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India dominating day 1 against Australia....Australia bowled out for 219 and India 41-0 after 6 overs in reply

India getting quite a grip on this after two days. Had a bit of a middle order collapse (lost 4/14 from 260/3) but a big eighth wicket stand by key bowlers Deepti Sharma and Vastrakar has them nearly out of sight on 376/7. Gardner (a deserved 4/100) the only Australian bowler to really shine and even she ended up rather worn down after bowling 36 overs in the day. Pitch making batting against spin tricky already so Aussies face a huge task to get out of this.

As well as home conditions, India have had a bit of recent practice, of course. When was the last time that Australia played a test match? Have they played a test since the ashes?

Aussies battling hard to stave off defeat here , 251/6 on the last morning. Only 64 ahead ; but Sutherland playing calmly and hoping to get enough support from the bowlers to set a target.
India still massive favourites ; but if they are held up too long I wonder if the pressure of being so near a win might get to them a bit ?

Think Australia would need to add something like another hundred so a lot on Sutherland's shoulders.

Blimey...call me the King of Jinx

One minute after I posted that last , Sutherland gloved behind and departed after a review ! Australia now effectively 64/7...

...make that 64/8 as King is bowled first ball. Think this basically over now...

comprehensive 8 wicket win for India

Durhamfootman wrote:comprehensive 8 wicket win for India

Indeed. They've moved up the pecking order dramatically lately. This win maybe not quite as easy as the earlier dismantling of England ; but arguably even more meritorious because they lost the toss and yet comfortably beat an Australian side who had the considerable advantage of batting first on a pitch that got steadily trickier over the four days.

Will be interesting to see how the white ball games go now.

India women beginning to intrude on the England/Australia cartel

Yorkshire very unimpressed after failing to secure a tier one women's team

their argument seems to be..... "but we're Yorkshire... what are you doing?"

Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy being played today some mad score cards knocking around today

International summer starts Saturday with England taking on Pakistan in t20's, Sophia Dunkley has been dropped along with Tammy Beaumont, be intresting to see if Issy Wong can re-capture her form from 2 summers ago