The Australia women's cricket team played the India women's cricket team in March 2018.[1] The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) which formed part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship.[2] Following the WODI matches, both teams played in a tri-series, with England women being the third team.[3] Australia Women won the series 3–0 and became the number one ranked side in WODIs.[4][5]
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| India women | Australian women | ||
| Dates | 6 – 18 March 2018 | ||
| Captains | Mithali Raj[n 1] | Meg Lanning | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australian women won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Smriti Mandhana (131) | Nicole Bolton (195) | |
| Most wickets | Shikha Pandey (5) | Jess Jonassen (8) | |
Squads edit
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Tour matches edit
1st 50-over match: India A Women v Australia Women edit
6 March 2018
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Beth Mooney 115 (83)
Sarika Koli 3/67 (8 overs) |
- India A Women won the toss and elected to field.
- 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
2nd 50-over match: India A Women v Australia Women edit
8 March 2018
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Meg Lanning 63 (55)
Kavita Patil 1/21 (5 overs) |
- India A Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- 14 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
WODI series edit
1st WODI edit
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jemimah Rodrigues (Ind) and Nicola Carey (Aus) both made their WODI debuts.
- Nicole Bolton (Aus) scored her fourth century in WODIs.[8]
- Shikha Pandey (Ind) took her 50th wicket in WODIs.[9]
- Meg Lanning (Aus) scored her 3,000th run in WODIs.[9]
- Points: Australia Women 2, India Women 0.
2nd WODI edit
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Australia Women 2, India Women 0.
3rd WODI edit
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Alyssa Healy (Aus) scored her first century in WODIs.[10]
- Points: Australia Women 2, India Women 0.
Notes edit
- ^ Harmanpreet Kaur captained India in their first WODI match.
References edit
- ^ "India to host Australia, England for women's T20 tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Australia Women to tour India in March". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Indian Women's Cricket Team to Host Australia And England in March-April 2018". India.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Healy stars as Australia sweeps India". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Healy slams century as Australia complete clean sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Injured Goswami out of India's women's ODI squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Lanning back; uncapped Molineux, Carey picked for India tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Bolton century guides Stars to emphatic win". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Jonassen, Bolton rout Mithali-less India Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Healy scores first international century". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2018.