Australia hammer India Women in one-off pink-ball Test: Key stats
What's the story
Annabel Sutherland's stellar performance with ball and bat helped Australia claim a resounding victory over the Indian women's cricket team in the one-off day-night Test at WACA in Perth. India's batting failures across both innings ensured a massive 10-wicket victory for the hosts. India scored 198 in the 1st innings before Australia got 323. India perished for 149 next before Australia (28/0) sealed the win in Session 1 on Day 3.
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Summary of the 1st innings
Jemimah Rodrigues was the lone half-centurion in the 1st innings for India. She scored 52 off 84 balls. Shafali Verma (35) and Kashvee Gautam (34*) were the other contributors. For the Aussies, Sutherland claimed 4/46 whereas Lucy Hamilton picked up 3/31.
Record-breaking
Sutherland leads Australia's charge in the 2nd innings
Sutherland smashed a terrific 129 off 171 balls in the match's 2nd innings. Her Test average now stands at an incredible 89.37 after just 10 innings, and she has four centuries to her name. Her first innings was complemented by a solid partnership with Ellyse Perry, who scored 76 runs off 116 balls. The duo put together a massive fourth-wicket stand of 128 runs, further strengthening Australia's position in the match.
Milestone
Perry becomes Australia's highest Test run-scorer with knock of 76
Perry's innings not only helped Australia but also saw her become the country's all-time leading run-scorer in Test cricket. She surpassed Karen Rolton's record of 1,002 runs scored between 1995 and 2009. Perry, who arrived at three, departed for a well-made 76 off 116 balls. Her knock was laced with 10 fours and a six. Playing her 15th Women's Test as per ESPNcricinfo, Perry owns 1,006 runs at 59.17. The tally includes seven scores of 50 or more, including two hundreds.
Sayali
Sayali Satghare claims four-fer versus AUS-W in D/N Test
Sayali Satghare, a Mumbai-based pace-bowling all-rounder, made her Women's Test debut for India in the one-off pink-ball match against Australia at the WACA in Perth. She finished with four wickets as Australia were folded for 323 after India's 198. Satghare bowled 18.4 overs and finishes with 4/50. As per ESPNcricinfo, Satghare now owns the 6th-best bowling figures for India against Australia in Women's Tests. It's also the 3rd-best figures in Australia by an Indian bowler.
Game shift
India's 2nd innings struggles
India's second innings started on a shaky note with Darcie Brown taking a wicket on the second ball. Left-arm seamer Lucy Hamilton continued her impressive debut by dismissing Shafali Verma. Despite some resistance from Jemimah Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur, India struggled against Australia's bowling attack in their second innings. They resumed Day 3 on 105/6 before being bowled out for 149. Pratika Rawal was India's top run-scorer with 63. Sneh Rana (30) was the only other batter with a 20-plus score.
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Summary of Australian bowlers in the 3rd innings
Hamilton picked 3/32 to finish with six wickets in the contest. Sutherland also claimed 2/15 from six overs and finished with 6 scalps. Alana King and Ashleigh Gardner picked two wickets as well for the hosts. Meanwhile, Brown took 1/45.
Half-centurions
Key numbers of India's half-centurions Rawal and Rodrigues
After scoring 18 runs in the 1st innings, Rawal ended up managing 63 off 137 balls. She hit 8 fours. This was her debut Test match. She owns 81 runs at an average of 40.5. Earlier, Rodrigues hit 52 off 84 balls in the 1st innings. She managed a 15-ball 14 in the next outing. In 4 Tests, she now owns 301 runs at 50.16. She owns 4 fifties. In 2 matches against Australia, she has 151 runs at 50.33 (50s: 2).
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Key bowling stats of Sutherland and Hamilton
Sutherland has raced to 19 scalps in Women's Tests from 7 matches at 23.26. She picked up her maiden four-fer in the format for AUS-W. Meanwhile, playing her debut match, Hamilton finished with six scalps. She owns an average of 10.50.
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Smriti Mandhana suffers twin failures
India opener Smriti Mandhana suffered twin failures in this Test. She managed a 13-ball 4 in the 1st innings with Hamilton castling her. In the next outing, she was dismissed by Darcie Brown for a score of 2 off 2 balls.