Voll the centrepiece before Australia bowlers shine to level T20I series
India made a strong start to the chase after fighting back with the ball but but home side built pressure which brought a collapse
India made a strong start to the chase after fighting back with the ball but but home side built pressure which brought a collapse
Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Alex Malcolm
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.
Bill: "it appears Australia's demise has been exaggerated! "
N Shree Charani c Perry b Molineux 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Over the wicket
Terry: "5 wickets in 14 balls!"
Molineux to finish rather than Garth
The opener dominated Australia's innings in Canberra with 88 which set up a series-leveling 19-run victory
India made a strong start to the chase after fighting back with the ball but but home side built pressure which brought a collapse