Australia women claim 36-run win over India
India women were knocked out of reckoning from the Twenty20 tri-series final after Australia handed the hosts their third successive defeat, the highlight of which was medium pacer Megan Schutt becoming the first bowler from Down Under to claim a hat-trick in the format.
By : migrator
Update: 2018-03-26 19:24 GMT
Mumbai
Australia outplayed Harmanpreet Kaur’s team by 36 runs. Having failed to secure a single win in the series so far, India would be aiming for a consolation win over England in their last league match on Thursday.
Australia set India a challenging target of 186 for five with the help of twin half centuries by Beth Mooney and Elyse Villani. They then restricted the hosts to 150 for 5 in 20 overs. Schutt (3-31) wreaked havoc at the Brabourne Stadium by claiming a hat-trick. Her scalps included Smriti Mandhana (3), Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma (2).
While Schutt cleaned up Mandhana and Raj off the fifth and the sixth ball of the second over. She completed her hat-trick in the first ball of the fifth over by removing Sharma.
BRIEF SCORES: Australia Women 186 for 5 in 20 overs (Beth Mooney 71, Elyse Villani 61) beat India Women 150 for 5 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 50, Megan Schutt 3/31)
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