Summary

  • India win by 17 runs

  • Leg-spinner Poonam Yadav takes 4-19

  • Healy 51 (35) c&b by Poonam

  • India 132-4 (20 overs) - Deepti Sharma 49 not out

  • Opening game of tournament at Sydney Showground

  • England's first game on Sunday against South Africa

  • In-play clips available to UK users

  1. Postpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's a brilliant throw from the woman of the moment, Poonam.

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 19.5 overs

    Strano run out 1 (Aus 115 all out)

    Megan Schutt puts bat on ball, Australia come back for a second and Strano is run out at the bowler's end, thanks to a fantastic throw by - who else - Poonam Yadav.

    India win!

  3. Aus 114-9published at 19.4 overs

    Strano carves a single to square leg - 19 to win off two, and the party can start for the India fans.

  4. Aus 113-9published at 19.3 overs

    Megan Schutt to the middle. An overwhelming task to score 20 from four balls - Strano can only play her first ball back to Pandey.

    20 from three.

  5. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 19.2 overs

    Gardner c & b Pandey (Aus 113-9)

    Gardner goes this time! Full toss, she gets a top edge and Shikha Pandey follows through to take the catch!

    All over for Australia? They need 20 from four balls, with the last pair in.

  6. Aus 113-8published at 19.1 overs

    It's not out, so the run counts. Australia need 20 from five, with Ash Gardner on strike. Fireworks needed.

  7. Umpire reviewpublished at 19.1 overs

    Did Strano get a nick there? The umpires are checking for a catch behind, though the soft signal is not out... Australia ran one while Bhatia was appealing.

  8. Aus 112-8published at 19 overs

    Dot ball! Australia need 21 from the last over - and number 10 Molly Strano will be on strike. Shikha Pandey to bowl.

  9. Aus 112-8published at 18.5 overs

    Molly Strano joins Gardner - who pulls a four through square leg.

    21 needed from seven balls. But will Gardner go for a single to keep the strike?

  10. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 18.4 overs

    Kimmince run out 4 (Aus 108-8)

    Gardner heaves towards cow corner, they come back for two but Kimmince ends up sacrificing herself to keep Gardner on strike.

    25 needed from eight balls.

  11. Aus 107-7published at 18.2 overs

    Deepti Sharma to bowl. (So Shikha Pandey will get the last over if we get that far).

    Kimmince does her job - a single gets Gardner on strike. But Gardner heaves and misses.

  12. Aus 106-7published at 18 overs

    Gardner bludgeons a single to long-on, Kimmince reverse-paddles past backward point for one. Australia need 27 from 12 balls.

    Poonam Yadav takes her cap - and takes a metaphorical bow - with 4-19 from her four overs.

  13. Aus 104-7published at 17.4 overs

    Gardner has a free hit, but can't connect cleanly. And she steers the next ball to short cover.

    29 from 14 needed. Yadav has two deliveries left.

  14. Not outpublished at 17.2 overs

    Aus 104-7

    Has the ball bounced twice? Yes, it's a no-ball for a double-bouncer!

    Agony for Yadav. Relief for Gardner and Australia.

  15. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17.3 overs

    Gardner b P Yadav 28 (Aus 103-8)

    Gone! Five for Yadav!

    Or is it? Gardner's not moving...

  16. Postpublished at 10:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2020

    Here was Poonam Yadav's fourth wicket...

  17. Aus 102-7published at 17 overs

    Target 133

    Australia do bat deep - Delissa Kimmince in at nine, she's very much an all-rounder. She hits her first ball back to the bowler, and her second to mid-off for one. What can Gardner do with the last ball? Swings. Misses. Bhatia whips the bails off but Gardner hadn't moved her back foot.

    31 needed from 18 balls. And Poonam Yadav to bowl!

  18. Postpublished at 10:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2020

    Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Talk about pressure. It has got to Australia.

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 16.3 overs

    Sutherland st Bhatia b Pandey 2 (Aus 101-7)

    Another special stumping! Taniya Bhatia, standing up to Pandey's medium pace, removes Annabel Sutherland and the pendulum swings back towards India!

  20. Aus 101-6published at 16.3 overs

    Need 32 from 22 balls

    India turn back to Shikha Pandey - as they pretty much have to at this stage, given that she's got two overs left. Gardner manages a single off the second ball.