Brisbane [Australia], December 12 (ANI): The Indian Girls’s Cricket Crew has been fined 10 per cent of their match charge for sustaining a sluggish over-rate through the second ODI of their ICC Girls’s Championship sequence in opposition to Australia.
The match, held in Brisbane, noticed Australia put up a document complete of 371/8, their highest-ever rating in opposition to India. In response, India might solely handle 249, dropping the sport by 122 runs.
India had been discovered responsible below Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Gamers and Participant Help Personnel, which pertains to minimal over-rate offences. Gamers are fined 5 per cent of their match charge for every over their aspect fails to bowl throughout the allotted time.
The fees had been levelled by on-field umpires Claire Polosak and Donovan Koch, third umpire Jacqueline Williams, and fourth umpire David Taylor. India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur pleaded responsible to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, negating the necessity for a proper listening to.
Australia clinched the three-match ODI sequence 3-0.
Within the third and closing match of the sequence, Ashleigh Gardner made historical past as the primary Australian player–male or female–to obtain a five-wicket haul in all codecs of the sport. Her efficiency helped Australia safe a sequence sweep over India in Perth.
Smriti Mandhana’s counter-attacking century, her ninth in ODIs, supplied India a glimmer of hope. Nonetheless, Gardner’s exceptional spell of 5/30 dismantled India’s chase, leading to an 83-run victory for the reigning world champions.
India appeared on observe to overtake the goal at 189/3, however Gardner’s spell triggered a dramatic collapse, bundling out the guests for 215. This was Gardner’s maiden five-wicket haul in ODI cricket, including to her earlier feats in Take a look at cricket (8/66 in opposition to England in Nottingham, 2023) and T20Is (5/12 in opposition to New Zealand on the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup in Paarl, 2023).
Earlier within the match, Australia confronted early bother after a stellar spell from Arundhati Reddy, which left the house aspect struggling at 78/4. This got here after a powerful begin from Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll.
Sutherland and Gardner then orchestrated a exceptional restoration, including 96 runs for the fifth wicket. Gardner reached her sixth ODI half-century earlier than falling to Deepti Sharma. Her efforts, mixed with Tahlia McGrath’s unbeaten 56, helped Australia put up a formidable complete of 298/6.
Sutherland was the standout performer with the bat, crafting a composed 110 off 95 balls, that includes 9 fours and 4 sixes. Alongside Tahlia McGrath, the 23-year-old constructed an important 122-run partnership for the sixth wicket, guaranteeing Australia’s clear sweep of the sequence.
With this victory, Australia solidified their place on the high of the ICC Girls’s Championship standings, amassing 34 factors. They’ll now face New Zealand of their closing three matches of the continuing cycle, wanting poised to safe their third consecutive title.
India stays third within the standings, with six ODIs left to play–three every in opposition to West Indies and Eire. To say their maiden ICC Girls’s Championship title, India should win most of their remaining matches and hope for beneficial leads to different fixtures. (ANI)
