19/02Result
2nd T20I (N), India Women tour of Australia at Canberra, Feb 19 2026
AUS Women won by 19 runs
Player of the Match
Georgia Voll
Georgia VollAustralia Women
19/02Result
2nd T20I (N), India Women tour of Australia at Canberra, Feb 19 2026
AUS Women won by 19 runs
Player of the Match
Georgia Voll
Georgia VollAustralia Women

END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | IND-W: 144/9 (20 runs required, RR: 7.20)

  • Kranti Gaud12 (5b)
  • Renuka Singh1 (1b)
  • Sophie Molineux4-0-37-2
  • Annabel Sutherland4-0-18-2

Australia level the T20I series 1-1 and the points total in the multiformat series is 2-2. Both sides head to Adelaide for the 3rd T20I on Saturday. Thanks for your company tonight. Please join us then.

10.40pm Presentation

Australia captain Sophie Molineux: "It was a good game. Volly set it up for us and India came hard like we knew they were going to and we held our nerve which is great. We didn't have to change too much. We learnt from the first game. Really proud how our bowlers held their nerve as well."

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "It happens in a chase sometimes, you collapse. While batting we should have taken more responsibility. Keeping them to a decent total was the biggest positive. I think batting we had a few good partnerships. It's about taking the game deeper and one batter taking responsibility and winning the game for the team."

Georgia Voll is player of the match for her 88: "It's nice to level the series. It's obviously been a hard fought couple of games. I think Soph did a great job tonight. Told us to stick with it and a couple of wickets was always going put more pressure on."

10.34pm Australia win by 19 runs. Australia's bowlers produce a classy display to back up Georgia Voll's performance with the bat. The finish to the batting innings was disappointing but the bowling was clinical. Gardner finishes with 3 for 22 but she benefited from a great 17th over from Kim Garth when she broke the Harmanpreet-Ghosh stand. Garth, Sutherland and Molineux picked up two wickets apiece. India will rue a slew of starts and no one going on.

19.6
4
Molineux to Gaud, FOUR, lofted straight and it bounces over the rope!
19.5
6
Molineux to Gaud, SIX, launched over long-off! Tossed up outside off, she skips out and lofts with power over Perry on the rope

Bill: "it appears Australia's demise has been exaggerated! "

19.4
1
Molineux to Renuka Singh, 1 run, tossed up outside off, she drives to long-off
19.3
W
Molineux to Shree Charani, OUT, holes out to long-on! Tossed up on off, she swings hard and gets a good piece of it, it falls just short of the long-on rope with Perry stationed there to take the catch

N Shree Charani c Perry b Molineux 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Over the wicket

Terry: "5 wickets in 14 balls!"

19.2
1
Molineux to Gaud, 1 run, advances and drives in the air just wide of Molineux to long-off
19.1
0
Molineux to Gaud, no run, good length on off, she sits back to defend!

Molineux to finish rather than Garth

END OF OVER:
19 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | IND-W: 132/8 (32 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.94, RRR: 32.00)

  • Kranti Gaud1 (1b)
  • Annabel Sutherland4-0-18-2
  • Ashleigh Gardner4-0-22-3
18.6
W
Sutherland to AB Kaur, OUT, clean bowled! Full angled in at middle and leg, Amanjot moved outside off and tried to scoop but could not make contact as it rattled middle and leg

AB Kaur b Sutherland 3 (9m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

18.5
0
Sutherland to AB Kaur, no run, full on off, she drives straight to cover
18.4
0
Sutherland to AB Kaur, no run, 113kph, good length on middle, she skips out and checks her drive to cover
18.3
1
Sutherland to Gaud, 1 run, thick edge lands just short of Brown at short third! Slower ball wide of off, she drives and the thick edge just falls short of the diving Brown
18.2
W
Sutherland to Reddy, OUT, attempted scoop gloved through to Mooney! Good length, fourth stump, she shapes to scoop fine and gloves it through to Mooney who moves easily legside to take the catch

A Reddy c †Mooney b Sutherland 2 (2m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

18.1
1
Sutherland to AB Kaur, 1 run, full on leg, she clips it through square leg

Sutherland bowls the 19th

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | IND-W: 130/6 (34 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 17.00)

  • Arundhati Reddy2 (1b)
  • Amanjot Kaur2 (2b)
  • Ashleigh Gardner4-0-22-3
  • Kim Garth3-0-16-2

Vanessa Green: "Australia have bowled so well under pressure "

17.6
2
Gardner to Reddy, 2 runs, good length on off, she's back to tuck it to midwicket and they run superbly to pinch two
17.5
W
Gardner to Sharma, OUT, skied straight up to mid-off! Easy catch for Sutherland. Deepti tries to launch over mid-off, Gardner saw her coming and dragged the length back, she got under it and it went straight up with Sutherland camping under it on the circle

DB Sharma c Sutherland b Gardner 0 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

17.4
0
Gardner to Sharma, no run, pushed through on leg, she tries to work around the corner and it comes off the gloves

Ashish: "India have made a modest total by T20 standards look daunting."

17.3
W
Gardner to Ghosh, OUT, stumped by miles! Beautifully bowled. Ghosh jumped out early and legside, Gardner drifted it wide of off, Ghosh could not reach it and Mooney had the bails off in a flash

RM Ghosh st †Mooney b Gardner 19 (35m 20b 3x4 0x6) SR: 95

17.2
0
Gardner to Ghosh, no run, tossed up on middle, she checks he drive back to Gardner
17.1
1
Gardner to AB Kaur, 1 run, offbreak spinning into leg, she pulls to deep backward square

Gardner to bowl the 18th

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | IND-W: 127/4 (37 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.47, RRR: 12.33)

  • Amanjot Kaur1 (1b)
  • Richa Ghosh19 (18b)
  • Kim Garth3-0-16-2
  • Sophie Molineux3-0-25-1

Seven runs and a wicket from Garth's over

16.6
1
Garth to AB Kaur, 1 run, back of a length on off, she's back to work it through midwicket

Amanjot in

Arquam: "Anna, Garth, Herself. This should be the bowling lineup for last 3 overs by Sophie"

16.5
W
Garth to H Kaur, OUT, picks out cover! Molineux takes it! Slower legcutter outside off, Harmanpreet was back deep to try and loft over cover but she miscued flat and straight to cover. Simple catch for the skipper on the ring

H Kaur c Molineux b Garth 36 (42m 30b 5x4 0x6) SR: 120

16.4
2
Garth to H Kaur, 2 runs, full outside off, she slices a drive in the air over cover for a couple
16.3
4
Garth to H Kaur, FOUR, dragged fine! Some luck. Good length outside off, she swings hard trying to go over long-on, gets a thick edge that runs between her legs and fine of short fine!
16.2
0
Garth to H Kaur, no run, good length outside off, she swings hard and gets a thick inside edge that bounces behind her
16.1
0
Garth to H Kaur, no run, Mooney spills a little edge! Good length on leg, she swings hard and gets a little edge and Mooney can't hold on keeping up! It was close to leg too

India need 44 from 24. Garth on. Keeper up

IND Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st57S MandhanaShafali Verma
2nd8S MandhanaJI Rodrigues
3rd6H KaurS Mandhana
4th55H KaurRM Ghosh
5th2RM GhoshAB Kaur
6th0DB SharmaAB Kaur
7th3A ReddyAB Kaur
8th1AB KaurK Gaud
9th1N Shree CharaniK Gaud
10th11Renuka SinghK Gaud