for Healy - the hitter and the skipper. Assuming control over captaincy from Meg Lanning on this visit, it was additionally Healy's most memorable 50 years as full-time skipper. She had a lean 2023 where she didn't cross fifty in ODIs even once in eight innings and had scores of 0 and 13 in the series. Notwithstanding, on Tuesday, she put that behind and looked positive all along. She found the holes easily and got her flung shots when players were in the ring. Her 82 is likewise the most elevated individual score by a wicketkeeper-chief in ladies' ODIs.
The two hitters designated debutant left-arm spinner Mannat Kashyap, who supplanted allrounder Sneh Rana. They hit a six and a four each as Kashyap yielded 23 off her initial two overs.
India required 29 overs to break the stand, with Pooja Vastrakar finishing Healy's innings with the short ball. The excusal dialed just a tad with Amanjot Kaur likewise getting her most memorable wicket of the series by catching Ellyse Perry lbw in the 33rd over. Shreyanka Patil, who was the star of the India bowling assault, got two wickets in two balls to excuse Beth Mooney and McGrath before long. From 189 for 0, Australia abruptly slipped to 223 for 4. Patil, playing her second ODI, fluctuated her speed and bowled tight lines to end with figures of 3 for 57.
At the opposite end, Amanjot added another wicket to her name when she eliminated Annabel Sutherland for 23. Appearances from Gardner, Wareham and Lord, however, assisted Australia with outperforming 300. Ruler, specifically, rebuffed Vastrakar for two sixes and a four in the 50th over to stay unbeaten on 26 off 14.
India didn't have an extraordinary day in the field, dropping two gets in the early evening. On the whole, they have dropped ten gets in this series.
With India facilitating the ODI World Cup in 2025, they could have a larger number of inquiries than responds to the present moment, however the series was not piece of the Ladies' Title.