Phoebe Litchfield’s Classy 88 Helps Australia Women To Eight-wicket Win Over India

Phoebe Litchfield’s stunning boundary-laden 88 helped Australia’s women romp location to an eight-wicket triumph successful nan opening one-day world against India successful New Chandigarh.

India won nan flip and elected to bat, mounting Australia an imposing target successful nan first of 3 one-dayers, which are efficaciously warm-up games for nan upcoming World Cup.

But nan hosts, having posted 281 for 7 successful their 50 overs, were clinically overhauled by Australia pinch Litchfield starring nan way, cracking 14 fours successful an 80-ball sound while Beth Mooney and Annabel Sutherland besides made awesome half-centuries.

Earlier, nan openers Smriti Mandhana (58) and Pratika Rawal (64) and past Harleen Deol besides went past nan 50 people for India, nan second astatine No 3 becoming nan first of 2 victims of Megan Schutt (two for 45), who became nan ninth Australian female to play 100 ODIs.

Richa Ghosh (25) and Radha Yadav (19) added valuable runs down nan Indian bid while Deepti Sharma was unbeaten connected 25 successful nan look of tight bowling from Ellyse Perry, Sutherland and Georgia Wareham.

In reply, nan Australia skipper and opener, Alyssa Healy, looked wished to return nan crippled to India earlier she fell to nan all-rounder Kranti Goode for a brisk 27.

But past it was clip for Litchfield, adjacent backed up by Perry, to really enforce herself connected nan crippled arsenic she reached her half-century from 44 deliveries.

Perry’s publication was ended early erstwhile nan 34-year-old was forced to discontinue pinch a calf cramping connected 30, but nan player-of-the-match Litchfield maintained nan momentum until she fell 12 runs short of a 3rd one-day period erstwhile caught disconnected Sneh Rana.

That near Mooney and Sutherland, who were unbeaten connected 77 and 54 respectively, to spot nan visitors past nan target, reaching 282 for 2 successful 44.1 overs pinch 35 balls to spare, successful what was nan fourth-highest tally pursuit successful women’s one-dayers.