Australia has held on to say an exhilarating seven-run victory and clinch the five-match sequence towards India.
However now the staff faces a nervous wait after skipper and wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy suffered a calf damage whereas batting.
Having simply spanked one to the boundary within the sixth over, Healy pulled up shortly after taking off for the run.
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She was handled by the physio, however got here off the bottom a short while later. She took no additional half within the match, and Tahlia McGrath acted as captain.
If she doesn’t play within the sequence finale on Wednesday morning (AEDT), it would finish her world document streak of 106 consecutive T20I matches courting again to January 2013.
After being despatched in, the Aussies have been successfully 3-70 on the 10-over mark, earlier than Elysse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner and Grace Harris smacked 118 from the ultimate 10 overs to set India 189 to win.
After blasting a 33-ball 50 within the third sport, Perry blasted 72 not out off simply 42 – her fifty developing in simply 32 balls.
In reply, India flew out of the blocks to be 23 within the third over when Gardner had Smriti Mandhana caught by Beth Mooney for 16. When Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues fell in successive overs, the Indians have been reeling at 3-49.
From there, Harmanpreet Kaur and Davika Vaidya steadied the ship and threatened to place the ladies in blue again in competition, earlier than Alana King picked up Kaur for 46 off 30 within the fifteenth over.
However that solely purchased teen sensation Richa Ghosh to the wicket. And he or she carried on as she has all through the sequence.
She hit back-to-back boundaries and was dropped on 17. They wanted 38 from the final two overs and Ghosh hit back-to-back sixes, decreasing the equation to twenty off the final over.
Megan Schutt was hit for 4 singles and simply the 2 boundaries because the Aussies held on to win by seven runs.
“(Healy’s) going all proper, she has a little bit of a calf pressure, which is not splendid, however she’ll be assessed over the following day or so and we’ll see what occurs after that,” all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner instructed cricket.com.au.
“(McGrath) was unbelievable in the best way that she’s very cool, calm and picked up.
“It was a reasonably large sport for her to face in and he or she did a unbelievable job.
“I do know most individuals would in all probability recognise that once they see her play, nothing actually fazes her and I suppose she had religion in all of our talents, and we all know our video games fairly nicely.”
Australia now maintain an unassailable 3-1 lead with a sport to play.
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