Australia women's cricket team in India in 2022–23

The Australia women's cricket team toured India in December 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the schedule for the tour in November 2022.[3] Both teams used the series as preparation for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament.[4]

Australia women's cricket team in India in 2022–23
 
  India Australia
Dates 9 – 20 December 2022
Captains Harmanpreet Kaur Alyssa Healy[n 1]
Twenty20 International series
Results Australia won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Shafali Verma (140) Beth Mooney (205)
Most wickets Deepti Sharma (6) Heather Graham (7)
Ashleigh Gardner (7)
Player of the series Ashleigh Gardner (Aus)

Australia won the series 4–1, after Heather Graham took a hat-trick in the final match.[5]

Squads

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  India[6]   Australia[7]

Amanda-Jade Wellington was added to Australia's squad after the first T20I, replacing Jess Jonassen who was ruled out due to a hamstring injury.[8] Australia's captain Alyssa Healy was ruled out of the last match of the series due to an injury, with Tahlia McGrath was appointed as captain.[9]

T20I series

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1st T20I

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9 December 2022
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
India  
172/5 (20 overs)
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  Australia
173/1 (18.1 overs)
Deepti Sharma 36* (15)
Ellyse Perry 2/10 (2 overs)
Beth Mooney 89* (57)
Devika Vaidya 1/33 (3 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind)
Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Aus)

2nd T20I

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11 December 2022
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Australia  
187/1 (20 overs)
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  India
187/5 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 82* (54)
Deepti Sharma 1/31 (4 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 79 (49)
Heather Graham 3/22 (4 overs)
Match tied
(India won the Super Over)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind)
Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Ind)

3rd T20I

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14 December 2022
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Australia  
172/8 (20 overs)
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  India
151/7 (20 overs)
Ellyse Perry 75 (47)
Devika Vaidya 2/22 (3 overs)
Shafali Verma 52 (41)
Darcie Brown 2/19 (4 overs)
Australia won by 21 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Aus)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

4th T20I

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17 December 2022
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Australia  
188/3 (20 overs)
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  India
181/5 (20 overs)
Ellyse Perry 72* (42)
Deepti Sharma 2/35 (4 overs)
Harmanpreet Kaur 46 (30)
Ashleigh Gardner 2/20 (4 overs)
Australia won by 7 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Nand Kishore (Ind)
Player of the match: Ashleigh Gardner (Aus)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

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20 December 2022
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Australia  
196/4 (20 overs)
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  India
142 (20 overs)
Ashleigh Gardner 66* (32)
Shafali Verma 1/17 (2 overs)
Deepti Sharma 53 (34)
Heather Graham 4/8 (2 overs)
Australia won by 54 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Vrinda Rathi (Ind) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ashleigh Gardner (Aus)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

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  1. ^ Tahlia McGrath captained Australia in the fifth T20I.

References

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  1. ^ "India vs Australia Women's T20Is: full squads, schedule, venues, players list and match timings". Sportstar. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Women's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Schedule for senior women's Australia tour of India announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ^ "BCCI announces schedule for India women vs Australia women T20I series". Hindustan Times. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Gardner-Harris assault, Graham hat-trick help Australia clinch series 4-1". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Team India (Senior Women) squad for Australia Tour of India announced". Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Garth gets Australia call-up; Healy named captain for India T20I tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Jess Jonassen ruled out of India series with a hamstring injury". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Healy ruled out of final India T20I, McGrath to captain". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Kim Garth excited for 'next step up' after 'moving across the world'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Mooney shakes off sickness in match-winning knock". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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