Australia have received their first girls’s T20 World Cup warm-up match, beating India by 44 runs.
Pace bowler Darcie Brown took 4-17 in 4 overs because the bowlers made up for a disappointing batting show, dismissing India for 85 with 4 overs to spare.
The South Australian took three wickets in her first two overs to depart India reeling at 4-22 as they chased Australia’s 8-129 in Cape Town.
Ash Gardner (2-16), Kim Garth (1-12), Ellyse Perry (1-22) and Jess Jonassen (1-2) have been additionally within the wickets whereas Annabel Sutherland bowled two overs for 5 runs and Meg Lanning effected a run-out
India, who have been variously additionally 3-12, 6-44 and 9-61, have been by no means within the hunt with solely Deepti Sharma (19no) and Harleen Deol (12) making double figures. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur selected to not bat.
Australia’s innings was indebted to a late flurry from No.9 batter Georgia Wareham, who top-scored with an unbeaten 32 off 17 balls, and No.10 Jonassen (22no off 14).
Their unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of fifty off the final 26 balls gave the bowlers sufficient to defend.
With all sides utilizing 15-player squads with 11 gamers allowed to bat and 11 to discipline Monday’s outing was not an official match, nevertheless it was a helpful train in gaining expertise of the situations in South Africa, and inspecting kind.
That was a check Australia largely failed with the bat.
Having elected to have first dig Australia made a disastrous begin, reeling at 3-10 off 4 overs. They additionally suffered a mid-innings collapse dropping 5-25.
In the second over Lanning was caught behind for a third-ball duck, a part of a 14-ball spell with out a run off the bat.
Two overs later Tahlia McGrath and Perry have been despatched again to the sheds within the house of three balls. McGrath was caught and bowled for a seven-ball two, then Perry run out for one as Mooney tried a single.
Mooney (28) and Gardner (22) rebuilt the innings whereas additionally choosing up the tempo however within the tenth over their 44-run, 34-ball partnership ended when Gardner was caught.
That prompted one other clatter of wickets with Mooney going within the subsequent over adopted by Grace Harris (4), Sutherland (4) and Heather Graham (eight) as Australia slid to 8-79 earlier than the late restoration.
Batters dominated a much more high-scoring warm-up in Stellenbosch with England and South Africa scoring 476 runs between them in a match of 24 sixes.
England battered the event hosts, racking up 7-247 of their 20 overs.
Opener Sophia Dunkley smashed 59 in 19 balls with Alice Capsey (61 off 33) and Nat Sciver (51 off 25) additionally making fast half-centuries.
South Africa responded in variety hitting 9-229 with Chloe Tyron (65 off 23 balls), and Nadine de Klerk (50 off 27) including 98 in 38 balls mid-innings.
Elsewhere Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets with 4 overs to spare and Sri Lanka edged previous Ireland by two runs.
Australia now play Ireland on Wednesday in Stellenbosch, the place they’ll count on to attain rather more closely.
The ten-team event begins on 10 February. In the group stage Australia face New Zealand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
