Australia Women vs India Women, 2nd Semi-Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Rajeshwari Gayakwad 1-62(9 ov)
36.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Kristen Beams, no run, swivels in a drag off the pads. Square leg is mid way
36.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, 1 run, quicker, coming in on the stumps. A watchful bunt into the covers
36.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, SIX, and again. The onslaught gets better. More of the flight dished out, and more of the long arms in a pummel down. Not the timing of the earlier one, but well over the ropes nevertheless
36.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, SIX, dismissed. Charges down, and takes it right at the source. Accepting all the flight with glee and couriers it bang into the sightscreen
36.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Kristen Beams, 1 run, drifting down . Takes it with a clip off the pads to short fine
36.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, 1 run, a mistimed heave. Down, never close, on the bounce to long-on
33.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Kristen Beams, 2 runs, backs away, exposes the stumps and carves out the drive wide of point
33.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Kristen Beams, no run, closes herself up a touch too soon in an attempted flick. A leading edge is what she has to settle for
33.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Kristen Beams, no run, reaches out further. A slice into the off-side
33.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Kristen Beams, no run, forward and behind the line in defence
33.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, 3 runs, now the late paddle. Sits inside the line, lets the ball get close as she piles on the drift down leg in paddling it away. Required a chase and a dive running down to the fence to keep it down to three
33.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, FOUR, a drill now. She's playing a lone hand here. Dances down, dances away and finds her spot in the off-side to hammer it through the covers. Ahh, pristine
31.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Schutt, no run, sits on the sweep. Misses with the pad-flap taking the impact
31.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, 1 run, goes airy with the lofted tonk this time. Just short of a running in long-on
31.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, FOUR, a drag down. Slipping down leg as well. A freebie this, Blackwell rocks deep inside the crease and flat bats it away behind square
31.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, 2 runs, a chippy drive into the on-side. Gayakwad is made to run and clean it up
31.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, no run, a straighter-quicker one right on middle. Blackwell lines up for the cut, and just anout keeps it out with it
31.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Schutt, 1 run, a whip off the back foot. With a vicious wrist roll in getting it to mid-wicket
23.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, no run, slowish and a modicum of turn, Blackwell presses forward and defends. The ball threatens to back-spin and knock the stumps, just about teases past the stumps for the keeper to collect that
23.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 1 run, Perry mounts her charge and races down to blast this tossed up delivery to long-off
23.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, 1 run, shorter on leg, knocked into the leg-side
23.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 1 run, forced crisply to extra cover
23.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Blackwell, 1 run, quells it with the turn to long-off
23.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, out Caught by Mandhana!! Gayakwad provides India the much-needed breakthrough. End of an 105-run stand. Fine knock from Villani. In a bid to launch Gayakwad out of the park, she stepped out but wasn't to the pitch. Still went through with the shot only to miscue it to mid-on, Mandhana ain't granting her another reprieve. This will lift the spirit in the Indian camp. Villani c Mandhana b Rajeshwari Gayakwad 75(58) [4s-13]
21.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, 1 run, more width complimented for Villani, she thrashes it to sweeper cover to bring up the 100-run stand between the two
21.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 1 run, punched away crisply to sweeper cover
21.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, overcorrects and goes short outside off, smeared to point
21.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, FOUR, Perry joins into the act now. She ventures out and meets the pitch in a hurry to enable a whippy-flick over mid-wicket. One bounce and over the ropes
21.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, 1 run, dragged short, cut away to sweeper cover
21.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, no run, angles one wider of off on seeing Villani step out, she adjusts and laces it to cover
19.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, 2 runs, a mis-hit from Villani but the ball lands a couple of inches short of Mandhana at long-off. Villani used her feet aiming for a straight-hit over the bowler, the ball dipped and hoodwinked her. She sliced it towards long-off, Mandhana came rushing in and dived in front of the ball, only for it to fall in front of her. She seems to have hurt her herself there, however nothing serious
19.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 1 run, half-tracker, Perry spots it early and goes back to pull it powerfully to deep square leg. Veda does well to get her body behind the ball
19.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, slanted wider of off, punched off the back foot to short extra cover
19.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, Perry takes a step forward and pushes it tamely to extra cover
19.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, dropped short, Perry turns it to square leg
19.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, slider from over the stumps at the top of off, defended
16.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, slower through the air, a bit wide of off, Perry sought to dink it very fine but couldn't succeed. Finds short third man
16.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, 1 run, drifter outside off, Villani takes a step forward and swats it through mid-wicket
16.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, no run, angled full on off, Villani bunts it out defensively
16.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, FOUR, rocketed to the fence. Jeez! What power from Villani. Charges out and meets the pitch, stayed a bit leg-sidish to create some room. Then bullies it through extra cover
16.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, no run, 70kph, slow and slants it wide of off, Villani goes for a sweep and is beaten by the excess turn
16.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 1 run, flatter trajectory, Perry shuffles across and works it into the on-side
14.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 1 run, Perry breaks free by stepping out and taking it on the full to whip it with a straight bat to long-on
14.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, short and spinning away outside off, Perry jumps back and dabs it with soft hands to point
14.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, good stop by Mithali. A darter, full outside off, Perry made room and thrashed it hard. But the Indian skipper dives and plays the devil to it, denying them any runs
14.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, Perry uses her feet and drives it straight to extra cover
14.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 2 runs, nicely done. Opened the bat face at the last instant and steers it past short third man for a brace
14.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, a quicker delivery, hurries through the deck, Perry went back and had to accommodate her high backlift to pat it to point
10.6
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, no run, shortens her length, Perry punches it off the back foot to cover
10.5
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, 1 run, down the pitch again, eases a drive to long-off
10.4
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, no run, slower just outside off, smothered
10.3
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, FOUR, dropped! Through the hands of Shikha Pandey. A tough one, but she could have reacted better there. Villani was deceived by the drift and miscued a loft, had mid-off timed her jump, it would have stuck. She leapt as high as she can but was a bit late in doing so
10.2
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Perry, 1 run, skids in towards off and middle, Perry shuffles and tucks it off her legs
10.1
Rajeshwari Gayakwad to Villani, 1 run, not the best of starts, a long hop on middle, Villani rocks back and pulls it through mid-wicket
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