Australia have secured the T20 sequence towards India with a match to spare following a tense seven-run victory in Mumbai, constructed round one other scintillating innings from Ellyse Perry.
The veteran maintained her profitable comeback to the short-form aspect at Brabourne Stadium on Saturday with a 42-ball unbeaten 72 with seven fours and 4 sixes.
It was even faster than the 47-ball 75 she made in Wednesday’s third match, which was her first T20I knock for 14 months.
A 3rd-wicket partnership of 94 in 59 balls with Ash Gardner was adopted by 48 off the final 20 balls in tandem with Grace Harris, whose brutal 12-ball cameo produced 27 runs.
The 3-188 whole proved simply sufficient to outlive a late Indian onslaught.
With participant of the match Gardner swapping bat for ball to take 2-20 in 4 overs India completed on 5-181.
Australia thus took a 3-1 lead within the five-match sequence.
The solely bitter notice for the vacationers was the pressured retirement of skipper Alyssa Healy who strained her calf hitting a boundary. She lasted another ball earlier than retiring on 30 and didn’t hold wicket when Australia fielded.
Australia had begun aggressively with Healy taking a contrasting quartet of fours off the opening two overs, a slash previous gully, a canopy drive, a leg look, and a snick between the ‘keeper’s legs.
After that daring, if skittish begin, the speed slowed as Beth Mooney miscued a drive to be dismissed for an eight-ball two, then Healy retired damage, adopted by Tahlia McGrath, bowled for 9 off ten balls.
That left Australia 2-46 off 41 balls, needing to step it up.
Enter Perry who skipped down the pitch to launch Radha Yadav for six first ball.
With Gardner the proper associate the pair rattled alongside at nine-an-over earlier than Gardner holed out at long-on in search of her fourth six.
It didn’t make life simpler for India nevertheless as Grace Harris smacked 13 off her first 4 balls.
With 5 balls left Deepti Sharma, who was bowling, ought to have run out Perry. Instead she allowed an additional run, placing Perry again on strike. The subsequent two balls went for six.
“t’s been nice to be able to play the way I have in the last couple of games but even nicer to just be involved with this team,” stated Perry.
“I’m really enjoying the opportunity batting with this group. Grace was absolutely amazing tonight, so was Ash.”
India had little selection however to go for it from the beginning they usually did with Smriti Mandhana hitting the primary, third and fifth balls of the opening over, bowled by Darcie Brown for 4.
But Mandhana was caught behind by stand-in keeper Mooney off Gardner within the third over. Two overs later Shafali Verma adopted for a 16-ball 20 simply as she was entering into the groove.
That delivered to the stop Harmanpreet Kaur, who was all the time prone to be India’s key batter. However, the speed climbed to 12-an-over earlier than she reduce free hitting 5 fours in seven balls off Megan Schutt and Heather Graham. But Alana King induced a top-edged sweep to Brown and the skipper was out for a 30-ball 46.
That it, however although Devika Vaidya quickly adopted for a 26-ball 32 Richa Ghosh stored the chase going.
With 12 balls left India wanted 38. Ghosh went six, six, 4 earlier than Graham closed the over out with two singles.
That left 20 wanted off the ultimate over however Shutt stored them to 12, Ghosh ending on 40 no from 19 balls.
