Australia beat
India by five wicketsBeth Mooney wins player of the match 2.26pm BST
Well, I won’t be sleeping for a while! What an unbelievable finish! After Healy, Lanning and Perry were out I was expecting an early night for us all, but Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath and Nicola Carey had other ideas. That’s certainly a way to come up with a 26th consecutive win. It’s a real shame for India, who batted beautifully and were so dominant with the ball early on. In the end Australia dragged themselves over the line with pure determination and competitiveness, taking advantage of every little fumble and half mistake that India made. While it would have been nice to go into the third ODI at 1-1, this will at least put some
fire under India and may possibly tempt Australia into making some changes to give a couple of players a rest before the Test match next week.
I hope you enjoyed that finish as much as I did! Thanks for hanging out with me, what a game it’s been! We’ll see you back here on Sunday - same bat-place, different bat-time (it starts at 10am). Until then, take some inspiration into your backyard and get out there and run a bunch of twos until your face is as red as Beth Mooney’s. 2.17pm BST
50th over: Australia 275-5 (Carey 39, Mooney 125)
OK, here we go! Goswami brings all her experience to the final over and Mooney starts on strike to try to get Australia over the line and keep their winning streak alive. India are playing around with their field so much I thought George Bailey was captaining them for a second. Mooney can’t get the full toss all the way away on the first ball, but a misfield sees them take three runs. Another misfield on the second gives them two and suddenly the target is more manageable. The third ball is a beamer that strikes Carey right on the badge and after a concussion test, she takes a free hit, but can’t get bat on ball and just manages a single. They get another single from the next ball and now need 5 from 2. Carey gets a bit of bat on the next one and another little fumble in the field gives them two and Carey is on strike for the final ball of the match. It comes even further down to the wire, when Carey is caught, but the ball is sent for review to check if it’s above waist height. It is!! A no ball and a free hit to follow - Australia just needs 2 runs from it to win the game. There’s a lot of discussion with the umpires to confirm how many runs are required and we get confirmation that the batters hadn’t crossed and it’s Carey to face the final ball. Again. The two speedsters race away as soon as the ball is hit and they dash through for two runs and take the win!